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 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 ...

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 ...

A new partnership brings fans a new way to collect, trade, and grade their trading cards, starting with a beloved 2000s franchise.

A new card grading company emerged earlier this month with promises to provide cheap and transparent grading using artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology. But two weeks after its ...

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, ...

Pokémon cards now dominate PSA grading, surpassing sports cards as Pikachu leads a new era of collectibles.