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

In September 2024, GemRate reported that Beckett Grading Services (BGS) graded only 65,000 cards in August 2024, a 13% ...

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

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

For the second time in the last two years, trading card giant Collectors has consolidated the grading and authentication industry by acquiring a competitor to the company’s premier brand, PSA.

What are the top trading card grading companies? Card collecting is in perhaps its most eventful and promising era to date. With Fanatics on track to acquire the rights to all three major American ...

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 ...

Beckett Collectibles has announced it is introducing Manga Grading Service, a move that marks a significant development in the Manga grading landscape. This not only positions Beckett as an industry ...

Professional Sports Authenticator's parent company Collectors purchased Beckett, PSA's longtime rival in the card grading and authentication industry. Monetary terms of the deal were not made ...