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 ...

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 ...

Collectors reacted strongly when the PSA grading scandal of 2026 broke in December 2025. A Pokémon collector submitted around 30 identical modern cards that mostly returned as PSA 9 grades. He ...

GemRate’s March trading card report shows record grading, surging TCG demand, and breakout growth for Flagg, Kneuppel, and ...

Grading giant PSA issued a survey to customers Wednesday, providing a glimpse into a company roadmap that could include a number of new features. The most notable of the survey questions covered a ...

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 ...

It’s like something out of Space Jam: NBA icon Michael Jordan versus Pikachu, Pokémon’s iconic electric rat. “Previously, Michael Jordan was kind of our most graded athlete slash character of all time ...

It is gem or bust. Collectors are losing interest in PSA 9 graded cards. Are Collectors Losing Interest in PSA 9 Graded Cards? It is a new world out there. I am not sure if it is a brave new world, ...

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 ...