How Long Has PSA Been Slabbing Sketches With Grades? - Page 7

finfangfan · 01-31-2025, 11:23 AM

And as luck would have it, the Sakai sketch I’ve had on COMC for awhile ended up selling just days later after mentioned in this thread. Thanks for the assist cmixer!

finfangfan · 02-05-2025, 03:31 PM

Someone just did a run on some of my slabbed Star Wars sketches on COMC … time to use the new credit to slab some more for PC and for sale… as noted in the other thread … you can do BOTH!

Oldnavy788 · 02-05-2025, 03:46 PM

I graded my first sketch ever pulled it from a case, received the grade just yesterday.

finfangfan · 02-05-2025, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldnavy788

I graded my first sketch ever pulled it from a case, received the grade just yesterday.

Nice.., In my experience, PSA does not give out many 10’s for sketch cards.

Icollectstuff · 02-05-2025, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Someone just did a run on some of my slabbed Star Wars sketches on COMC … time to use the new credit to slab some more for PC and for sale… as noted in the other thread … you can do BOTH!

Congrats on the sales... I don't do much sketch card collecting I didn't know garbowska did sketch cards...

I bought my niece some my little pony sketches from garbowska at a comic convention

Oldnavy788 · 02-05-2025, 04:00 PM

Thank you! It was the highest value one I had pulled, and looked really nice compared to my others.

Icollectstuff · 02-05-2025, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldnavy788

I graded my first sketch ever pulled it from a case, received the grade just yesterday.

Congrats on the grade and nice sketch

Oldnavy788 · 02-05-2025, 04:09 PM

Thanks so much! And yes, I agree it’s a nice sketch.

finfangfan · 02-11-2025, 05:54 PM

Got a few more Dino slabs back today… 8’s and 9’s… these are tough to PSA 10.

finfangfan · 02-17-2025, 06:10 PM

It continues to be tough to get PSA 10s on dinosaur sketches. 0 for 5 on my Dino sketches that came back today through COMC.

finfangfan · 02-24-2025, 05:09 PM

Finally got another PSA 10 Dino sketch back…

And another cool Dino sketch slab came back today as well ….

finfangfan · 02-25-2025, 06:20 PM

A couple more Dino sketches popped up today… no 10.

Oldnavy788 · 02-25-2025, 08:13 PM

Hopefully you get a 10 one of these times!

finfangfan · 02-28-2025, 04:07 PM

More cool Dino sketches came back today… all PSA 9… no 10s. Israel Arteaga did A+++ work for this set!

finfangfan · 03-03-2025, 09:00 PM

Two more sketches popped up today… both PSA 9.

I think this one was actually one of the first dinosaurs sketches I ever bought. And this would have been while the set was released at hobby, pre-ePack. It’s a simple sketch, but I still love it!

I also got this Woolly Rhino that PSA misidentified as Woolly Mammoth even though back of card (and art) clearly indicate it’s a rhino…. Oops!

finfangfan · 03-12-2025, 08:38 PM

A little bummed that PSA didn’t put bird name on the label. The artist wrote it on the back of card… Cedar Waxwing

finfangfan · 03-19-2025, 11:36 AM

More cool Dinosaurs sketch card slabs came back today… no PSA 10s but I still think these slabs pop!

cmixer · 03-19-2025, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

A little bummed that PSA didn’t put bird name on the label. The artist wrote it on the back of card… Cedar Waxwing

Neat card.
Neat set.

finfangfan · 03-19-2025, 03:16 PM

Thanks! I love the birds Pimentel did and have a bunch more off to be slabbed. This was my first test one to make sure PSA slabbed the set.

hcdaly · 03-22-2025, 04:05 PM

Very cool to see all the die-cuts graded here. They look grade in the PSA slabs!

I was inspired by this thread to grade a few sketches of my own. I've been going after the SW G4/G5/G6 die-cut master sets (1 sketch variant / artist / set) so have another order with a lot of those being graded soon. Here's some of my favorites from my most recent submission:

finfangfan · 03-22-2025, 04:09 PM

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

PSA 10 on sketch cards is very tough, but even if you don’t get a 10 I think they really pop in the PSA slabs.

EDIT: and I love that Len Bellinger! He used to be active on the Scoundrel forums and was a collector AND an amazing artist. Would love to hear from him again.

finfangfan · 03-22-2025, 04:24 PM

Regarding die cut sketches. Through my limited sample it appeared PSA only slabbed the SW4 diecuts that featured actual Star Wars characters. So for an artist like KaToPe… who drew random stuff like birds and dogs… they came back unslabbed. CGC did slab all of my KaToPe’s though.

cmixer · 03-22-2025, 04:38 PM

^ That Adam Hughes is grail-worthy.
Holy cow.

finfangfan · 03-24-2025, 03:18 PM

A few more Dinos came back today… no 10s. 😢

finfangfan · 03-26-2025, 06:48 PM

I got one Dino sketch slab back today. A PSA 9 Triceratops painted by Jason Brower. Incidentally, Brower also did Dino achievement sketches released years later (2021). However, the card stock on those is different (cheaper) and I feel his art works much better on the 2015 cards.

02-05-2025, 03:46 PM	#153
Oldnavy788 Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 159	I graded my first sketch ever pulled it from a case, received the grade just yesterday. Attached Thumbnails

01-31-2025, 11:23 AM	#151
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	And as luck would have it, the Sakai sketch I’ve had on COMC for awhile ended up selling just days later after mentioned in this thread. Thanks for the assist cmixer!

02-05-2025, 03:31 PM	#152
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Someone just did a run on some of my slabbed Star Wars sketches on COMC … time to use the new credit to slab some more for PC and for sale… as noted in the other thread … you can do BOTH!

02-05-2025, 04:00 PM	#156
Oldnavy788 Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 159	Thank you! It was the highest value one I had pulled, and looked really nice compared to my others.

02-05-2025, 04:09 PM	#158
Oldnavy788 Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 159	Thanks so much! And yes, I agree it’s a nice sketch.

02-11-2025, 05:54 PM	#159
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Got a few more Dino slabs back today… 8’s and 9’s… these are tough to PSA 10.

02-17-2025, 06:10 PM	#160
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	It continues to be tough to get PSA 10s on dinosaur sketches. 0 for 5 on my Dino sketches that came back today through COMC.

02-24-2025, 05:09 PM	#161
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Finally got another PSA 10 Dino sketch back… And another cool Dino sketch slab came back today as well ….

02-25-2025, 06:20 PM	#162
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	A couple more Dino sketches popped up today… no 10.

02-25-2025, 08:13 PM	#163
Oldnavy788 Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 159	Hopefully you get a 10 one of these times!

02-28-2025, 04:07 PM	#164
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	More cool Dino sketches came back today… all PSA 9… no 10s. Israel Arteaga did A+++ work for this set!

03-03-2025, 09:00 PM	#165
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Two more sketches popped up today… both PSA 9. I think this one was actually one of the first dinosaurs sketches I ever bought. And this would have been while the set was released at hobby, pre-ePack. It’s a simple sketch, but I still love it! I also got this Woolly Rhino that PSA misidentified as Woolly Mammoth even though back of card (and art) clearly indicate it’s a rhino…. Oops!

03-12-2025, 08:38 PM	#166
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	A little bummed that PSA didn’t put bird name on the label. The artist wrote it on the back of card… Cedar Waxwing

03-19-2025, 11:36 AM	#167
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	More cool Dinosaurs sketch card slabs came back today… no PSA 10s but I still think these slabs pop!

03-19-2025, 03:16 PM	#169
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Thanks! I love the birds Pimentel did and have a bunch more off to be slabbed. This was my first test one to make sure PSA slabbed the set.

03-22-2025, 04:05 PM	#170
hcdaly Member Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 14	Very cool to see all the die-cuts graded here. They look grade in the PSA slabs! I was inspired by this thread to grade a few sketches of my own. I've been going after the SW G4/G5/G6 die-cut master sets (1 sketch variant / artist / set) so have another order with a lot of those being graded soon. Here's some of my favorites from my most recent submission:

03-22-2025, 04:09 PM	#171
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Awesome! Thanks for sharing! PSA 10 on sketch cards is very tough, but even if you don’t get a 10 I think they really pop in the PSA slabs. EDIT: and I love that Len Bellinger! He used to be active on the Scoundrel forums and was a collector AND an amazing artist. Would love to hear from him again.

03-22-2025, 04:24 PM	#172
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	Regarding die cut sketches. Through my limited sample it appeared PSA only slabbed the SW4 diecuts that featured actual Star Wars characters. So for an artist like KaToPe… who drew random stuff like birds and dogs… they came back unslabbed. CGC did slab all of my KaToPe’s though.

03-22-2025, 04:38 PM	#173
cmixer Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,027	^ That Adam Hughes is grail-worthy. Holy cow.

03-24-2025, 03:18 PM	#174
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	A few more Dinos came back today… no 10s. 😢

03-26-2025, 06:48 PM	#175
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,698	I got one Dino sketch slab back today. A PSA 9 Triceratops painted by Jason Brower. Incidentally, Brower also did Dino achievement sketches released years later (2021). However, the card stock on those is different (cheaper) and I feel his art works much better on the 2015 cards.