PSA Card Grading Changes Front and Back Centering Scale – Premium Podcast: February 7, 2025
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Premium Pod · 2-7-2025 In this episode of The Premium Pod, we help premium members make money flipping sports cards. We answer these questions and more... Today we're going to touch on questions from: Ian - ASK THE GRADER Chad (X2) Wesley Jaeden Joshua…
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—I've been trying to get an answer about the numerical grades assigned to a graded card. If grades are 1 to 10, how do you arrive at the grade numerically. Meaning, if the card is slightly off-center on the front and back and there is 1 soft corner, everything else is great, what is the grade, and how much do you count each flaw - quarter point, half point, etc. Do you deduct points from 10 or add points to zero?
••:••From watching Sports Card School and some past podcasts, your suggestions on baseball seem pretty straightforward--sell almost everything in March, or maybe through June for stars who may bounce back (Acuna, Carroll, JRod, Trout), is that right? But on basketball it seems more vague, even on some specific cards you've ranked highly that I've bought in the past few weeks--two 2023 Silver Prizm Wemby PSA 10's at $750-770, two 2022 Bowman U Best Caitlin PSA 10's at $150-155, and a 2013 Select Giannis PSA 10 at $210. I heard you say sell the Wemby's in May, but what if they don't make the playoffs? On Caitlin I'm fairly new to WNBA investing like many people.. And Giannis is obviously more established than the other two, so maybe a different strategy?
••:••To what extent is AI (sniping or more advance searches) affecting the overall ability to flip cards on eBayand how do you guys think the AI phenomenon will affect flipping on eBay in coming years?
••:••When a highly anticipated rookie card is released, it experiences an initial price surge before declining as more copies enter the market. Once all of the player's rookie cards are available, the value, pop count, and supply-and-demand tend to stabilize. After that, the card may appreciate again, depending on the player's performance and market trends. Do you have examples of players whose rookie cards followed this pattern?
••:••It looks like you guys are basing flips around normally high demand brands of cards bought at the 30 day avg and selling at the 180 day avg. How long would you expect to hold that card before the price returns to that avg?
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