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 ...

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In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I still remember pulling my first rookie card from a pack as a kid. It was the iconic Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck, what a thrill (I still have it)! Fast forward to now, and I have boxes of baseball ...

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 ...

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 ...