50 Card PSA Sub Order Reveal + My thoughts & observations on current state of PSA 👍 Grading Sports

Going over my current thoughts and observations on PSA, and highlighting what I’m learning from all the new years $15 per card specials. Plus revealing a 50 card PSA grading order submission.

[@Jacob_Spang]

I always loved the 1986 topps football set. Rice, Reggie White, Steve Young, and packed full of great rookies and HOFers. Very very tough grading. Somehow I ended up with a vending box. The edges and corners are flawless. To open that box brings me back to being a kid again. I don't have the heart to break the box apart lol

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Bruce Smith too 👌 I love that set too, especially because it’s so condition sensitive. I’m jealous of your vending box! I would have graded a lot of it by now 🤪 Very cool, thanks for sharing!

[@jimscardsandcollectibles1990]

My first big card purchase is the '81 Montana RC. I bought it for 100 bucks at my local LCS and it graded a 7.5 with BGS.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

7.5 is a nice grade for a Montana RC 👌 And such an iconic card to have as your first big card…love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@3gslabs483]

One of my favorite videos you have done in awhile! I mean they are all great but this one hit home for me. We are so alike in our collecting, grading, and collecting story and our length in the hobby. I agree with you about PSA and have had their back with MY returns. I think they are almost right on with every grade and they are doing a great job. They are the leader and I don't see that changing for awhile. SGC does some things good for sure and I do like aspects of their company. With PSA getting their returns back to their customers faster this will really put the pressure on SGC as long as PSA does a good job. I will try SGC soon I think because I have always wanted to try them. I couldn't agree with you more about really checking your cards out better before you sub them and after you get them back. I have been nicely making comments on videos about flaws that you can see on a card that they are overlooking or just missed causing the grade that they got. Keep up the videos my friend and hope to post a new one for myself tomorrow.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Thanks so much for the comment. I loved it. Yeah, I've actually always been impressed with PSA's customer service, they have always had my back too. I was really getting into SGC, but I still haven't received my last order (missing) and I've been less than impressed with how they're currently handling it, ugh. Oh, what was your first big card you got (loved) as a kid? And I'll definitely check out your latest video if you post one tomorrow :) Thanks again for the comment!

[@shorebreakcards]

Ooooo that Elway is shiny! Great looking card!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I weirdly love the Elway card so I listed it on eBay with a high price 🤪

[@Trashton]

Congrats on that shaq! Awesome grade on an awesome card. My first big card purchase was a Miguel cabrera rookie from 2000 topps traded. I probably overpaid for it at the time but I still have it to this day. I still continue to collect his cards as he is my favorite player.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Love to hear that you still own the card 👌 That Miggy RC is awesome. And he will be a HOF’er for sure 👍

[@3pt-cards]

I love MJ's face on that "Draw Your Own Card" Lol.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Lol, me too. Kinda looks like he’s taking a poop 😂

[@bennybreaks702]

I whole heartedly agree. They need to be tough but fair. I just got my order in, video coming soon, and the ones I had at "9 maybe 10" all were 9s. I did have some 6s that confused me. But overall, they were absolutely fair. One thing I don't like is people pointing out the flaw and saying, "but I deserved a 10. Come on PSA!" I absolutely hate that. They pointed out why they got a 8 or a 9 and expected a 10. Having 10s be rare is the whole point of grading. Good sub and vid!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Exactly! You’re spot on with your comment 👌 I really like the direction PSA continues to go in. Over the years I’ve learned to take accountability for the grades I get 👍 Sure PSA makes poor grades sometimes, but it’s still a small percentage. Let me know if you see why you got the 6’s. I always like learning too

[@bennybreaks702]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 2 of them deserved a 6. One was completely a miss on my part. The other was a 2020 Optic basketball where the outline of the player wasn't stamped perfectly. Rest of the card was solid so it was a test for me. One I believe is a 9 and the other has me baffled. But of 85 cards I have 2 I question, that's not bad at all!

[@shorebreakcards]

Getting 10's on those Ovations is nice! I have some base Kobe's/Jordans etc. from around those years and they all have some white corners/edges, and they're pack pulled! Maybe it was just that specific year, but yours are CLEAN!!!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I think I got lucky and got a really clean case back in the day 👌 I remember just pulling out the autos and jerseys and leaving the rest untouched for 15 years. Glad I kept them

[@BeyondtheBreakCollectors]

As always, great information! We definitely need to start looking over cards even more closely

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Thanks! 🙌 And I definitely agree…sometimes I just get relaxed and send in cards that I know have little flaws…I gotten tighten up too 😅

[@bearcards3497]

Nice Returns! My first card ever was Howie Long 1987 Topps and it would definitely get a PSA 1 😁 thanks for sharing!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Lol. I bet a 1987 topps Howie Long PSA 1 would be a POP 1 though 😂 Great player choice for your first card! Thanks for sharing

[@bearcards3497]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 that's likely true! 🤣

[@bsavidge]

First big purchase was a 71' Pete maravich in a screw down case. No idea where it went. Was able to get a nice sgc 7 a few months back and I love it!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I love the design on those 71 topps basketball, so 70’s 👌 And the big four screw cases were the best! Not for the card, but for appearance 🤪 Thanks for sharing! Maybe I should try and pick up an 82 donruss Ripken psa 10

[@gradedcards5516]

yup, I have been saying it for a few years now -- 60-40 centering no longer works, and the back centering also can't be way off like it used to be...I am happy with both of those changes...they won't update their grading standards to say as much as it would cause "issues" out in the grading world, but people submitting cards should know that the new centering criteria is real

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Good point on the back centering as well 👍 Hopefully this vid can get the point across to people that the centering standards have changed 👌

[@TheMinneapolisKid]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I wonder if the centering depends on the product. I feel like on cards with narrow borders 60-40 is a lot tougher than on wide border cards. Like look at 1981 topps. the borders are so narrow, its almost impossible to get a perfectly centered card. a hair off and its noticeable.

[@markterpening4395]

My first card purchase was in 1986 also in Salem, Oregon. I was in high school and my buddy had a box of 1980-86 baseball. I over paid since that $500 should have been spent on basketball packs going for the Jordan rookies. I do still have the cards and there are several rookies of Sandberg, Gwynn, Mattingly Boggs and the rest of stars from the era. Good times!! Now I have 500k cards and 10k Starting lineup figures. Go Blazers!!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I loved that era of baseball! Such great baseball RC’s in the 80’s. I also love Starting Lineups too…especially the 1988 football ones. Go blazers!

[@rickthacollector410]

I got that same ripken card in 2000 I was 14 years old I'm a Baltimore native got to meet the legend himself n got a autograph baseball got a bunch of some from his 2131 streak he lived in cockeysville MD for years crazy my grandfather lives right down the street from him and Everytime my grandpa drove us passed his house he'd say there's cals house lol

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Love it 😃 Your grandfather sounds awesome. I’m still amazed by Cal Ripken and his iron man streak

[@davidthecardcollector]

I first started collecting in 1992. My first big card was a 1982 Topps Cal Ripen jr. my brother bought me that cost 40 dollars at the time. I collected until about 1996 before stopping when I started High School. I got back into the hobby about 2010. I started buying all the cards I wanted while growing up. That is when I saw graded cards for the first time, I started buying them a few years later because the prices had not blown up yet. Last year I started sending in my own cards to be graded and I think I have done decent in my selection of what I send in. I am at the end of my submitting on my Ohtani rookies, I bought over 100 of them in 2020. People had given up on him and they were cheap. I done very well on them with grades but all my Peyton Manning and other 90s and 80 not that great. I always send in stuff I think is at least 9 but most of the time that stuff comes back a 8 or 7. I occasionally get the head scratchers that grade a 6 or 7 and they look mint even in good light. My latest order I sent in a 1993 Jeter Topps gold I pulled in 1993 and a Iverson 1996 fleer ultra I also pulled when it first released. Most of the Ohtani cards come back 9s and 10s.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Sounds like we are of similar age, and both had Ripken RC’s as our first big card 😃 So cool that your brother bought you it…that’s an awesome brother! 2010 was a great year to get back into the hobby…prices were so low cuz of the recession. Thanks for sharing 🙌 Happy grading, and happy collecting!

[@kichamp]

Just got back an 80 card order this week and my grader decided he didn’t care about surface issues. Multiple 10s on cards I had held out thinking they were 9s or even an 8 in one case the scratching was so bad, which happened to be a nice Harper refractor rc. However my foil cards each got 2 grades lower than I expected in the order. And same as you, been doing this since 1998 with psa.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Sometimes it definitely happens 😅 My guess you got a rookie grader. Great for you, but bad for the pop. But you know how it goes…you take the good with the bad 👍 Thanks for sharing, and awesome to hear you’ve been grading so long, even before me! 🙌

[@shorebreakcards]

My first big card as a kid was a 1993-94 Fleer Jordan Power in the Key! I pulled it in a pack with my bro, loved that card but lost it somewhere in a move around 99😩

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

That was one of my favorite inserts of the 90’s! Loved the foil colors. So cool you pulled the Jordan 👌

[@svvintage]

I’ve never seen that Elway! I have his rookie, but with the silver, that thing is amazing🔥🔥

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

That’s exactly what I thought too! I have it for sale over-priced because I don’t necessarily want to sell it 🤣 Thanks for watching! 🙌

[@svvintage]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Hahaha, I completely understand😂

[@brandonmartin9117]

I remember all I wanted one year was a Jerry rice rookie card for Christmas, and me and my brother would go through all the wrapped presents and shake them. We got through all the gifts and nothing was in the shape of a card so me as a kid was sad to thinking I wasn’t gonna get it. So Christmas came along and getting to the last present and still no Jerry rice rookie I started opening the last present and it’s a Beauty and the beast movie cassette box, I’m literally on fire and I open the box and boom there it was cried like a baby!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

That’s the kind of story I was hoping I’d get in the comments :) Incredible. I’m so glad you got that Rice on Xmas morning, and with a little trickery 😅 That Rice RC is still such an iconic card. Thanks for watching and sharing!

[@RawGradeFlip]

Fun as always. I've definetly noticed them getting tougher on centering and even a tiny back white tipped corner. Just have to detact from the card and if it doesnt meet standards then don't send in. That's always my issue. I just get excited for a card to get graded lol

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Agreed. That tiny back white one corner is so frustrating. I hate how that brings you down to a mint 9 now, but I get it 👍

[@jdssportscards]

Good information and thanks for sharing!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned next week for a really good order reveal. It was my best new years special order so far 👌

[@macstener5295]

Nice order! It’s a bummer they grade those 2003-04 Topps chrome cards so tough. Regardless it was a good order, tons of cool cards. Nicely done on that Shaq jersey card 10!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Yeah, I’ve been really bummed how harsh they grade those black refractors but I’m okay with it, because in the long run it will make that set more valuable and sought after 👌 What was your first big card as a kid Mac? 👍

[@macstener5295]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I got an upper deck Kobe #58 Rookie at a flea market with my dad when I was probably 6. Super cheap, maybe $5 at the time but that card was the coolest thing to me growing up just because of how I got it. Graded a 9 last year and still the coolest card I own lol. I remember pulling some autographed cards with my brother around 2005 and those were cool but nothing stands out like that 96 Kobe! How about you??

[@rickthacollector410]

Also my great great grand dad Danny was a bat boy for the os in 1960 actually made it on a news paper clipping lol crazy 😂

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Love hearing stories like that! Go Orioles 🧡🖤

[@Noe_T10]

My first big card show (90s) purchase was an 84 Elway. Wish I remembered the price. Still have it too.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Love that you still own it 👌 The 1984 Elway is one of my favorite football rookie cards of all time. I’m actually doing a whole video on that card soon, probably will drop in the next month or two. Thanks for sharing!

[@Noe_T10]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 Looking forward to seeing it.

[@romeovaccarella3982]

Crazy how much upside there is grading a lot of the older base especially basketball. Never saw that draw your own Jordan before really cool!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

So much upside 👌 But the reason for the upside is that it’s so hard to gem older basketball especially lately 😅 Thanks for the comments and watching always!

[@llamedica]

The ‘85 McGwire USA rookie card. Sold it for beer money in college after he broke the record. 😂

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Great first big card! Iconic card. And considering you can buy a decent raw copy of it nowadays for $10 bucks…I think you made a nice choice selling it for beer money in college 🍻 Cheers!

[@miguelavila8961]

My first big card I got in a trade was the 1987 fleer Michael Jordon from a dealer at Denios in Roseville, CA when I was 11. I traded at the time a first day production Dan Marino that was at the time selling at $150.00 and I was in awwwwwww with the Jordan! Great trade! I do believe the 60/40 is way too fair, I think it should be 90/10 for a 10 lol

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Lol 😂 eBay would be bursting with Gem 10’s! You made a great trade to get your first big card 👌 Cool story, and awesome your first big card was a Jordan. Thanks for sharing!

[@miguelavila8961]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I meant 50/50 for a 10, my god yes there would be way too many given out!! 10’s should be a little more rare so that value then would go up.

[@3pt-cards]

I dig the commentary and remarks about PSA and the recent grading. 95% of the time I can see why I got a 9 or 8 or below. The other 5% I crack out and send back. For the most part I'm agreeing with the grades and like you said - firm but fair. Now, do some cards come back to me with damage done by PSA hands? Maybe, but it's really hard to tell/prove. Considering the volume they're doing (especially right now) I'm impressed with the turn time and grading consistency. And I think it's good thing that they're not flooding the market with PSA 10's for every 60/40 card with imperfect corners/edges.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Agreed. It’s around 5% of the time where I feel PSA actually got it wrong, and that’s when I crack out 👌 And overall, I’d say it’s still less than 1% of the time PSA actually damages a card. I’d say one in every 300 cards. It’s a great thing for resale values that they aren’t flooding the market with gem 10’s. So I’m good with firm but fair 👌

[@Showcardsusa]

How do you do with the ones you crack and resubmit?

[@3pt-cards]

I've had success doing it, but I've only done it with a handful of cards (

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I'd say I get a grade bump 60% of the time I crackout :) @@Showcardsusa

[@Showcardsusa]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I also find about 3-5 % of my submissions that I disagree with, the rest appear fair

[@Goats_and_pros]

Mine was the same, Cal donruss RC pulled from a complete set purchased from Don West’s show

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Nice! Ripken was a true Ironman, and awesome player to collect. I just looked up what a PSA 10 of that card sells for and it was close to $1400 bucks 😳 I was hoping it was around $600

[@Sandman60077]

I sent 2 submissions in for the new years special. The first one flew right through 👍. The second one has been sitting in the Research & ID phase for 3 weeks now 👎.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Don’t worry, I’ve found that’s a great sign for your grades 👍 I had one random order that took really long, just popped and grades were incredible, better than the other ones. I’ll explain in my reveal next week 👌

[@Sandman60077]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I hope you're right 👍

[@Ben-lu1zf]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 I have send an order on 01/09, it has been sitting in the Assembly for two weeks now. Waiting for your explanation !!! Please give me more Gem mint !!!

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I find that you get better grades with orders that take longer :) So hopefully that is true for your order. Good luck! Completely normal for it to be in Assembly for 2-3 weeks. Should pop soon@@Ben-lu1zf

[@ChadRaush]

I agree it’s nice PSA is being more consistent but it is disappointing there will be such a discrepancy between PSA 10’s that are currently being graded and previously graded 10’s of the same card. I have 10s that I know would get no higher than an 8 if I cracked and re-subbed now.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

You make it good point 👍 That’s why it will be extra important we inspect carefully and buy the card not the grade. Thanks for watching and the comment!

[@Ben-lu1zf]

Dir Sir： Do you think PSA's grading will be back like 40/60 can get Gem mint or keep tough forever. I want PSA to keep tough. Getting Gem mint is never easy.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I want PSA to keep tough too…I think that helps them and us in the long run 👍 I don’t think grading 60/40 card a gem mint 10 will ever be back. But occasionally (probably less than 3% of the time) you might get lucky and hit a 10 with poor centering 👌

[@PAL-lt7pm]

Nice Shaq jersey 10! How do you package thick cards for psa?

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Great question! I still use the same size card saver, but using a box cutter I slit the very bottom front of the card saver open so the thick card has room to breathe. It still fits snug enough to not fall out, but if worried about that just put a little tape over the opening 👍

[@ingramdavis1737]

I cracked out a 8 sent it back, and it came back a 10.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

Heck yeah! Nice upgrade 👌 I do always assume that there is around 3-5% that PSA grades inaccurately, and your card was one of them when they gave it an 8 the first time 👍

[@ingramdavis1737]

@littlevictoriessportscards197 so now if I don't agree, I Crack it and send it back

[@llamedica]

@@ingramdavis1737Please Submit Again….PSA 😂

[@milehighkardz9292]

what kind of lamp do you use?

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I use one of those swivel arm desk lamps so I can bring it down close to the card 👍 Use a nice bright watt bulb too…at least 60 watt 👌

[@cardboarddreams31]

How do you feel about PSA having millions of dollars worth of cards in their possession of ours and not answering phone calls or responding to emails? They have even damaged cards and didn’t own up to it. Those are a couple that get my blood boiling. I’m actually thinking about switching to SGC because of PSA’s non existent customer service. Interested in your thoughts on it.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I’ve never had a problem with their customer service. If you need to reach them call on weekday mornings. And they always call back. I actually think they have great customer service. And whenever they have damaged my cards (probably has only happened to 8 total cards in 20 years of grading) they made it right, gave me full declared value and grading cost back 👍 I’m only 8 orders in with SGC and I’m actually already having problems with them. My personal preference is PSA, but I respect everyone’s own choice 🙌

[@cardboarddreams31]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 appreciate the input

[@tigerday9059]

I was curious, what does oc stand for?

[@llamedica]

Off center. It is a qualifier they use equal to 2 numerical grades. So an 8 (OC) is equal to a 6. But some people want the higher grade with a qualifier.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

OC means old collection. This just says the card came from an old collection I bought 8-15 years ago 👍 Already got all the money back for the collection, so the remaining nice clean raw cards I’ve kept are all gravy 👌 Thanks for watching!

[@cardviper]

I still think some graders use a 50/50 centering rule.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

You’re probably right. I’m sure each grader has their own centering tolerance preference. I’d personally let 55/45 slide but no worse 👌

[@Nogame7_Cards]

"They are grading these 2000s and 90s chrome... very very tough lately" That's the thing.. Grade the card. Don't grade the name or the set. If I send you a Michael jordan, you shouldn't even notice the name. But they do.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I agree…just grade the card…the name or set shouldn’t matter 👍 I’d say overall (90-95% of the time) PSA does that 👌 I used to think Jordan pop control was going on (and it probably was) but lately I’ve seen my Jordan’s graded accurately and my share of gem mint 10’s. Thanks for watching!

[@creamcity8746]

Jersey graders seem better

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

So far, I agree 👌 My last jersey sub was 🔥

[@creamcity8746]

@littlevictoriessportscards197 I still don't understand how u can judge and buy raw cards off ebay without getting screwed by a scratch or flaw undisclosed...🤷

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

It's all about quantity purchased. I buy like 40 cards at a time from a big seller on ebay, and about 50% of them are in pretty good gradeable condition. So I'm still getting those flawed cards but also the gems :)@@creamcity8746

[@ooVPoo]

What’s $1 oc

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

OC means, old collection. This is saying that I got the card in an old collection I bought probably 8-15 years ago 👍 Thanks!

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

Just based off your voice, I figured you were in your 20’s.

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

It’s funny…my whole adult life I didn’t realize I had a young sounding voice until I starting making vids on here 🤪 Definitely gotten a handful of comments on my voice

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

@@littlevictoriessportscards197 😂 I was honestly shocked when I started doing the math with how long you’ve been submitting cards. That’s funny man.

[@jamesb6686]

train your brain and dont send cards to psa

[@littlevictoriessportscards197]

I’ll always love PSA and SGC