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 ...

SGC’s grading volume rapidly declined for the second consecutive month in September following news the company would be scaled down into a “boutique” grader. According to research from third-party ...

With more than 2.4 million cards graded during the month of May, the sports and trading card grading industry saw yet another record-breaking month, with total grading activity up 14% from April and ...

The graded TCG and non-sports card market continues to significantly outpace sports card submissions, according to new data from third-party grading tracker GemRate. Released Monday, GemRate’s recap ...

I still remember pulling my first rookie card from a pack as a kid. It was the iconic Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck, what a thrill (I still have it)! Fast forward to now, and I have boxes of baseball ...

I still remember pulling my first rookie card from a pack as a kid. It was the iconic Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck, what a thrill (I still have it)! Fast forward to now, and I have boxes of baseball ...

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 ...