PSA swears it has no stake in your sale. It's paid a percentage of the price.
PSA grades your card, then sells it for a cut of the price, so the higher it goes, the more PSA makes. Its own site still promises it has nothing riding on the sale.
PSA has a page of advice for collectors explaining why buyers trust graded cards. Someone other than the seller has offered an opinion, it says. Then, in its own words: "Unlike the seller, we have no financial stake in the item's sale. All perceived conflict of interest is eliminated, and so is the risk. Everyone wins."
Opinion. By Cardboard Journal, 17 OctRead the argumentEarlier
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Nothing to submit while it is paused, and slabs you already hold carry the old standard.
Collectors keeps BGS subgrades intact — Black Label holders exhale
Existing Black Labels hold their premium; no reason to crack and resubmit.
Arena Club keeps drifting from grading company toward marketplace
Fine if you sell inside their ecosystem; weak if you plan to sell anywhere else.
New owners take over FCG and reset it as a $15 flat-rate grader
New ownership resets the clock — judge it on slabs graded after January 2026, not before.