My last shipment from PSA didn’t go as I had hoped. The good news is that this batch returned came in a little better. Definitely a few surprises again but these are a little better!
The 8s
The Hoerner is a thick card and I wasn’t surprised it only got an 8. The Randy Johnson auto … it’s my second graded Big Unit. The Oswald Peraza … it’s a short-print and really surprised it only got an 8. When I got it, I knew it had SP written all over it so it got set aside. Oh well.
A Nice Pair
I sent in two Tatis paper rookies that I got from a couple of Cheap Fun Breaks mystery boxes. They both came back 9s.
Variety
The 2018 Turang was actually a Topps redemption that came back 10. In 2022, I bought into a 100-case Pick-Your-Player Bowman Chrome break for Graham Ashcraft. This was the best auto I hit. The 2014 Mookie Betts rookie was just languishing in a box. Druw Jones was nice to get a 9.
2018 Topps Archives Rookie Autos
Both of these 9s were redemptions. Kinda. The Palmer was. The Robin Yount …. this was what Topps sent me for a 1-of-1 Francisco Lindor gold auto with a trashed corner from the same set. Sooooo, yeah. Still bitter.
Last = Best
Two Corbin Carrolls. Not a fan of the Mega Box cards so the Futurist is getting sold The Bowman’s Best might stay in my collection. Two Ohtani’s: An Archives rookie (9) and a 2023 Tier One. The 2021 Sapphire Julio Rodriguez … whoa! And the 2022 Bowman’s Best Elly was a redemption and dang… Nice!
So yeah … this was a pretty good PSA shipment.