PSA bulk submission results: Mantle & Ted Williams

[swarmee]

Just got the grades on my 100 card submission from September after 104 business days. Most of the cards were for my Bobby Jones and Christopher Columbus registry sets, here are the ones that are vintage baseball. If you want to see any before pictures, I can probably find them.

GOOD+ 2.5 1952 Topps 71 Tom Upton Black Back (1952 Topps Registry set)
EXCELLENT 5 1952 Topps 113 Dick Sisler (1952 Topps Registry set)
VERY GOOD 3 1952 Topps 364 Clyde Sukeforth (1952 Topps Registry set)

1959 Fleer Ted Williams Registry set: a parade of EX-MT 6s...at least the best 2 got 8s.
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 21 1943-Honors for Williams
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 27 July 9, 1946-One Man Show
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 28 July 14, 1946-the Williams Shift
EXCELLENT-MINT+ 6.5 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 29 July 21, 1946, Ted Hits for the Cycle
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 32 1946-Most Valuable Player
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 33 1947-Another Triple Crown for Ted
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 36 1948-Banner Year for Ted
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 37 1949-Sox Miss Out Again
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 39 1950-Great Start
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 42 1951-Williams Slowed By Injury
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 44 1952-Back to the Marines
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 45 1952-Farewell to Baseball?
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 48 July 14, 1953-Ted Returns
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 49 1953-Smash Return
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 58 1957-Williams Hits .388
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 59 1957-Hot September for Ted
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 61 1957-Outfielder Ted
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 62 1958-6th Batting Title for Ted
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 64 1958-Daughter and Famous Daddy
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 65 August 30, 1958
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 67 Two Famous Fishermen
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 70 Ted Williams & Jim Thorpe
EXCELLENT 5 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 73 Ted's Hitting Fundamentals #3
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 74 Here's How!
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 78 Honors for Williams

Mickey Mantle Master Set:
POOR 1 1956 Topps 135 Mickey Mantle White Back
GOOD 2 1958 Topps 150 Mickey Mantle
EXCELLENT 5 1958 Topps 487 Mickey Mantle All Star
POOR 1 1961 Topps 300 Mickey Mantle
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1962 Exhibits Statistic Back Mickey Mantle
N9: NOT GRADED 1962 Topps Stamp Panels Felipe Alou Mickey Mantle *too fragile to holder. have them rechecking it. maybe the perforation is too weak*
EXCELLENT 5 1962 Topps 53 AL Home Run Leaders
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1963 Topps 247 Yankees Team
GOOD 2 1963 Topps Peel-Offs Mickey Mantle Instruction Back
GOOD 2 1965 O-Pee-Chee 5 A.L. RBI Leaders Robinson/Stuart/Mantle/Killebrew
FAIR 1.5 1968 American Oil J.Boros/M.Mantle Double
FAIR 1.5 1968 Topps 280 Mickey Mantle
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1969 Topps 500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow

Others:
EXCELLENT+ 5.5 1953 Topps 38 Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech alumni collection)
NEAR MINT 7 1959 Topps 419 Braves Team (looked really sharp)
VERY GOOD 3 1968 Topps 247 Reds Rookies Johnny Bench/Ron Tompkins
VERY GOOD 3 1939-46 Salutation Exhibits Ted Williams #9 Not Showing

[swarmee]

Here are some of the pictures:


Centered and minimal print defects, but Dean's called it EX as well.

Dean's called this one EX, PSA gave it a 6:

1952 High number

This might be a crack and resubmit if I don't see a crease (2.5?):

PSA 8 Jim Thorpe with the Splendid Splinter

PSA 5 Sisler:

COMC rated this as Near Mint as well:


And a bonus; this 1993 Donruss Elite got a PSA 9 Mint:

[bxb]

Wow, it took 5 months to get your grades?

[swarmee]

Yeah, PSA says that their submissions in 2018 were 2.5x what they received in 2017. And they changed their bulk price from $7/card to $8 at the end of August. So everyone that had been waiting for a cheaper monthly special all bit the bullet at the same time and submitted at $7. They are finally digging out of that mountain of submissions.
They moved into a new larger building, but they don't have enough trained manpower to grade all the cards at the same rate as their experienced graders, yet.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Mine too. Sent in at the end of August. Got them back Saturday. Almost 6 months. I hope that since they are now through the bubble of submissions from the “get in before the price increase” avalanche that their times will go back to normal.

[jchcollins]

The problems with turnaround times is why I've never done PSA. If I must get cards graded, I will usually send to SGC and pay for a quicker turnaround. They aren't perfect either, but they are a heck of a lot more reliable.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

At the Boston show November 2017 I submitted a batch of cards to psa. 2-3 days later they were marked received and they were back to me by the end of the next week. Since then, if you submit an order it takes weeks to enter into the system before their time starts. The time has gone from 10 to 25 days for a regular submission. So now when you submit cards it is around 2 months to get back to you.