Reported: suspected relabeled PSA 10-style slab found in a live online auction carries a 2025 cert, plus two new label tells (Nov 2026)
PSAcardReported (third-party publication by a cert-check app maker); unconfirmed; no PSA statement in the source
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Summary
A cert-check app maker that scans slab photos reported on Nov 3, 2026 that it ran a QR scanner over about 8,100 PSA slabs in one online auction platform's weekly auctions and flagged one: a 2025 Dragon Ball Super card labeled "PSA 10". Per the source, the cert number is real, but PSA's own record and photos show a different, genuine slab. The source reports three label tells: the QR code stores the cert address ending in "/psa"; the QR code uses a different error-correction level (Q) than the genuine labels it compared (M); and the barcode for a nine-digit cert is printed as ITF with a leading zero instead of Code 128. It also describes the back label color, shield and watermark as looking different from genuine slabs photographed under the same light. If accurate, this means suspected relabeled slabs are not limited to older certs that have no PSA photo on file. Nothing here is confirmed by PSA, and the source sells a slab-check app. Slab Watch is not naming the listing or the seller.
Reported diagnostics
- Raw QR text ending in "/psa" after the cert number (a clean code clears nothing)
- Per the source, genuine PSA label QR codes it compared use error-correction level M; the flagged label used level Q
- Per the source, genuine nine-digit PSA certs use a Code 128 barcode; the flagged label used ITF reading the cert with a leading zero (older short certs padded with zeros on ITF are normal)
- Recent certs can be targeted too, so compare the card with PSA's own photos for that cert
What to do
Type psacard.com/cert yourself and compare the card in the listing to PSA's photos for that cert: centering, surface marks and print details should match. Decode the back-label QR with a reader that shows the raw text, and compare the label and barcode with a known-genuine PSA slab of the same era. If anything is off, do not buy; if you already own it, keep it sealed and contact PSA and the platform with the cert number.