Professional Sports Authenticator is now grading Funko Pops! | Source: Professional Sports Authenticator

Collecting is a risky business, but it doesn’t have to be. 

Professional Sports Authenticator, a company that focuses primarily on trading cards and sports memorabilia, is now offering their services to Funko as the company’s Pops! collectibles continue to rise in popularity. 

The authenticators at PSA already graded signatures on Pops!, but now has a team of authenticators dedicated to valuing the Pops! themselves. These authenticators don’t just certify the Pops!, they also grade the quality and condition of the packaging. Pops! are rated on a scale from 1-10, so it is clear what quality the Pop! is. 

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Finally, to ensure that your figures are in peak condition, they put the Pop! into a UV-resistant, tamper-evident case. The case also has details about the Pop’s! certification details like exclusivity, variant, and year it came out. 

PSA is also partnering with Pops! For Patients, a nonprofit that brings the joy of Funko Pops! to children’s hospitals around the world. In the past five years, the nonprofit has donated more than 50,000 Pops! to sick kids.

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Ashley Pelletier

Ashley Pelletier

Ashley is assistant editor for The Toy Insider, The Pop Insider, and The Toy Book with a Master's in journalism from Quinnipiac University. When she isn’t writing her latest story, she is reading a fantasy novel or rewatching one of her three favorite TV shows over and over again. She’s also a big fan of showing people pictures of her two dogs and cat.

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