Platform now identifies grading company and grade for PSA, Beckett, SGC, CGC, and TAG slabs; new pricing endpoints ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) just announced that due to high demand in grading submissions, prices and turnaround times for some services levels will be increasing as of February 10, 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

We started CardGrade because the turnaround time and cost of professional grading creates a real barrier for collectors who want to make informed decisions about their cards.” — Jamie Budesky, Founder ...

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, ...