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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grading volume dropped at the big four graders (PSA, SGC, BGS, and CGC) in September with all four companies seeing double-digit percentage decreases from the previous month according to Gem Rate.

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 ...