In April 2026, the sports card market has reached a critical crossroads. PSA is currently processing a record-shattering 2.2 ...

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 ...

The December 2025 PSA buyback scandal, involving secret grade upgrades after card buybacks, is shaking trust across the $5B sports card market. Collectors reacted strongly when the PSA grading scandal ...

After getting sports cards in your collection, you may start to wonder if it’s time to get your cards graded. Grading takes collecting to another level. It’s not just owning the cards, but having a ...

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 ...

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 PSA grading policy changes in April 2026 are now fully impacting the trading card market, fundamentally shifting how ...

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 ...

PSA's latest grading labels are commanding a premium, which experts think shouldn't be the case. (PSA / eBay) The reason people grade trading cards and seal them in plastic tombs in perpetuity is to ...

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 ...