Card grading is the process of submitting your cards to a third-party service, which will scan them and grade them based on their condition. The companies that grade cards will put them in cases and seal them in what are called slabs.
Card grading is an important process for card collectors. The companies that grade cards will put them in cases and seal the case with a tamper-evident sticker. This prevents the grader from adding or removing the cards from the case. Cards are graded based on their condition and then placed in cases according to their grade, making it easy for collectors to find what they are looking for.
What is CGC grading?
CGC stands for Certified Guaranty Company. It is a third-party grading service that grades comic books for the collector’s market.
What is PSA grading?
CGC and PSA are the two most popular comic grading companies in the world.
PSA stands for Professional Sports Authenticator. It is a third-party grading service that grades sports memorabilia and collectibles for the collector’s market.
CGC and PSA are both third-party grading services that grade comic books and sports memorabilia, respectively, on behalf of collectors. The main difference between the two companies is that CGC grades comics exclusively while PSA also grades other types of collectibles, such as non-sports cards, autographs, and stamps.
The CGC grading system is a way of categorizing comic books based on the condition of the books. CGC grades are on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest grade. The PSA grading system is similar to CGC in that it assigns comic books a letter grade based on their quality. The PSA grading system uses letters from A+ to F, with A+ being the best possible grade and F being the lowest.
CGC grades are mainly used by collectors and dealers who trade high-value rare comics, while
PSA grades are more commonly used by people who read comics for enjoyment or for investment purposes. While both systems use letters to assign a grade, they also use different symbols for each letter in order to distinguish one rating from another.
Both the PSA and CGC-graded slabs have ridges, but the PSA ridges are more defined.
PSA slabs seem to stack and lock like Lego bricks. They don’t really wiggle or move around when they are stacked. The CGC slabs have ridges, and they stack, but they don’t stay together securely.
The PSA-graded slab has ridges that are more defined than the CGC-graded slab. The PSA-graded slabs seem to stack and lock together like Lego bricks. The CGC grade slab does not really wiggle or move around when it is stacked.
CGC has a few service tiers with an official estimated turnaround time of around five months. PSA and Beckett have comparable turnaround times, so CGC cannot brag about the service they provide. They also don’t offer a population report, so we can only hope they’re right this time.
What is a good CGC grade?
This category is for interior pages where the edges of the colors are darker than those in the center. . The best grade a comic book can achieve is “very fine,” which means in number – 7,5.
What is a good PSA grade?
A series of PSA graders review your cards for authenticity. If genuine, they look for evidence of doctorings, such as re-coloring or trimming. If your cards pass authentication, they are also graded in terms of condition with a scale from 1-10, with ten being the best.
There are some speculations that CGC appears to be more difficult than PSA. Also, there are rumors that there have been over a hundred (100) cards graded by CGC, and not a single card received the perfect grade of 10.0. By contrast, there are far fewer cards from PSA submitted for grading – many with the perfect grade of 10 out of 10.
