by Matt Felumlee | Jun 26, 2024 | News and Reviews
In May 2024, PSA unveiled new holders and now, they have announced a new feature: Grader Notes. Say what you want about PSA, but they do not appear to be resting on their laurels. Grader Notes First things first: the newer announcement is Grader Notes. This feature is...
by Matt Felumlee | Jun 11, 2024 | News and Reviews
Per a press release this morning, Fanatics announced that the PWCC brand will be phased out and re-branded as Fanatics Collect. This is an interesting but not terribly surprising development. Fanatics bought PWCC about a year ago, and it is clear that the goal is a...
by Matt Felumlee | May 29, 2024 | News and Reviews
It’s official: statistics from several Negro Leagues are now recognized as Major League statistics. As a result, we have a new all-time career and season batting leader in the great Josh Gibson. Officially, Gibson surpasses Cobb with a .372 career batting...
by Matt Felumlee | May 16, 2024 | News and Reviews
(First: I’m totally biased here, as the admin of two different Facebook groups that specialize in vintage baseball cards! I’ll be clear about which groups I run in the text…) If you collect vintage actively you probably do at least some of your...
by Matt Felumlee | May 16, 2024 | News and Reviews
In the wake of SGC being acquired by PSA parent company Collectors, which was announced at the end of February 2024, SGC President Peter Steinberg talked up the new relationship as a way to “continue to improve SGC’s products and services that collectors have...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 23, 2024 | News and Reviews
It’s no secret that SGC has slowed a bit recently. Even prior to the announced sale to Collectors, SGC was in a slight backlog. Their explanation is that holiday traffic plus some modern specials caused a slowdown from the advertised 5-to-10 business day...
