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 ...

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 ...

Between the four biggest grading companies—PSA, CGC, SGC, and Beckett—over 20 million cards were graded in 2024. GemRate is one of the most reliable sources for this data. You can find a full ...

Card grading hit a record in April with 3.1M submissions, led by Pokémon, Ohtani, and rising demand across sports and TCG ...

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 ...

For the second time in the last two years, trading card giant Collectors has consolidated the grading and authentication industry by acquiring a competitor to the company’s premier brand, PSA.

According to GemRate, 2025 was busy year for card grading as demand surged. PSA continued to dominate but the consumer demand is not helping all grading companies. According to data from GemRate, ...