AI has already impacted the hobby for pricing, identification and, to a lesser extent, grading. Pricing data can be scrubbed ...

Generally, in any collectible space, the high-end cards set the market trends. With such a big focus on modern TCG collecting ...

From Umbreon ex to Mega Lucario ex, discover the priciest Pokémon cards of 2025 and learn how grading, rarity, and hype drove ...

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

According to GemRate, 2025 was busy year for card grading as demand surged. PSA continued to dominate but the consumer demand ...

December, Collectors announced that it had acquired Beckett. It was one grading service purchasing another grading service.

In September 2024, GemRate reported that Beckett Grading Services (BGS) graded only 65,000 cards in August 2024, a 13% ...

According to Gemrate and data from November of 2025, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) graded 1.66 million cards. ...

As prices for rare Pokemon and sports trading cards soar, collectors are turning to "pre-graders" to decide which cards are ...

Funnyman Rob Beckett has revealed he is taking a step back from comedy to spend time as a stay-at-home dad to his two daughters. The comedian, 39, shares his kids, aged seven and nine, with former ...

In a significant move within the collectibles industry, Collectors, the parent company of PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), has announced its acquisition of Beckett, a well-known name in ...

Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men's soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.