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PSA lists more than 6,000 trading cards stolen in FedEx truck heist

Santa Ana police say the thief broke the truck's lock on October thirteenth, and the estimate could still rise; even the certificates are safer than the cards.

On air: Dale Bearman, Hank Ledger and Brock Thunderson on The Pile-On
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's nine-thirty Eastern, this is The Pile-On: Late, and tonight someone stole a FedEx truck's worth of graded trading cards from outside PSA's own headquarters in Santa Ana.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPSA has now listed more than six thousand items across nearly two hundred fifty packages, and Santa Ana police valued the haul at about nine hundred sixty-three thousand dollars.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCan I just say, they grade a card to the decimal, they certify it, they authenticate it, and I assume the truck's lock was broken by one person.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's the security plan.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a betrayal, Hank! A cold front of pure negligence rolled in on October the thirteenth, and I felt it personally!

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPolice say the thief broke the lock while the driver was away from the truck.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorParked outside the building that tells you what everything is worth. And the lock was worth about four dollars.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOne card was reportedly a PSA ten One Piece Zoro, one of just twelve graded, according to a collector. Twelve!

  9. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI've never even been one of twelve.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the total could still rise. A third pallet is still being counted.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLet me finish.

  12. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCollectors says it deactivated the certificates and is arranging compensation at fair market value, and that's lovely, but the certificate was the only part of this anyone could actually lock.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVerdict: nearly a million dollars, six thousand cards, one lock.

  14. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'd grade that lock a two, and I'm told that's generous. We're back here same time tomorrow.

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