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    PSA Hikes Grading Costs And Turnaround Times (2026)

    By All Vintage Cards • February 18, 2026
    If you’ve been sitting on a stack of mid-grade 1960s or 70s vintage waiting for a “Value” submission, the math just…
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    PSA Extends Its Monopoly With Beckett Acquisition, But Does It Matter?

    By All Vintage Cards • December 23, 2025
    By now, you’ve probably heard the news that PSA’s parent organization, Collectors, has reached a deal to acquire Beckett. With this…
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    Card Grading Wars: The Rise, Fall & Future of PSA, Beckett, SGC & More

    By Vinnie Rullo • September 14, 2025
    Card grading is one of the most controversial—and essential—parts of the hobby. Love it or hate it, grading dictates trust, resale…
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  • The Card Grading Industry Hits New Highs: February 2025 Recap

    By All Vintage Cards • March 3, 2025
    The card grading industry reached unprecedented levels in February 2025, with overall grading activity increasing by 5% compared to January and…
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    PSA To Buy SGC – Should This Card Grading Monopoly Be Allowed?

    By All Vintage Cards • March 2, 2024
    I was shocked when I heard that Collectors Holdings (the parent company of PSA) had acquired SGC. I felt the same…
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    SGC Can’t Seem To Identify Trimmed Cards

    By All Vintage Cards • March 28, 2023
    I’ve been pretty supportive of SGC over the years, even using their card grading services for many cards in my personal…
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    SGC Card Grading Review – Is It Better Than PSA?

    By All Vintage Cards • February 11, 2022
    PSA gets all the fanfare, but SGC is the second-oldest grading company in the hobby.  Launched in 1998, about seven years…
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    The Best Card Grading Companies: A Collector’s Survey

    By All Vintage Cards • October 6, 2021
    We’ve written extensively about sports card grading and many of the controversies that have surrounded the space. With the explosion in…
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    PSA & SGC Hike Grading Prices, Provide Updates On Wait Times

    By All Vintage Cards • March 7, 2021
    In what was only inevitable, SGC and PSA, two of the hobby’s largest third-party grading companies, have hiked prices.  The deluge…
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    Do PSA Graded Cards Sell For A Premium vs SGC & Beckett?

    By All Vintage Cards • October 7, 2020
    We have many collectors asking about card grading, namely, how to do it and whether they should do it. But one of the…
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    Card Grading Wait Times: Updates From PSA, SGC and Beckett

    By All Vintage Cards • October 5, 2020
    The widespread price increases throughout the hobby have led to a surge in demand for sports card grading. This has led…
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    State Of The Hobby – Can We Trust The Card Graders?

    By All Vintage Cards • February 1, 2020
    I’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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