In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards far above raw counterparts. For intermediate collectors wondering how ...

The major trading card authenticators graded more than 26 million cards in 2025, according to year-end data released by grading tracker GemRate. According to GemRate, which tracks population reports ...

According to GemRate, 2025 was busy year for card grading as demand surged. PSA continued to dominate but the consumer demand is not helping all grading companies. According to data from GemRate, ...

PSA was already a clear leader in grading, but now they're a part of the same company as SGC and Beckett. Rob Kim / Getty Images for Fanatics Collectors, parent company to PSA, SGC, and now Beckett, ...

Following the February 2024 acquisition of the SGC grading company, Collectors (the parent company of Professional Sports Authenticator) is acquiring Beckett, another familiar brand in the hobby space ...