Grading giant PSA announced price increases and changes to turnaround times for a variety of service levels across multiple categories Thursday.
Expected to go into effect Friday, the most popular categories impacted are the Collectors Club-exclusive Bulk services for sports and trading cards. Prices for TCG Bulk and Value Bulk will rise from $14.99 and $18.99 per card to $16.99 and $19.99. No changes will be made to declared values or turnaround times.
High-end service levels at Express and above also will be impacted, with Express, Super Express and Walk-Through rising to $149, $299 and $599 per card after nearly a year at $129, $249 and $499. According to PSA, high-end services are mostly returning to pricing prior to changes in February 2024.
Along with trading cards, PSA is making multiple changes to ticket grading and authentication. The Value service level will rise from $29.99 per ticket to $39.99, but will have its max declared value doubled from $250 to $500. Its estimated turnaround time will be trimmed from 90 days to 75.
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Lesser-used services such as card reholders will also see price increases across a number of levels but feature improved turnaround times.
The price increases at PSA arrive less than a week after the company announced that some delays in turnaround times can be expected following high submission volume to close 2024.
According to PSA, the unboxing and system entry of packages has slowed overall turnaround times, especially for Bulk and Value submission levels.
The most popular grader for sports and trading cards, PSA graded more than 15 million items in 2024, according to third-party grading tracker GemRate. CGC Cards finished second among the four major grading companies in 2024 with 2.32 million items graded.
Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct.