Over the past few years, grading sports cards has become an essential part of this industry. There have been ups and downs with all the companies, but now we are in a place where you have a lot of ...

Collecting cards as a hobby has been around basically as long as professional sports have existed in the U.S. Ask any long-time sports fan and they will probably at least have memories of opening ...

Trading card collectors and dealers largely view grading as the ultimate arbiter of the condition and value of the card. In other words, if a company like leading card grader PSA says your card is a ...

All cards over $100 will be automatically sent to CGC for grading unless buyer opts out by becoming Super Bydder ...

Grading cards used to be the exception and now it’s the rule for many collectors, as card values have risen and third-party assessment of condition has become a part of the commodification process.

The big four graders (PSA, SGC, BGS, and SGC) set yet another combined record last month for total grading volume. At the current rate of increase, it won’t be long until they are grading two million ...

PSA led all authenticators with more than 1.97 million cards graded, including 1.27 million TCG and non-sports cards and more ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To a card collector, there’s nothing quite ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook PSA grades a variety of trading cards, including the Pokemon TCG. While there are other grading ...