PSA's latest grading labels are commanding a premium, which experts think shouldn't be the case. (PSA / eBay) The reason people grade trading cards and seal them in plastic tombs in perpetuity is to ...

Trading card collectors and dealers largely view grading as the ultimate arbiter of the condition and value of the card. In other words, if a company like leading card grader PSA says your card is a ...

Collectors reacted strongly when the PSA grading scandal of 2026 broke in December 2025. A Pokémon collector submitted around 30 identical modern cards that mostly returned as PSA 9 grades. He ...