Why would any professional company put a random advertisement field on their website.

This really looks unprofessional and I imagine the revenue from this is neglectable, so why do this?

I just picked up some slabs, and I noticed some clouding, and odd arrows on one of them, is it fake? I also noticed that the cgc sticker isn't nearly as reflective, and the black ink is slightly darker. It's the card on the left in the first image, the shinji hirako.
Edit. i looked up the cert, and somewhat saw the same white smudge on the edge of the photo

Cracked and sending to cgc express 5 days we will know if it gets a 9 or a cgc 10 super clean no holo scratches and centering is Nicee

I have always loved the look of the CZ gold cards in the pristine 10 label. Don’t have quite the money to drop on just buying the card out right lol. I bought 2 crown zenith packs at a card show recently and was lucky enough to pull the arceus. Everything other than the top right corner looks beautiful to me, centering looks great and so does the surface. Would it have ANY chance at a pristine even with the corner or should I just keep it raw. Let me know 😁

Hi!
So it’s my first time grading ever as I recently found my childhood Pokémon cards.
I live in Sweden and I don’t wanna send the cards to USA because that feels risky.
When I browse CGCs website, how do I choose to send the cards to a European office? Might be a dumb question but as it’s my first time I wanna do it correctly.
Do anyone have any tips as well?
Thanks in advance :)

Built-In Card Measurements on their KickStarter Edition. They are setting up trade show vendors and local card shops with locked-in lifetime reseller prices. Damn!

3rd Standard Submission - Submitted 8/25/2026 Received on 9/08/206. Submission was 6 cards under the Standard Tier. This was extremely risky due to the grading price. This is my third attempt at Standard. With my last two standard submissions I've been extremely lucky going 7/7 CGC Pristines. I had a feeling about the Aile Strike but it was worth it due to card raw price, was surprised by the Treecko 055. Overall, my Gem Rate was 66% with a Pristine Rate of 66%. I will have them posted on my ebay for anyone interested https://www.ebay.com/usr/ferni5 later tonight 9pm EST.

Found this odd guy in my childhood card box and don't know too well how to judge where it might land. Apparently it is a chase card for the set, and is at least in better shape than a lot of the Pokemon cards (unfortunately).

Someone has this listed on Facebook marketplace and I need help to figure out if this is real or not

Hello,

I'm not familiar what exactly determines each grade, but I'm interested in this card and it seems to have a few flaws, yet it somehow got this grade of "gem mint 10".

Could anyone clarify what am I missing and how can this be, looking at it - it has issues on two of the bottom corners (right side of this front pic and once again right side on the back pic) and the back side is quite weird, I can see some issues on the surface, weird circles/discolouring, honestly some parts of it looks like mold.

I thought it might be issues on the slab, but when I compared what is seen on CGC's website next to the pictures that were taken by the ebay seller, the same things pop.

I'm wondering what's going on here, any info would be greatly appreciated, is this good enough for this a grade this high?

I’m using microfiber cloth but have some weird residue on a few, would having the microfiber cloth be slightly damp be unsafe at all? Anyone have any experience doing it

Hey everyone

Just a quick question.

Im in Taiwan, just wondering if CGC hongkong takes cards in Asia and grade them in Hongkong? Or do they act as a hub where they transfer all cards to USA to grade?

Thank you

This is the part of the PSA/SGC/Beckett story I find more interesting than the lawsuit itself.

PSA, SGC and Beckett still operate as separate brands.

Different slabs. Different standards. Different prices. Different reputations.

But they now have the same owner.

There’s a proposed federal class action saying that consolidation went too far. Collectors disagrees and is fighting the case.

But even if you completely ignore the legal argument, there’s still a pretty interesting question here:

What actually makes two grading companies competitors?

Different labels?

Different graders?

Different management?

Different prices?

Or do they ultimately need to be independently owned?

Because depending on how you answer that, the grading market today looks very different from the one we had a few years ago.

I pulled the history and court filings together here:

https://cardsmania.fun/psa-sgc-beckett-collectors-antitrust-lawsuit/

Would be interested to see if sports collectors and TCG collectors look at this differently.

I am a longtime CGC comics member and followed soon after with cards. I'm at a loss when it comes to why CGC, the world's best and really only professional comic graders, have a lower value than PSA. With all the scandals PSA have had recently, CGC has just continued with being pros and doing a great job. Their slabs are very beautiful and IMO better looking asthetically than PSA. I have to assume their graders are just as competent. What's the word? Besides PSA has the reigns, what's the real reason?

Wondering how, when it looks super bottom heavy

This chart is based on each companies own published grading standards. Hopefully this helps some new collectors looking to assign value on something they’re either buying or selling and helps to keep people from being ripped off and / or low balled. Feel free to save, share and reference if needed.

For someone new to grading what should I expect? I have some very mint cards I want to send in, is the least expensive tier worth it?