PSA Bulk Grading - Now or Wait?
 

I have about 200-300 cards I have been gathering over the last couple of years that I would like to submit to PSA for grading. The cards are all from the 1940s and 1950s.

Some of the cards are for a registry set I am trying to build, while the others have a huge difference between the raw vs. PSA-graded values.

My question for the group is all of the cards would fall under the "Value Bulk" for $21.99/card. Do I go ahead and "bite the bullet" and pay the $22/card or wait for a grading special?

Go ahead and submit. I doubt they will ever again run a grading special for that era. Collectors of vintage/pre-war make up a very small percentage of collectors for PSA. The only way bulk prices go down is if the Pokemon market collapses, which I don't see happening for a year or 2.

I faced the same issue several years ago. As mentioned above, conditions might be different now. I chose to wait for a bulk grading special.

Bulk specials are a thing of the past, at this point. They are taking 2 weeks for those subs to go from Arrived to Received. PSA has more than enough work at that level.

If you submit now, you wait, as in months to get your order back. Or you can wait and submit later and very likely, you’ll wait then as well. Nothing ever seems to change with the grading game these days. And I’m not a submitter. If many others followed this lead, maybe things would be different.

If I could just get everyone else to stop submitting, my turnaround times would be amazing!

Don’t bet on it, you’ll still be waiting a loooong time!

Raw versus Graded values
 

Depending on the grade, the difference in value is well worth the fees. To establish a universal value is one reason we get cards graded.

Somehow that was done prior to grading. I remember everyone at shows had their Beckett price guide with them to refer to, and cards were bought and sold.

As Yogi would say ... "nobody uses PSA anymore, they're too busy."

Just an opinion based on observation (watching a lot of those reveal videos)but if they’re commons I’d go ahead and get them graded because they seem to be getting fair grades (as compared to stars in Hall of Famers)