Large volume submission for grading - your advice?

[Belfast1933]

I will be submitting a large volume (about 100) of cards soon to both SGC and to PSA for grading - most of these are prewar so I want to be careful about insurance, submission process, etc.

I would appreciate hearing from others when submitting larger quantities of cards for grading:

- would you send as one package or is there a benefit of breaking into smaller lots to spread the risk of loss?

- what insurance would you consider for the transport? Would hobby insurance alone (like CIS) be enough or would you also add any postal service coverage?

- and lastly, any advice of how to package the cards from the outside to limit the threat of theft or loss? I wish there was a nearby show soon where I could drop off to PSA and SGC but no such luck.

Thx for any advice on this.

Jeff

[raulus]

How much are they worth, roughly?

And are they all standard size? Or do you have some oversize and jumbo stuff in there?

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by raulus

How much are they worth, roughly?

And are they all standard size? Or do you have some oversize and jumbo stuff in there?

Pretty valuable as a whole... and 95% are standard size

[raulus]

I’ve used registered mail with USPS insurance a few times before. The rates are relatively economical. They do make you pack it up special and use the brown paper packing tape, which can be a pain.

If the value is that great, and you are feeling particularly paranoid, you could always just fly to a show where they are accepting submissions. I’ve also done that before where I didn’t want to take the chance.

Typically PSA will make you separate out the larger stuff into a separate submission because the price is higher for the big stuff. You can still ship multiple submissions in a single package though.

My experience is that PSA wants everything in card savers. And they want it in the order entered on your submission. Usually I will pack about 20-30 into a bubble mailer. And then label the outside of the bubble mailer with the line numbers from the submission. 4-5 of those bubble mailers can then fit just fine in a large USPS box.

[JollyElm]

Hit up Bobby (Member ID: bobbyw8469), because he's done a bazillion group subs for everyone and is always helpfully answering people's questions, so I'm sure he can offer a lot of insight about sending away large, valuable submissions.