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 ...

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 ...

SGC president Peter Steinberg has resigned from his role amid plans for the card grader to scale down operations from a major authenticator to a "boutique" brand. Steinberg announced his resignation ...

The latest Gem Rate monthly report indicated SGC graded fewer total cards than Beckett for the first time in at least three years, falling to fourth among the major card graders. In Feb. 2024, PSA's ...

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.

SGC’s grading volume rapidly declined for the second consecutive month in September following news the company would be scaled down into a “boutique” grader. According to research from third-party ...