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PSA is frustrating me

OK I hear all the stories, especially when it comes to entertainment autographs, but I am getting tired of PSA  these days.  This just came back from PSA as not genuine and so I had Roger take a peek and he told me that it is perfectly good. (I got it from Brad Byrne who gets everything signed in front of him.)

Ugh... This keeps happening more and more and it's simply frustrating.  It's a shame that PSA gets the best resale value still when they are seemingly having issues over there.

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Permalink Reply by Null on August 2, 2013 at 11:45am

If you know it is authentic, why waste money sending it to PSA/DNA?

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 2, 2013 at 12:05pm

Exactly Ryan.  Kevin, did Roger issue a COA or did he just "take a peek" as a courtesy?

Permalink Reply by Kevin Jairaj on August 2, 2013 at 12:17pm

Well, I like to get the JSA or PSA just for resale value should I ever need it. 

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 2, 2013 at 12:29pm

the whole idea of paying money to a TPA for an "opinion" of something that was obtained in person from a reliable source baffles me.  I am not sure the resale value with a PSA or JSA sticker is what it was a couple of years ago, and the gap seems to be getting smaller.

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 2, 2013 at 12:54pm

Agreed Terrier.

Permalink Reply by Rich on August 2, 2013 at 12:19pm

Any insight as to why they rejected it?  Is it a bad/rushed example?  Sure doesn't look like it.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Jairaj on August 2, 2013 at 12:41pm

Nope just the standard stuff.  Who knows, just got it back and I'm sure most of their staff is at the National Collector's convention in Chicago.

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 2, 2013 at 12:55pm

Wow Kevin, that is a very interesting and legitimate observation.

Permalink Reply by Jeffery Kite on August 8, 2013 at 5:16pm

Which brings me to this question: is it ever OK to take an autograph that "failed" one TPA, and just resubmit it to the other? I know dealers who got a "fail" from PSA on stuff, who just turned right around and submitted the same stuff to JSA a few weeks later, and it passed. I don't understand it either, sometimes, especially when they use virtually the same group of folks to help authenticate things.

Permalink Reply by Rich on August 8, 2013 at 5:24pm

If you know it's authentic (or even got it yourself), then I'd say yes.  

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 11, 2013 at 9:22pm
There's nothing wrong with submitting it to another TPA if it is a reputable one. If it failed PSA and you submitted it to Global, that's a different story. PSA and JSA don't use the same experts for the most part. John Reznikoff works for both, but that may be it.
Permalink Reply by Jeffery Kite on August 14, 2013 at 5:52pm

Hmmm.....I thought they did. I must say that I did have Reznikoff's name in mind when I posted that comment! :)

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