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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CGC has already graded 1.7 million cards in 2025, boosted by the incredible popularity of Pokémon. (Credit: CGC) Standing next to CEO Steve Eichenbaum at the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention ...

The 2020 boom of sports cards allowed collectors to rip a few packs, pull something shiny, and ship it off. Flash forward weeks or months later, it comes back a gem… and you’re already flipping it for ...

Launching from Hong Kong—one of Asia's most influential cultural and creative hubs—GEA is built to serve both dedicated collectors and new audiences entering the rapidly growing world of trading cards ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in primary school, Shi Wei used to love collecting Pokémon cards—not just for their vibrant artwork, but also for the thrill of beating friends in battles. Like many others, he eventually outgrew ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook PSA grades a variety of trading cards, including the Pokemon TCG. While there are other grading ...

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