A guide to all of the major card grading companies as they are either paused, backlogged, or extending turnaround times.

Raw Pokémon cards can be worth a lot of money, but selling them for top dollar requires an official card evaluation. Business ...

According to GemRate, January 2025, over 20 million cards were graded across PSA, CGC, SGC, and Beckett in 2024, a 16% increase from the prior year. More traders are submitting than ever, but plenty ...

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If you are a PSA fan, this blog is definitely for you. The latest PSA grading updates are directly reshaping card values, ...

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 ...

Like the four Cs of a diamond, card grades also work from a four-criteria system. The key determinants that make up a card’s grade are: Corners, Centering, Edges, and Surface. Beckett (BGS) is a card ...

The 2020 boom of sports cards allowed collectors to rip a few packs, pull something shiny, and ship it off. Flash forward weeks or months later, it comes back a gem… and you’re already flipping it for ...

The hobby posted a record-setting March in transaction and grading volume, suggesting the card market might be on the upswing in a serious way. Card Ladder recorded more than $300 million in sales ...

Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) vice president Harshen Patel still remembers the moment nearly four years later. Standing next to CEO Steve Eichenbaum at the 2021 National Sports Collectors ...

Pokémon card grading volumes reached record levels, with PSA and CGC setting new highs as trading card game submissions surged past 2.2 million. The boom comes as collectors adopt innovative ...