by Matt Felumlee | Dec 15, 2025 | News and Reviews
Per multiple sources, PSA parent company Collectors has reached an agreement to buy Beckett Grading. Similar to when a deal was reached to purchase SGC this past February, PSA’s claim is that Beckett will remain an independent brand. With some hindsight, it is...
by Matt Felumlee | Dec 14, 2025 | News and Reviews
It has been a busy month for the personal collection, so I haven’t had as much time to write. I found and purchased a rare 1946-47 Cuban winter league album and spent days on end removing and drying them. It’s a cool set with several HOF (O’Neil,...
by Matt Felumlee | Dec 8, 2025 | News and Reviews
It has been a bad month for Collectors, parent company of both SGC and PSA. Between the SGC slowdown and the not-so-believable explanation of a PSA grading gaffe, recent trends and news are not positive. SGC Slowdown Cardhound has written often about the recent...
by Matt Felumlee | Nov 21, 2025 | News and Reviews, Tips
Largely unsubstantiated news is circulating rapidly across card groups over the last 24 hours regarding shill bidding on Probstein’s new platform Snype. Snype had already made news when its first major auction crashed hard. But that might be only the tip of the...
by Matt Felumlee | Nov 2, 2025 | News and Reviews
Last month I was accused of being a bit too dramatic about SGC’s sudden month-over-month decline of nearly 50% in card grading volume. I questioned whether this was the beginning of the end of an era for SGC, and some though that assessment too harsh. This...
