In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards ...

According to GemRate, 2025 was busy year for card grading as demand surged. PSA continued to dominate but the consumer demand ...

The major trading card authenticators graded more than 26 million cards in 2025, according to year-end data released by ...

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 ...

According to Gemrate and data from November of 2025, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) graded 1.66 million cards.

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 ...

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 ...

Buying graded cards or getting your cards graded has become a major part of the card collecting hobby. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or just pulled a rare card from a pack, getting cards graded ...

Collecting cards as a hobby has been around basically as long as professional sports have existed in the U.S. Ask any long-time sports fan and they will probably at least have memories of opening ...

Days after announcing a new grading integration with PSA, eBay released additional details on the partnership Wednesday, including information about autographs, pricing and final grading results.