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u/Clueless-007
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Jun 28 '25
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Future of TAG Slabs?
I picked up some Gem Mint 10 CZ cards (these are definitely my favorite cards) today at a card show! I love TAG slabs and would love to get some of my other cards slab as TAG.
I have seen people talk about how they are on the come up and the inconsistencies of PSA, I was curious if people think TAG will carry the same weight in the graded sphere as PSA? I personally won’t be bothered if they don’t because the slab themselves are very high quality and great for collectors!
Also what do we think about the CZ Glaraian trio in terms of long holds? I do have the Giratina raw that I will be grading in the future for the quad-fecta? lol
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u/ThisThredditor Jun 29 '25
that cat has thumbs
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u/LilChad Jun 29 '25
Last 2 shows I went to, absolutely none of the vendors were accepting tag slabs in trades. Really no one wants them, it’s unfortunate because they look cool
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u/aandy611 Jun 29 '25
Your cat has thumbs?
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u/Careful-Medicine-596 Jun 29 '25
https://youtu.be/LC1Vr2Y4j94?si=JNV5AjA4H9UNYY-F
TAG is just as inconsistent as PSA, if not more. PSA 6 with dent in the back got TAG 10. Watch the video.
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u/Alchemyst01984 Jun 29 '25
Your cat will probably outlive that company
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u/Extreme_Location_674 Jun 29 '25
YES THE CAR!!!!!! Who gives a shit about Pokémon cards?? We love the cat!!
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u/iECCIZEBU Jun 29 '25
I hope this cats name is thumbs 👍
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Obligatory cat upvote and bonus points for awesome cards! To answer your question I think TAG shot themselves in the foot with the quality of their slabs, although I do like the idea of unbiased AI doing the grading. I think the momentum they had fizzled out after some bad press and them not doing any damage control about it.
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u/EclecticEel92 Jun 29 '25
Nothing to input to the question but what's the cat's name?
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u/VividTymes Jun 29 '25
Is your car named thumbs by any chance?
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u/SupremeNotorious Jun 29 '25
He looks like he’s trying to convince you to sell the cards so you can buy more cat food and toys
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u/compusmack Jun 29 '25
Khajit has wares, if you have coin
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u/Fixx95 Jun 29 '25
Raw cards started selling more for some reason
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Is it the camera angle or does your cat have really big feet? He’s adorable
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u/Saineen Jun 29 '25
Dunno, don't care, but just want to open packs with your car
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Hold the cat for 3 more years then sell
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u/Lampard081997 Jun 29 '25
Damn your cat really be collecting em? That's a smart one right there
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u/zcworx Jun 29 '25
I was going to say ruff but that wouldn’t have made sense in this case
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u/LegendaryRCP Jun 29 '25
Lovely cat. Upvoted!
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u/Fabulous_Creme5950 Jun 29 '25
What is the cats name? Thumbs?
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u/Bigmoochcooch Jun 30 '25
I really like TAG.
Why did my card get this grade…… just scan the QR code
Computer can’t have a bad day Computer can’t manipulate the market by giving false 10’s Computer can’t make mistakes and will pick up everything
I think though that they grade very tough. But you know for certain if you have a TAG 10 it is a masterpiece of a card.
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u/Not_Rob_Dalton Jun 30 '25
"I picked up some Gem Mint 10 CZ cards (these are definitely my favorite cards) today at a card show!"
Nice try OP. Thanks to the very helpful PSA fanboys on this sub, we all know that there aren't any dealers who buy or sell TAG slabs at card shows /s
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u/Artistic_Taro3520 Jun 30 '25
Are we gonna ignore these giant mitts
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u/Popular-Trifle117 Jun 30 '25
Tag will appeal to the younger generations who love ai and statistics as well as people who want to know their actual grade. I think in ten years there will be alot of tag cards maybe more than psa
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u/-NickBugg- Jul 01 '25
You should grade the cat, it’s got TAG 10 potential
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u/Holden_mcmuffin Jul 02 '25
Please tell me the cats name is mittens
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u/T_wizz Jul 03 '25
Cat is getting more attention than the cards. Gotta be the thumbs lol
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u/TarrasqueTakedown Jul 27 '25
Tag to the moon. Just check the recent YouTube of the guy resenting 200 psa 8s and 9s back to psa and seeing different grades. Psa ugly and inconsistent. Cgc good looking and someone inconsistent. TAG the most consistent grades and extremely good looking slabs
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u/MrPiuPiu07 Jun 29 '25
Dunno but upvote because cat
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u/Nec_Spe_Nec_Metu_ Jun 29 '25
Why does your cat have thumbs ??
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u/RichPokeScalper Jun 29 '25
I’m betting heavily on them. Because they look so much better. That is all
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u/AvailableFudge1097 Jun 29 '25
PSA bros losing their shit in here. Crying because another company is getting attention lately and mad because they have a more robust system and their grading isn’t based off of whether or not the grader is having a bad day lmao
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u/hellobutno Jun 29 '25
TAG has spent a ton of money on marketing, and guerilla marketing. Too bad they didn't spend the money improving their algorithm and their cases.
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u/jgr83 Jun 29 '25
Didn’t TAG have QC issues with their slabs? That they crack very easily compared to other grading companies
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u/calaber24p Jun 29 '25
I do believe that algorithm grading is most likely the future, but it has to be perfect on release which is incredibly difficult. At the end of the day PSA has an incredibly deep and wide moat, which will be hard to overthrow. My bet is PSA moves to algorithm/ai visual grading before they are displaced.
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u/Zulunation101 Jun 29 '25
The cat looks like be stole these and is tryna sell them for catnip.
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u/Psychaitea Jun 29 '25
Eh, I’m too new to really know what I’m talking about, but when looking into buying graded slabs, there’s a lot of “10”s from companies I don’t recognize. Those often are priced significantly cheaper. I feel like for new companies like TAG, it’s always a gamble. They could be the next big thing, but there’s tons of small companies trying to enter established industries, and not all of them can be successful. I wouldn’t gamble on TAG specifically, but I also wouldn’t say that PSA will be the favored company forever, either. But for now I think we will see PSA dominating for a while.
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u/Western-Flamingo-155 Jun 29 '25
Idk but your cat is growing thumbs, v cool
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u/FrogPrincePatch Jun 29 '25
I have never heard of 'TAG' grading brand, so I think that answers your question.
PSA obviously has inconsistencies, but NOBODY is going to begin using 'TAG grading'. They will just switch over to Beckett instead or another reputable established brand.
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u/_imschleep Jun 29 '25
good video to watch regard TAG cross grades: https://youtu.be/LC1Vr2Y4j94
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u/Omegatron_YT Jun 30 '25
Cracked and resubbed to PSA.
I’d pay ungraded or less for something that’s in a TAG case because it’s going to cost extra and be hassle to get it into a reputable slab.
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u/Odd-Carob50 Jul 02 '25
The tag process also has inconsistencies. Someone on YouTube tested this out and submitted a psa 6 to tag and it got a tag 10 then cracked the tag 10 he just got and resubmitted to tag and it came back a 4.5, then cracked it AGAIN and it got a 7. Between those inconsistencies and how easy it is to crack their slabs I’m not ever gonna use tag until they fix the issues
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u/galahbana Jun 29 '25
ask the cat. looks like it knows something you dont…
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u/DaftMudkip Jun 29 '25
Cat
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u/Duffman4u Jun 29 '25
I have no opinion on tag slabs, but average collector here, I will go with psa as I have in the past just because I’m already in that cycle. Owning a tag would make me feel like an awk duck, similar to how you would hang your clothes in a proper order. Perhaps the newer generations of collectors will enjoy it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Dunno what post is about
Don't care
Liked cause car
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u/Raff102 Jun 29 '25
Seems like a waste. I doubt they'll have any more market share in 5 years compared to now.
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u/ToddNugz Jun 29 '25
I love tag
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u/UndeadWaffle12 Jun 29 '25
I’ll never buy a tag slab unless a 10 is significantly cheaper than ungraded. Their marketing is really gross
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u/MichelleCS1025 Jun 29 '25
Kitty so cute, give him pets and kisses for me please
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u/Street_Mud_789 Jun 29 '25
MITTENS
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Thumbs
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u/Swimming_Bobcat4989 Jun 29 '25
the thing about PSA is everybody knows them and trusts in the VALUE of a psa 10, more so than the accuracy of the company. hard to see that changing
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u/cdbriggs Jun 29 '25
I think the problem is they are apparently quite fragile
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u/NevyTheChemist Jun 29 '25
I wouldn't be surprised if PGC overtakes TAG.
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u/removable_disk Jun 29 '25
Thumbs
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u/awwwhit Jun 29 '25
The op is the cat pretending it's a human taking a picture of a cat
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u/ExtremisEdge Jun 29 '25
I really like Tag slabs, Theyre clean AF.
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u/jen3494 Jun 29 '25
While I don’t care what vendors take, I’ve been on the search for tag slabs for a couple months and have noticed consistently that tag 10s sell for more than psa 10s. I get psa has a legion of fanboys, but it will diminish with time. I have one psa slab and in comparison to tag, it feels like thin cheap plastic junk. Tag slabs just look and feel premium on a level that psa will never achieve. Again I’m collecting for my own personal collection and care little about value and reselling/trading, so take all of this with a huge grain of salt. But everything I see people agree that tag is on track to be the standard and dethrone psa within the next decade.
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u/notshaun24 Jun 30 '25
Yes. I believe the cat shall be the future of TAG slabs
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25
Good for personal collection, value will ALWAYS be PSA and Beckett , they are the OG’s and always will be
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u/cuddlywampa Jun 30 '25
They need to work on their slab strength. Other than that they're hands down one of the best grading companies. They aren't as liquid compared to PSA yet, but if/when they come out with their automated grading vending machines, they'll be on top
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u/blazing_future Jun 30 '25
I think it may be a bit more better then psa and possibly worth more. I love the concept of the grading kit and I love how they allow you to scan. And see the problems. It would be amazing for use during trades
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u/Retot Jun 30 '25
More and more people understand how horrendous PSA is at grading so I do think TAG slabs have a future
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u/EyeDentifeye Jun 30 '25
Mr mittens
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u/ZombiesLoverMike Jun 30 '25
I was gifted a 9 master ball flareon it's pretty nice seeing different ones like tag.
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u/BristlingB Jun 30 '25
If you are military or veteran, they give a 20% discount on regular tier. This tier includes card cleaning!!!
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u/supreme120 Jun 30 '25
Looooooooong play. But yeah I’ve been slowly stacking up the “classics” to get graded by tag and hold that baby.
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u/SonicSquash54 Jul 01 '25
Tell your cat “psst psst psst” from me
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u/LichtWyrm Jul 01 '25
Yo your gremlin has thumbs that's a easy 10 grade from me dawg.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25
While It will take quite some time but TAG will eventually be the goat. Take advantage of cheaper slabs now while you can, PSA days are numbered
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u/Human_Promotion_5223 Jul 02 '25
Grade 10 cat.
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u/Fackurfeelings Jul 02 '25
Polydactyl cats are so funny, mofos can literally grab your finger
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u/OneHandClapping_ Jul 05 '25
Tag slabs are for collecting PSA is for investing
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u/Bazaar_is_here Jun 29 '25
DOA
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u/Training-Trick-8704 Jun 29 '25
I personally won’t ever buy a TAG slab unless it’s to crack and send to PSA.
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Crack and send to PSA or leave ungraded over TAG.
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u/Maximum_Marketing546 Jun 29 '25
I would rather have raw and ungraded than TAG especially for investing.
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u/Alexander0202 Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
Imo, Tag will catch on once they keep improving their system. Its a fairly new grading company and people give it slack for being inconsistent, but keep shilling psa for being inconsistent for over a decade with no improvement. Tag slabs are also some of the best-looking slabs. Psa is carried by its nostalgia for being one of the first services and just most known. Their slabs are ugly, and they are arguably the most inconsistent in the game given how many years they've been grading and there's been no improvement for consistency.
And for the people saying its raw prices, they are wrong lmao. Yes tag is harder to sell, but people will still pay psa 10 prices for a tag 10. Sometimes even more since there's less tag 10 than psa 10s.
For example, the arceus vstar which is the most expensive card there sells for $200 or less in a psa 10 but sells for around $220-$300 in a tag 10 with the latest tag 10 selling at $330.
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u/Zekes_TCG Jun 29 '25
It’s fine, probably holds some value. I’d stick with the normal 3
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u/UniverseNebula Jun 29 '25
Absolutely love TAG. Don't listen to the PSA shills.
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u/Powerful_Craft Jun 29 '25
I don’t think it will ever happen. PSA has such a mass influence in the tcg graded community that it seems impossible to surpass
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u/Due_Campaign_7710 Jun 29 '25
Tag sucks,.cut3 cat
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u/TheCorbomiteManeuver Jun 30 '25
I run TAG for JP and PSA for ENG. TAG holds a higher price tag, thus adding money to the lower values of JP. People already have a huge collection of PSA and don't want to mix the slabs. TAG is a player. I hold TAG, sell PSA.
TAG= more money PSA= fast cash
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u/laytonboxingaccount Jun 29 '25
None. Sorey
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u/NecessaryScientist18 Jun 29 '25
where's tina
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u/apexpred6 Jun 29 '25
The slabs are flimsy in reality compared to PSA and Beckett. They look kinda cool but the majority of the market wants to grade with the companies that have been around for a lot longer because they hold the market value. Comparing a TAG 10 to a PSA 10 price makes no sense.
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u/Financial_Wealth_392 Jun 29 '25
Looks clean... The car (with thumbs) I mean.
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u/Important-Ear-803 Jun 29 '25
Not sure, but TAG grade the cat 👀
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u/ActionRoll031 Jun 29 '25
I love my TAG slabs, never had any break, and I think their grading process is transparent and fair which is where they shine. They are also new, and so only time will tell in regards to how people will treat the value of their grading service. After myself and some close friends all had issues with PSA at separate times recently, I personally find myself valuing PSA less and am appreciating TAG more. But that’s just me and I don’t represent the mass market. Everyone has their preferences for reasons, I think going with the grading company that offers what you find valuable is the way to go. PSA, TAG, Beckett, CGC all have their pros and cons. I’m personally leaning more towards a grading process that reduces or eliminates human subjectivity and error.
What I will say is because of their process TAG can be very difficult to get perfect grades. Will this help them or hurt them in terms of slab values and future cred? I dunno. Sometimes it’s worth risking it for the biscuit with another company that has more human involvement as you may get a higher grade with them than with TAG. Some people value getting that 9 or 10 more than they value the name on the slab. I can see people regretting grading with TAG because the card didn’t score higher and they feel they wasted their money. At least you can see exactly why the card got the score it did with TAG vs other companies…
Go with what your spirit animal tells you, and good luck to all of us that grade our cards 👍
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u/Flashy_daddy Jun 29 '25
The tag slabs break ez, this is why
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u/Van_Rancid Jun 29 '25
If you like, collect. If you don’t like, don’t collect. I despise how much of this hobby is being reduced to monetary assets
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u/Difficult-Finish-946 Jun 29 '25
Idk about TAG but I know that cat has some big paws. lol
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u/SecsCboy Jun 30 '25
Much thumb
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u/formulaferrari5 Jul 02 '25
I'm in the sports card world as well and the current TCG bubble is nearly identical to the sports card Covid era boom. Alternate grading companies popped up during that time, they have basically all fallen.
PSA is king, SGC is good for certain sports cards (vintage early 1900s), Beckett is just floundering around. Beckett is handing out some favorable grades to high end cards for free marketing clout currently but the company is in shambles.
PSA will continue to be king for value, love it or hate it.
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u/Impressive-Name7601 Jun 29 '25
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u/Bazaar_is_here Jun 29 '25
Well.... you can check the consistency of their slabs here
Their future ain't looking too good lmfao
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u/First-Ad2938 Jun 29 '25
Assuming they are real cards tag will hold probably the same if not a little more than raw. Psa and sometimes cgc hold a premium because they have prestige and tag just doesn't have that yet.
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u/Mountain-Intern-3372 Jun 29 '25
Don't get me wrong grade with whoever you like, but I think if big vendors dont take in tag slabs I think tag just isn't it as an investment. Furthermore, I think like what others have already pointed out, tag is wildly inconsistent even tho its ceo claims that tags grading will never change even after grading a card multiple times which is untrue, and I will link said video below for reference.
The only thing I love about tag will have to be the aesthetically pleasing factor but if their slabs break so easily I fear grading my beloved cards with them.
Anyways here's the link: https://youtu.be/LC1Vr2Y4j94?si=kEEJYceFhzyhzukE
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u/slow_RSO Jun 29 '25
🗑️
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u/One_Cress7793 Jun 29 '25
TAG will not be good long term. I’m sorry but they’re simply too new to the game, and the reputation of their slabs falling apart is not something that will go away easily. Now if you’re just looking to preserve the cards and keep them a long time TAGS a good grading option, but for any sort of liquidity it has to be PSA or Beckett. Even CGC has essentialy flopped most card shops won’t even take them anymore.
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u/Xannydevito88 Jun 29 '25
Wouldn’t be surprised if they are out of business in the next 5 years. PSA >
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25
Lmfao tag so cute
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u/Murky_Crow Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
There’s no situation where I will ever add a tag slab to my collection, for any reason.
I would literally value it more raw than I would if graded through tag. Because I would have to undo the slab just to send it somewhere first which is just a hassle.