In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards far above raw counterparts. For intermediate collectors wondering how ...

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 ...

Buying graded cards or getting your cards graded has become a major part of the card collecting hobby. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or just pulled a rare card from a pack, getting cards graded ...

The goals and timeline for CGC Cards have been clear from the beginning. The company planned to start fast with TCG, such as Pokémon, then use that as a foundation to layer on sports cards. So far, ...

PSA, the leading brand in baseball card and collectible grading, announced in an email Tuesday that most of its grading services will increase by $5 per card, with its value option increasing by $3 ...

Here’s the reality hitting hard in March 2026: PSA just bumped Value Bulk submissions from $21.99 to $24.99 back in February, ...

Navigating the trading card and sports memorabilia hobby can seem daunting, whether you’re coming into it for the first time or returning to it after decades away. After all, there was a time when the ...

PSA grades a variety of trading cards, including the Pokemon TCG. While there are other grading services out there, PSA is one of the most well-recognized. When browsing places like GameStop and eBay ...

A new card grading company emerged earlier this month with promises to provide cheap and transparent grading using artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology. But two weeks after its ...

In September 2024, GemRate reported that Beckett Grading Services (BGS) graded only 65,000 cards in August 2024, a 13% decline year-over-year, continuing a troubling trend for the once mighty card ...