Collectors Universe Teams Up With Yahoo! Auctions to Launch Co-Branded Sportscard Grading Site.Business Editors NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Collectors Universe and Yahoo! Create Sports Card Grading Site to Give Sports Collectors Greater Tools to Make Informed Bids Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLCT CLCT Calcite (lithological term) )(www.collectors.com), a leading online grader and authenticator of sports cards, stamps, and autographs, today announced it has launched a co-branded sports card grading site with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a global Internet communications, commerce and media company. The co-branded site (www.psacard.com/yahoo) is a part of Collectors Universe's site and is closely integrated into Yahoo!(R) Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com), the fastest growing, globally-branded free auction site on the Internet. The site enables sports collectors to submit sports cards to Collectors Universe's Professional Sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Authenticator (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) division for grading and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . Also, potential bidders can verify grades with certification numbers in order to confirm the legitimacy of the card being offered, and bidders can access the PSA Population Report numbers, which provide bidders with essential information on items' rareness, which facilitates more informed bidding decisions. "Yahoo!'s selection to incorporate our PSA card grading services extends our visibility to a large and growing audience of collectors," said David Hall David Hall may refer to:
As the largest globally-branded free online auction service, Yahoo!(R) Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com) operates in 16 countries and 11 languages, giving consumers access to the unique and antique through its ever-expanding world of collectables. Launched in September of 1998, Yahoo! Auctions offers more than two million items to choose from in categories including coins, autos and sports memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity , as well as extraordinary items found through unique charity, featured and merchant auctions. With the support of Yahoo!'s global community of users and comprehensive tools, Yahoo! Auctions' consumers can bid and sell with confidence as part of Yahoo!'s unparalleled audience of 156 million consumers worldwide. About PSA: Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) is the world's largest sports card grading and authentication service, currently grading over 200,000 trading cards per month. PSA is the most widely accepted grading standard in the sports card market. The company is the "Official Grading Service" of the National Sports Collectors Convention. PSA is a division of Collectors Universe. About Collectors Universe: Collectors Universe is the world's leading provider of grading and authentication services to the collectibles markets and one of the world's leading multi-market, multi-venue (Internet, telephone, and live) collectibles commerce providers. Collectors Universe grading and authentication services are an essential component of collectibles commerce and make sight-unseen collectibles e-commerce possible. Collectors Universe markets its online services through its own Web site (www.collectors.com) and co-branded sites with Yahoo! and other online collectors communities. To date, Collectors Universe has graded and authenticated 8.5 million coins, sports cards, stamps, and autographs with a total declared value of over $9 billion. Collectors Universe's market leading, dominant grading brands include PCGS PCGS Professional Coin Grading Service PCGS Placer County Genealogical Society (California) (Professional Coin Grading Service The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is a third-party appraisal service for grading rare coins. It determines the condition and authenticity of each coin it grades to provide consumers with an independent knowledgeable rating on which to judge the coin. ) and PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator). Collectors Universe's market leading, dominant collectibles commerce brands include Bowers and Merena (Coins), Lyn Knight Currency Auctions, and Good Rockin' Tonight (rare records). Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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