Card Grading
Guides to PSA, SGC, Beckett, card condition, grading standards, crossover strategy, population reports, and how grading affects sports card values.
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How Hard Is It To Get A PSA 10 Grade?
By All Vintage Cards • June 18, 2021A frequent point of confusion I encounter with novice collectors relates to card values and why their card will not earn… -
Do Screwdown Holders Damage Cards?
By All Vintage Cards • May 21, 2021If you started collecting in the 80s, you might have kept some of your prized sports cards encased in what is… -
Can You Grade Your Own Cards?
By All Vintage Cards • May 21, 2021Card grading has completely changed the hobby in the last decade. While there have been some hiccups, a more standardized system… -
The Future Of Card Grading: Are Price Hikes And Massive Wait Times The Norm?
By All Vintage Cards • May 4, 2021The last few years in the sports card market have been crazy. Sports card grading has exploded, driven by a surge… -
PSA To Suspend Value, Economy, Regular and Express Grading
By All Vintage Cards • March 31, 2021PSA announced that it was suspending all Value, Economy, Regular, and Express grading service levels in what can only be described… -
PSA & SGC Hike Grading Prices, Provide Updates On Wait Times
By All Vintage Cards • March 7, 2021In what was only inevitable, SGC and PSA, two of the hobby’s largest third-party grading companies, have hiked prices. The deluge… -
Sports Card Grading Graveyard
By All Vintage Cards • January 3, 2021It’s widely accepted that the only three major card graders in the hobby are PSA, SGC, and Beckett. There have… -
Michael Jordan Rookie Cards By PSA Grade (A Visual Guide)
By All Vintage Cards • November 4, 2020I get a lot of questions regarding the authenticity of Michael Jordan rookie cards, but I also get a lot of… -
What Does ‘Authentic’ Mean In Card Grading?
By All Vintage Cards • October 19, 2020One of the most frequent questions we get from novice collectors is in regards to the ‘Authentic’ grade from third party… -
Do PSA Graded Cards Sell For A Premium vs SGC & Beckett?
By All Vintage Cards • October 7, 2020We have many collectors asking about card grading, namely, how to do it and whether they should do it. But one of the… -
Card Grading Wait Times: Updates From PSA, SGC and Beckett
By All Vintage Cards • October 5, 2020The widespread price increases throughout the hobby have led to a surge in demand for sports card grading. This has led… -
A History Of PSA “Flips” (And How To Detect Fakes)
By All Vintage Cards • August 18, 2020PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) transformed card collecting by introducing a standardized grading system to the hobby. The PSA slab, as it… -
How To Spot a Trimmed Card
By All Vintage Cards • June 28, 2020With all of the latest trimming scandals running rampant throughout the hobby, we’ve had many collectors ask us about how easy… -
Is PSA Deliberately Undergrading Popular Cards?
By All Vintage Cards • February 16, 2020In a perfect world the third party grading companies should be evaluating cards objectively, and not letting any sort of biases… -
A Closer Look at Collector’s Universe (CLCT)
By All Vintage Cards • February 7, 2020I discuss grading a lot on this blog since it’s a big part and an often controversial topic in the hobby. I… -
State Of The Hobby – Can We Trust The Card Graders?
By All Vintage Cards • February 1, 2020I’m sure by now you’ve heard of the scandal that has rocked the sports card hobby. If not, the quick and…
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