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Is PSA Forgetting About the Collector? - Trading Card Therapy ep. 127

What should PSA do when more affordable grading tiers return?

In Trading Card Therapy Episode 127, Leighton takes a closer look at the current state of card grading and shares an ...idea for how PSA could better serve longtime collectors when lower-cost submission options become available again. With the potential for huge demand and another flood of submissions, should collectors who have supported PSA for years have an opportunity to reserve submission capacity?

Leighton also reveals the grade on an incredible 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 that Just Collect submitted to PSA at The National. The card arrived as part of a complete ungraded 1952 Topps set, and its eventual grade played an important role in evaluating the collection. Did PSA get the grade right?

Plus, we take another look at The Bucknell Find, an incredible vintage collection filled with baseball history. Leighton shares several cards he decided to keep for his personal collection, including cards and collectibles featuring Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Christy Mathewson and Lou Gehrig, and discusses why the cards that mean the most to a collector aren't always the ones worth the most money.

IN THIS EPISODE:

PSA grading and the current state of the hobby
What PSA could do differently for longtime collectors
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA grade reveal
Did PSA grade the Mantle correctly?
The incredible Bucknell Find
Vintage cards Leighton is keeping for his personal collection
Why collecting isn't always about value

Let us know in the comments: What would you like to see PSA do when more affordable grading options return?

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Is PSA Forgetting About the Collector? - Trading Card Therapy ep. 127

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I Paid $25,000 for This RARE Babe Ruth Card at The National! | Trading Card Therapy Ep. 126

Trading Card Therapy is BACK after The National — and Episode 126 is ...

Trading Card Therapy is BACK after The National — and Episode 126 is packed with incredible pickups, hobby history, and stories that remind us why we love collecting.

Leighton kicks things ...off with his favorite pickup from The National: an incredibly rare Babe Ruth card from the 1917–1920 Felix Mendelssohn set.

With only a small number of examples known, this particular Ruth is historically significant because it represents one of the earliest cards to designate Babe Ruth as a member of the NEW YORK YANKEES — while still picturing him in his Boston uniform.

The asking price? $25,000.

Leighton had a chance to make a deal on Tuesday... waited overnight... and learned firsthand why sometimes you can't get yesterday's price today.

But the Ruth was still there Wednesday morning — and this time he wasn't walking away without it.

Also in Episode 126:

⚾ Buying the #11-ranked 1975 Topps Mini PSA Registry Set

🏀 Why Michael Jordan was clearly the hobby king at The National

🔥 The incredible demand for vintage cards across the show

🏆 Meeting longtime collector Fred McKee and hearing how he bought a T206 Honus Wagner for just $1,100 in 1973

⚾ Helping bring an E90-1 Shoeless Joe Jackson back home to Greenville, South Carolina

❤️ The incredible story of a young collector named Henry who saved three 1948 Leaf Hall of Famers from being THROWN IN THE TRASH

⛳ A night with Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers — including an unbelievable story about Michael Jordan, a game of gin, and two signed Joker playing cards that eventually sold for $10,000

Plus, Leighton shares his thoughts on why The National remains the Super Bowl of card shows and what collectors should know before attending next year's event.

💬 QUESTION FOR COLLECTORS:

What was YOUR favorite pickup from The National?

And who is currently #2 in the hobby behind Michael Jordan — Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Shohei Ohtani, or someone else?

Let us know in the comments!

👍 If you enjoy vintage sports cards, hobby stories, buying collections and collecting history, hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the Just Collect YouTube channel.

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