In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards ...
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 ...
The 1961 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain, previously in an SGC 10 slab and purchased in a private sale via Goldin Auctions, has been ...
The big four graders (PSA, SGC, BGS, and SGC) set yet another combined record last month for total grading volume. At the current rate of increase, it won’t be long until they are grading two million ...
Geoff Wilson and Joe Davis discuss the latest sports card grading updates from PSA & SGC. Learn how to adjust your collecting strategy and gain insights on quality control. State of GRADING: How to ...
Welcome to the very first question-and-answer mailbag for collectibles on The Athletic! It’s like going to someone’s house and reading though their mail. It’s fun! Things you might end up saying as ...
I admit to being a very reluctant convert to baseball card collecting since being burned many years ago. Maybe it was the 1953 Satchel Paige that cost me a few hundred dollars. Somewhere along the ...