A free new tool is aimed at helping identify grading trends for some of collecting's most popular sports cards. Late last week, GemRate announced the release of the Iconic Tracker. Known for providing monthly updates on the number and type of sports cards and TCG graded by the four biggest grading companies ,Gem Rate's new tool goes further providing the grading trends … [Read more...] about GemRate Releases Extensive Grading Data of Hobby’s Top Cards with Iconic Tracker
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Collectors Universe Adds New Blood to Board; Reaches Deal with Alta Fox
Collectors Universe, parent company of PSA, has added two new independent members to its board of directors after discussions with a major shareholder that had earlier expressed a desire to unseat the company’s entire board. Lorraine Bardeen, a Microsoft executive who specializes in technological innovation, is one of two new additions. She will head a newly formed … [Read more...] about Collectors Universe Adds New Blood to Board; Reaches Deal with Alta Fox
SGC Moving to 10-Point Grading Scale, Plans Submission Process Upgrades
SGC will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this summer but cake and ice cream aren’t the only thing the grading and authenticating firm will be passing out. Some big changes are happening as part of an overall rebranding of one of the hobby’s most familiar names. Earlier this month, the Florida-based company announced the upcoming launch of a uniform … [Read more...] about SGC Moving to 10-Point Grading Scale, Plans Submission Process Upgrades
BGS to Offer Single Grade Option
Beckett Grading Services (BGS) is offering to grade your modern era cards without sub-grades. The company announced Monday that it would offer the new single grade option at a lower price than its usual service that features separate sub-grades for corners, edges, centering and surface. Those ratings are used to determine and help explain the overall grade of the card. The … [Read more...] about BGS to Offer Single Grade Option
Editor’s Blog: News & Notes in a Rapidly Vaporizing Year
2013 is winding down and tomorrow we will unveil the first-ever Mikey Awards. Compiled by our own erstwhile columnist Mike Fruitman of Mike’s Stadium Sports Cards, the Mikeys will sort out the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between from the sports card product releases of the past 12 months (and, as usual, there were plenty to open). Mikeys will be handed out for … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: News & Notes in a Rapidly Vaporizing Year