More Than $963,000 in Graded Trading Cards Stolen From FedEx Truck in California
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More than 200 packages containing graded Pokémon and sports trading cards were stolen from a FedEx truck parked outside the headquarters of Professional Sports Authenticator in Santa Ana, California.
PSA reported to Santa Ana police that the majority of the stolen packages had an approximate value of more than $963,000, according to The Athletic and The Verge. The total could rise as the company determines which cards were taken.
Collectors Holdings, PSA’s parent company, said it is working with FedEx and local law enforcement during the investigation. It has also alerted marketplace partners to watch for rare and serialized items that thieves might try to resell. PSA assigns each graded card a unique certification number and has deactivated the numbers associated with cards identified as stolen.
The company has contacted affected customers to arrange compensation based on the fair market value of their missing cards, capped at the maximum insured value selected for each item before grading.
One collector, the operator of the Sky-B Cards YouTube channel, said 104 sports cards from an order were among those stolen. The collector said the grading service cost $8,468 and the shipment was insured for up to $156,000. Other affected collectors are compiling descriptions and serial information for stolen cards to help identify them if they appear for sale.
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Written from 8 articles, 1 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 12 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the description of the reported valuation and clarify that the compensation cap applies to each item. - "PSA reported to Santa Ana police that the identified packages were worth more than $963,000": The source says PSA reported that the majority of the stolen packages had an approximate value of more than $963,000, not that an unspecified set of “identified packages” had that value. - "capped at the insured value each customer selected before grading": The source says compensation is capped at the maximum insured value selected for each item, rather than at a customer-level insured value.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
More Than $963,000 in Graded Trading Cards Stolen From FedEx Truck in California
More than 200 packages containing graded Pokémon and sports trading cards were stolen from a FedEx truck parked outside the headquarters of Professional Sports Authenticator in Santa Ana, California.
PSA reported to Santa Ana police that the identifiedmajority of the stolen packages werehad worthan approximate value of more than $963,000, according to The Athletic and The Verge. The total could rise as the company determines which cards were taken.
Collectors Holdings, PSA’s parent company, said it is working with FedEx and local law enforcement during the investigation. It has also alerted marketplace partners to watch for rare and serialized items that thieves might try to resell. PSA assigns each graded card a unique certification number and has deactivated the numbers associated with cards identified as stolen.
The company has contacted affected customers to arrange compensation based on the fair market value of their missing cards, capped at the maximum insured value selected for each customer selecteditem before grading.
One collector, the operator of the Sky-B Cards YouTube channel, said 104 sports cards from an order were among those stolen. The collector said the grading service cost $8,468 and the shipment was insured for up to $156,000. Other affected collectors are compiling descriptions and serial information for stolen cards to help identify them if they appear for sale.
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