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A Small Investment, A Big Return
If you're serious about maximizing the value of your collectibles and realizing top prices when you sell, there's no better way than with PSA and PSA/DNA Authentication Services. Even if you never actually sell your collectibles, you will most likely hand them down to a family member or friend someday. If these items have not been graded by PSA or authenticated by PSA/DNA, the recipient may never know the true value of your gift and can easily be taken advantage of if they try to sell these items.

Increase the Number of Potential Buyers by Reducing the Risk
The upsurge in Internet bidding and buying has greatly increased the potential for fraud in today's sports collectibles market. That's why now more than ever buyers want and need assurance that what they are buying is actually what they are getting. For many, the only names they trust are PSA and PSA/DNA Authentication Services.

With impartial, third-party validation, someone other than a seller has offered an opinion about the item that's up for sale. It's not the seller who is claiming a collectible is top grade or genuine. It's PSA and PSA/DNA Authentication Services. 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.

Making it Safe to Buy Cards and Collectibles Online
PSA and PSA/DNA Authentication Services have significantly influenced the rise of collectibles sales on eBay and other online auction sites by enabling collectors to trust sellers that list any item which bears the PSA or PSA/DNA name. Each PSA-graded or authenticated item is assigned a unique certification number that buyers can use to verify authenticity and quality without having to physically hold it. A keyword search of PSA or PSA/DNA at www.eBay.com shows that at any given time, the auction site has tens of thousands of PSA and PSA/DNA-designated items. These are the collectibles that typically sell first and fastest.

Enhance Your Credibility
When it comes to collectibles, a seller's reputation is of paramount importance. Those with the best reputations have their collectibles graded and/or authenticated by PSA. If you are known as a seller who does not, your credibility may suffer. Buyers will ask questions and speculate as to your reasons why.

Is There a Fortune in the Cards for You?
The power of PSA is readily apparent when it comes to the increased value PSA certification gives to cards and other collectibles. Need proof? Here are just a few examples of the power of PSA grading.