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Beckett Media operates a sports card grading service named Beckett Grading Services. This service holds the exclusive rights to grade and authenticate trading cards from the Topps Vault. [12] [13] In 2016, Beckett Media inaugurated an autograph verification enterprise called Beckett Authentication Services. Today, it stands as one of the ...
Cards are evaluated by third-party services, most often Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), Beckett Grading Services (BGS) and Sportscard Guaranty (SGC), and given a grade on a ten-point scale based on condition. [5] The images below do not necessarily represent the individual specimen sold but are representative of the given cards.
Authentication of these cards, a longtime problem for collectors as a result of issues with counterfeiting, has recently been bolstered by Beckett Grading Services (BGS), which began grading these cards in December, 2008. While some collectors still don't consider the Star Company cards as credible successors to the Topps sets of prior years ...
PSA, the industry leader in the important task of grading cards, is slowly resuming its operations. Until then, a booming billion dollar sports card market must sit and wait.
The 1986-87 Fleer Jordan cards were graded perfect 10s by PSA Authentication and Grading Services, ... Of the 262,761 '86 Fleer cards issued to PSA for grading, only 6.8% (17,802) have been sent ...
Collectors Universe Inc. is an American company formed in 1986, now based in Santa Ana, California, which provides third-party authentication and grading services to collectors, retail buyers and sellers of collectibles. Its authentication services focus on coins, trading cards, sports memorabilia, and autographs.
At the outset, the business faced difficulties owing to a limited demand from collectors who sought card grading services. [2] Initially, many sports card dealers were against the concept of relying on an external organization to evaluate and grade their cards. They declined to utilize card grading services.
The person who autographed the card may be depicted, or their artwork is visible on the card. Cards may also be autographed by the card designer or by a person famous for using that card. The value of an autographed card has been debated, often depending on who has autographed it or the scarcity of the autograph. In some cases, an autograph can ...