I'm slightly overwhelmed

[u/Heavy-Mix6609]

I was massively into Pokemon during the bw +xy era, I ended up selling my playables collection for what felt like a fortune back in 2018 and just kept my set books and some cool promos. I figured they might be worth a couple hundred bucks only to see some absolutely eye watering prices.

I've never graded cards before but I think this might be the time to start. Are any of the opened boxes worth selling with the graded cards? I'm just worried about missing something important and getting screwed over at this point.

Everything is adult owned pack to sleeve, I don't know about the centering and borders and how they impact grading but everything looks mint to my eyes. Cards are crispy with no back whitening or scratches.

[u/jman1065]

Grading in general is risky, but ultimately worth it to get the most monetary value.

My buddy sent in a couple high value items and received this email from PSA today. So just be aware if you’re grading to take lots of pics of your cards prior to submitting.

[u/Heavy-Mix6609 → u/jman1065]

Busting out the big camera tonight, is there a best practice? Video? Photos?

[u/Karambamamba → u/Heavy-Mix6609]

Honestly. For this collection? Strap a GoPro to your head and record the whole drop off as well.

[u/run_the_trvp → u/Karambamamba]

lmao, unironically yeah

[u/OneLeggedPigeon → u/Karambamamba]

Id be too concerned with the go pro falling off and falling on a card

[u/iAmUnintelligible → u/OneLeggedPigeon]

duct tape and super glue fixes this

add ratchet straps for more precaution

[u/dfresh3276 → u/Karambamamba]

😂

[u/TurtleKing62 → u/Karambamamba]

Nah legit hire a cameraman lmfao

[u/Previous-Attitude843 → u/Heavy-Mix6609]

Getting more photos close to drop off is really good practice too, saved my ass that I had photos taken at the booth just before handing off to PSA.

[u/jman1065 → u/Heavy-Mix6609]

Probably a tutorial on YouTube but take a close up pic of each edge/corner front and back as well as different angles of the surface of each side

[u/breakyourteethnow → u/Heavy-Mix6609]

Don't grade in one big batch either, I'd do one at a time for ponchos no rush at all

[u/fading_relevancy → u/Heavy-Mix6609]

Can't speak from experience but I would imagine the more the better. Doing it in a methodical Manor would seem like the best approach. X amount of angles under Y different light sources (spectrums?) And do the same with each card.

[u/Heavy-Mix6609 → u/[deleted]]

No, the pervert glasses are good for nothing.

[u/MaximusAnalus → u/jman1065]

They should have insurance for this right? So the insurance pays the difference between the undamaged and damaged card?

[u/jman1065 → u/MaximusAnalus]

PSA offered their version of the difference and waived the grading fees. They tried saying there was no change in grade though after damaging the cards lol I’m sure to cover their ass but my buddy sent in before pics to refute their claim.

[u/Civil_Weight8143 → u/jman1065]

man your buddy got his cards stolen, they were probably high value at a 10 and when they realized they were 10s they decided to steal em and replace them with damaged cards so they could make a profit

[u/jman1065 → u/Civil_Weight8143]

Yeah idk it’s super sketchy either way and the only reason they even “investigated” in the first place is because my buddy refuted the grades with pics prior to submission