Should You Grade Pokemon Cards in 2024? (PSA vs. CGC vs BGS)
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TLDR在这段视频中,讲述了关于卡牌评级公司的竞争与选择,尤其提到PSA、CGC及BGS三家主要公司之间的对比。市场上老版的卡牌如Charizard,在接近全新的状态下,通过PSA评级会卖得更贵,而现代卡牌如Umbreon,通过BGS的黑标10评级则比PSA的10评级贵出400%以上。这显示了市场中的动态变化。对于卡牌收藏家,了解卡牌的条件和选择合适的评级公司变得更为重要。视频中还介绍了如何选择合适的卡牌进行评级,评级公司的收费及市场发展趋势等信息。
Takeaways
- 🔥 PSA通常在传统卡牌市场中具有更高的流动性和转售价值。
- 💡 CGC在成本和交付速度方面提供了竞争优势,是进入评级市场的好选择。
- 🔍 Becket凭借其子等级评分和黑标10等级的高溢价,吸引着特别的评级需求。
- 📈 现代卡牌市场对Black Label评级的需求和溢价远高于传统卡牌。
- 🎯 为不同品质的卡牌选择合适的评级公司,可以最大化其价值。
- 📊 PSA的简单评分体系使其评级过程更直接,也更受大众欢迎。
- 🔗 CGC的精致10评级比PSA10更容易实现并具有一定溢价。
- 🌀 在各种评级条件和稀缺性之间存在巨大的差异,这显著影响卡牌的市场价值。
- 🧩 了解市场趋势和使用在线工具可以帮助在卡牌评级决策中获益。
- 🛠️ 最优的评级公司和卡牌选择关系到收藏的潜在价值提升。
Garis waktu
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Il mercatu di carte classiche e moderne hè cumplettamente diversu in termini di valutazione. Un Charizard classicu in cundizione quasi perfetta vende significativamente più s'ellu hè qualificatu da PSA rispetto à cgc o bgs. In qualchì modu, quandu si tratta di carte moderne cum’è l’Umbreon, u BGS Black Label 10 supera u PSA 10 di più di 400%. In questu video, discutemu di cumu valutà a megliu cundizione è induve qualificà e vostre carte per navigà in un mercatu in cambiu rapidu.
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U prezzu per qualificà e carte hè diventatu più cumpetitivu dopu à a pandemia, cù PSA, cgc è bgs offrendu diverse scale di prezzi. PSA hè u più caru per servizii à l'ingrossu, mentre chì cgc offre un'accessibilità megliu cù prezzi più bassi è più convenienti. Cumpagnie cume PSA anu ancu partenariati cum’è cun GameStop per rende tuttu più accessibile, mentre chì cgc offre servizii rapidi cù Fanatics. Meshende questu cun quale cumpagnia sceltu dipende da fattori cum'è a liquidità è a trasparenza di u mercatu.
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Una categorizzazione persunale suggerisce chì a qualificazione di BGS Black Label 10 hè a più desiderata, seguita da varie categurie di gem mint. Ci sò differenze débatabili trà u modu cum’è e cumpagnie cum’è PSA, cgc è bgs valutanu criterii cumuni, resultendu in differenze notevuli in vendite trà carte vintage è muderne. Per esempiu, una valutazione PSA 10 di Charizard pò spessu sopravvive à u cgc, perchè u mercatu vintage hè più stabilitu in PSA, cun parità simili osservate cù carte muderne cum'è l'Umbreon.
Peta Pikiran
Video Tanya Jawab
为什么在现代卡牌中,bgs黑标10等级比PSA 10等级的价格要高?
在现代卡牌方面,bgs的黑标10等级比PSA的10等级卖得更多,涨幅超过400%。
PSA为什么在传统卡牌市场中占有更大的份额?
PSA在传统卡牌收藏市场中更受欢迎,尤其那些接近平民度较高的牌,这是因为PSA的市场流动性和转售价值更高。
PSA的评分体系是怎样的?
PSA的评价体系比较简单,虽然其有0.5的评分,但使用得并不频繁。
cgc相比其他公司有什么优势?
cgc是进入市场成本最低的公司,并且提供最快的交付时间。
Becket公司有什么独特的评分方法或系统?
Becket提供子等级评分,并拥有厚实且高档的展示框,这使得其在透明度上更具优势。
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- 00:00:00what if I told you that a base set
- 00:00:01unlimited Charizard in near mint to Mint
- 00:00:04Condition sells for significantly more
- 00:00:06in a PSA slab than the same grade with
- 00:00:09its competitors cgc or bgs however if we
- 00:00:12took a modern card like the Umbreon from
- 00:00:15evolving skies in the top grade offered
- 00:00:17by these three competing companies the
- 00:00:19bgs Black Label 10 out sells the PSA 10
- 00:00:23by over
- 00:00:25400% in an era of rapidly changing
- 00:00:27market dynamics knowing how to assess
- 00:00:30best condition and where to grade your
- 00:00:31cards has never been more important
- 00:00:34today I invite you to join me as we
- 00:00:35attempt to demystify card grading here
- 00:00:38in
- 00:00:39[Music]
- 00:00:452024 hey everybody what's up from
- 00:00:47Pokémon Classics reminding you all that
- 00:00:49the classics never go out of style it's
- 00:00:522024 and a lot has changed over the last
- 00:00:54few years when it comes to grading cards
- 00:00:56now in this video I wanted to start by
- 00:00:57talking about some of the updates for
- 00:00:59tending to the big three grading
- 00:01:01companies PSA cgc and bgs next we'll
- 00:01:05talk a little bit about the optimization
- 00:01:07process of determining which company to
- 00:01:08send cards to and finally we'll explore
- 00:01:11which cards to send to get graded in the
- 00:01:13first place because ultimately there is
- 00:01:15a bit of a cost benefit analysis that
- 00:01:17needs to happen when making that
- 00:01:19decision anyway guys let's roll into it
- 00:01:22first let's talk about grading prices
- 00:01:24now back during the pandemic companies
- 00:01:26like PSA shuttered their doors and made
- 00:01:28grading inaccessible to the Mass
- 00:01:30however since then over the last year or
- 00:01:32so prices have normalized we're seeing
- 00:01:34more competition in the graded Market
- 00:01:36space currently PSA charges $4.99 per
- 00:01:39card if using their bulk service cgc
- 00:01:42only charges $11 per card and bgs is
- 00:01:44charging
- 00:01:45$14.95 now you can actually get better
- 00:01:47prices than these because PSA is
- 00:01:49offering specials every month to their
- 00:01:51members and I've seen them go as low as
- 00:01:5412.99 meanwhile cgc has an elite tier
- 00:01:57through a subscription service that's
- 00:01:59offering $8 80 per card so it's a fairly
- 00:02:02competitive market and I think this is
- 00:02:04opening the door for a lot of
- 00:02:05prospective collectors and would be
- 00:02:07greaters out there and speaking of
- 00:02:10accessibility there's been a number of
- 00:02:11new opportunities for people that
- 00:02:13traditionally haven't been sending their
- 00:02:15cards in for grading on their own
- 00:02:17recently PSA announced a partnership
- 00:02:19with GameStop where individuals can
- 00:02:21submit their cards through GameStop and
- 00:02:23that's only for a dollar more they're
- 00:02:25only charging $14.99 per card with no
- 00:02:27minimum and it's advertises A4 5-day
- 00:02:30turnaround similarly cgc also has an
- 00:02:33expedited service through Fanatics you
- 00:02:35send raw Cards into Fanatics they have
- 00:02:37people on staff that are able to turn
- 00:02:40around cards at just $9 per card and
- 00:02:42they're hoping to get that service down
- 00:02:44to just 24 hours as a turnaround time
- 00:02:46though I've been told it's closer to
- 00:02:48about 3 days either way this makes
- 00:02:51grading so much more accessible to the
- 00:02:52masses particularly for people that have
- 00:02:54never graded before or maybe are a
- 00:02:56little bit intimidated to do so removing
- 00:02:59that barrier of of Entry of course this
- 00:03:01begs the question which Grading Company
- 00:03:03should you be sending your cards to now
- 00:03:05this is a highly subjective question
- 00:03:07with a number of different factors at
- 00:03:08work but generally I Look to look at it
- 00:03:10in these three factors when it comes to
- 00:03:12market share and the majority of
- 00:03:14collectors their PSA collectors so
- 00:03:16liquidity and resale value is often more
- 00:03:19closely attached and aligned to PSA
- 00:03:21especially for those cards that are in
- 00:03:23that near mint to Mint range the eights
- 00:03:25the nines this is the Direction I Would
- 00:03:26urge people to go on the other hand cgc
- 00:03:29has the lowest cost point to entry and
- 00:03:32the quickest turnaround time and those
- 00:03:33can both be very attractive to resellers
- 00:03:36and collectors as well finally Becket is
- 00:03:38the only one of these companies that
- 00:03:40offers subgrades there's an element of
- 00:03:42transparency there it's also a very
- 00:03:44thick and premium feeling slab also the
- 00:03:47Black Label premium really can't be beat
- 00:03:50but we'll get to that a bit more here in
- 00:03:52a little
- 00:03:53bit regardless of which one of these
- 00:03:55companies you personally prefer
- 00:03:57condition is everything now I've made a
- 00:04:00whole video breaking down conditions and
- 00:04:01the grading guidelines for PSA with
- 00:04:04detailed examples and pictures of each
- 00:04:05one so if that's something you're
- 00:04:07interested in learning more about I'll
- 00:04:08leave a link to the video down in the
- 00:04:10description below as I alluded to
- 00:04:12earlier every one of these grading
- 00:04:13companies applies their grading scale
- 00:04:15slightly differently but one thing that
- 00:04:17they all have in common is they all take
- 00:04:19those four grading criteria averages
- 00:04:21them out and then applies One Singular
- 00:04:23numeric score for a grade PSA probably
- 00:04:26has the simplest grading scale and
- 00:04:28although PSA does offer Half Point
- 00:04:30grades they're seldom used and so are
- 00:04:32not really worth considering on the
- 00:04:34other hand we have Becket which offers
- 00:04:36two different bgs 10s a black label 10
- 00:04:39and a pristine Gold Label 10 and they
- 00:04:41consider gem mint their
- 00:04:439.5 finally we have cgc which also has
- 00:04:46two tens a pristine Gold Label 10 and
- 00:04:48then a 10 gem mint and cgc makes
- 00:04:51extensive use of the 0 five grades and
- 00:04:54in that way it's perhaps the more
- 00:04:55nuanced and complex of the three grading
- 00:04:58systems now a quick disclaimer but in my
- 00:05:00own personal experience when mixing
- 00:05:02these grades together and categorizing
- 00:05:04them I often think of them in terms of
- 00:05:06tiers and at the very top of Mount
- 00:05:08Everest in its own tier would be the
- 00:05:10bgs1 Black Label pristine grade these
- 00:05:13are supposed to be absolutely Flawless
- 00:05:15and they're incredibly scarce on the
- 00:05:16market and thus command a very high
- 00:05:18premium my next category would be in
- 00:05:20green and these are cards I would
- 00:05:22consider gem Min and often these ones
- 00:05:24have similar price points as well as
- 00:05:26populations and conditions in the yellow
- 00:05:28are cards that I would consider mint and
- 00:05:30these ones are virtually Flawless but
- 00:05:32maybe they exhibit some small flaw like
- 00:05:34slightly off-centered or a DOT or two of
- 00:05:36edge wear on the backside then finally
- 00:05:39in red are cards that I would consider
- 00:05:40near mint now this is perhaps the hot
- 00:05:43take of this categorization system but I
- 00:05:45would actually consider a lot of PSA 6s
- 00:05:48and sevens to be the standard
- 00:05:50conditional equivalent of the eights
- 00:05:52from the other two grading companies you
- 00:05:54guys can come at me in the comments but
- 00:05:55that's just my experience so to look at
- 00:05:57it another way as a continuum this is
- 00:06:00how I would personally break it down
- 00:06:02with the bgs1 Black Label pristine all
- 00:06:04the way on one end and then working our
- 00:06:06way through all the different
- 00:06:07categorizations of mint and then ending
- 00:06:09at the near mint to Mint PSA 8 anything
- 00:06:12below that I would consider below a near
- 00:06:15mint to Mint grade of course it is worth
- 00:06:17noting that as we work our way through
- 00:06:19the upper echelons of mint condition
- 00:06:21that the differences become so
- 00:06:22negligible that at sometimes the
- 00:06:24difference between one grade and another
- 00:06:26are indistinguishable and I think it's
- 00:06:28important that we Al take these other
- 00:06:30two factors into consideration the first
- 00:06:32being that there are huge fluctuations
- 00:06:34in gem rates between vintage cards and
- 00:06:36modern cards they're just built
- 00:06:38differently and come with different
- 00:06:40conditional issues in their print
- 00:06:41production having said that even within
- 00:06:44certain eras of Pokemon there are still
- 00:06:46different quality issues we might take a
- 00:06:48look at print lines being something that
- 00:06:50PSA often hammers more harshly than cgc
- 00:06:53does and you see that reflected in the
- 00:06:55population reports of many of the Neo
- 00:06:57Era cards that are particularly
- 00:06:59susceptible to print lines on the other
- 00:07:01hand we can take a look at something
- 00:07:02like the jungle set which was very
- 00:07:04notable for chipping on the front edges
- 00:07:07and that's something that PSA doesn't
- 00:07:08penalize as heavily as cgc does you'll
- 00:07:11see that in the population reports as
- 00:07:13well by the way if you're interested in
- 00:07:15comparing gem rates between PSA and cgc
- 00:07:18and how each company prioritizes
- 00:07:20conditional issues check out this video
- 00:07:22where I run through all of the data from
- 00:07:24baset through Neo Destiny it's pretty
- 00:07:26fascinating to
- 00:07:28consider let's let's take a look at a
- 00:07:30pair of case studies a modern card the
- 00:07:32moon Bon from evolving skies and the
- 00:07:34unlimited Bas at Charizard a vintage
- 00:07:36card when comparing the top grade
- 00:07:38available from each Grading Company
- 00:07:40you'll notice that the bgs Black Label
- 00:07:4210 absolutely blows the competitors out
- 00:07:44of the water earning over 400% the value
- 00:07:48of the PSA 10 now the PSA 10 sold for
- 00:07:50$1,400 and that's a really good price
- 00:07:52for a modern card especially one that
- 00:07:54has this high of a population but the
- 00:07:57bgs1 sold for 7,600
- 00:08:00$21 now cgc top grade the pristine 10
- 00:08:03also outpaced the PSA 10 at
- 00:08:07$1,750 which is exactly 25% more than
- 00:08:10the PSA 10 now interestingly these
- 00:08:13aren't the only grades that outsold the
- 00:08:14PSA 10 the bgs1 pristine Gold Label also
- 00:08:18sold for a bit more at
- 00:08:20$1,575 and the cgc 10 came in a little
- 00:08:24bit under the PSA 10 at
- 00:08:27$1,128 so you can already see how this
- 00:08:29Continuum that I showcased earlier is
- 00:08:31playing out when it comes that modern
- 00:08:33Moon Bon from evolving Skies now to be
- 00:08:36fair these were all individual listings
- 00:08:38that sold recently when scraping data
- 00:08:40from the last few months and taking
- 00:08:41overall averages this is what the
- 00:08:43categories end up looking like and you
- 00:08:45can see how the four tiers end up
- 00:08:47emerging organically with the bgs Black
- 00:08:50Label 10 pristine selling for $7500 to
- 00:08:53$9,000 it really is in a whole world all
- 00:08:55of its own then in the green we have
- 00:08:57what I would consider the gem mint copy
- 00:08:59selling for a bit over $1,000 and for as
- 00:09:02much as $2,000 in that cgc 10 pristine
- 00:09:05and bgs 10 pristine as well the Gold
- 00:09:08Label one as we work our way down though
- 00:09:10one of the interesting things to note is
- 00:09:12that the PSA 6 and 7 seems to be about
- 00:09:15comparable price to the cgc and bgs 8s
- 00:09:18of course though this is just a modern
- 00:09:20example we'll turn our attention over to
- 00:09:22something vintage now the Bas out
- 00:09:24unlimited Charizard is an interesting
- 00:09:25one to consider because it's one of the
- 00:09:27most desirable and recognizable cards in
- 00:09:29vintage collecting in a PSA 10 it sold
- 00:09:32for between $9,000 and
- 00:09:34$111,000 and there really is no premium
- 00:09:36there for cgc t0s even in the cgc 10
- 00:09:39pristine a copy was sold in 2024 for
- 00:09:42$9,600 which is about comparable price
- 00:09:45to the PSA 10 copies now bgs is an
- 00:09:48interesting story because there are so
- 00:09:49few copies available in bgs 10 that I
- 00:09:52have really no idea how to accurately
- 00:09:54assess it in fact I couldn't find a
- 00:09:56single sale for the bgs 10 Black Label
- 00:09:59and when it comes to the pristine Gold
- 00:10:01Label there's only one sale I could find
- 00:10:03and that was from 2017 and it sold for $
- 00:10:074,863 now keep in mind this was long
- 00:10:10before the pandemic boom when vintage
- 00:10:12cards and Pokemon as a whole exploded so
- 00:10:15I would have to think that either
- 00:10:17version of that card in bgs 10 would
- 00:10:19sell for significantly more than the PSA
- 00:10:2210 copy does another thing that I think
- 00:10:24is interesting is that the cgc 10 gem
- 00:10:26mint grade and the bgs 9.5 gem mint
- 00:10:29grade both fall off incredibly hard when
- 00:10:31compared to the PSA 10 now I think
- 00:10:34there's a couple reasons for this the
- 00:10:35first being that PSA is widely collected
- 00:10:37and more established within the Vintage
- 00:10:39Market and Charizard has a very low gem
- 00:10:41rate especially compared to the Umbreon
- 00:10:44from evolving Skies that we just looked
- 00:10:45at the Charizard is much more scarce for
- 00:10:48example Charizard has a 6% gem rate
- 00:10:51meaning there's only 464 gem Min copies
- 00:10:54out of 51,27386
- 00:10:59has an 81% gem mint rating with
- 00:11:028,536 copies available out of
- 00:11:0611,197 copies graded it's a pretty big
- 00:11:09difference just for fun I also looked up
- 00:11:11the gem rate of the cgc 10 gem mint card
- 00:11:14and that's at 18% with 213 copies
- 00:11:17available out of
- 00:11:1911,563 cards graded so I guess what I'm
- 00:11:22trying to say is that the preference of
- 00:11:24the buyer pool combined with the total
- 00:11:25amount of copies available or its
- 00:11:27scarcity has a tremend mendous impact on
- 00:11:30the cost of the card the other thing
- 00:11:32that I think is interesting is that
- 00:11:33copies that are near mint to Mint sell
- 00:11:35significantly better in PSA than they do
- 00:11:38in respective slabs the PSA 8 sold
- 00:11:40recently for $650 at auction meanwhile a
- 00:11:43cc8 copy sold for $44 which is only 62%
- 00:11:48of the PSA price also the bgs was also
- 00:11:51recently sold for 66% of the price or
- 00:11:54$430 so there is a bit of an advantage
- 00:11:57there especially for those near mint
- 00:11:58plus cars cards to go with
- 00:12:01PSA so here's what I might recommend for
- 00:12:04allocating your cards if you have a
- 00:12:06modern card that is a particularly
- 00:12:08strong gem mint candidate you might be
- 00:12:10willing to play the bgs lottery going
- 00:12:11for that black label grade now it is
- 00:12:14highly unlikely that a card is going to
- 00:12:15earn that grade but if it does there
- 00:12:17could be a massive premium there however
- 00:12:20if it doesn't earn that grade keep in
- 00:12:22mind there might be less liquidity
- 00:12:23selling it than there would be with a
- 00:12:25company like PSA if you have a card
- 00:12:28that's gem mint but on the weaker side
- 00:12:30maybe due to centering or like one flaw
- 00:12:32on the backside a little dot of edge
- 00:12:34wear that's when I'd consider PSA or cgc
- 00:12:37cgc pristine 10 still offers a premium
- 00:12:40and is a bit more achievable than the
- 00:12:41Black Label 10 of bgs having said that a
- 00:12:45PSA 9 or 10 are still very liquid cards
- 00:12:48and do come with a premium of their own
- 00:12:50so those aren't bad options anyway you
- 00:12:52slice it I would recommend checking the
- 00:12:54prices and the populations first as
- 00:12:56you're running this calculation for
- 00:12:58cards that are meant nine candidates
- 00:13:00again I would recommend going with cgc
- 00:13:02or PSA PSA does treat Hollow surfaces
- 00:13:05and dents more harshly especially for
- 00:13:07vintage cards and print lines in
- 00:13:09particular than cgc does something to be
- 00:13:12aware of on the other hand cgc is often
- 00:13:15more harsh on the edges as we saw with
- 00:13:17the jungle set earlier finally for cards
- 00:13:20that are on the threshold of
- 00:13:21gradeability we're talking ones that are
- 00:13:22near mint plus I would generally send
- 00:13:25those to PSA cards that are likely going
- 00:13:27to get a seven or an eight are are
- 00:13:29probably going to do better in that PSA
- 00:13:31grade than they will in the respective
- 00:13:33bgs or cgc grades there is one notable
- 00:13:36exception to this PSA is extremely hard
- 00:13:39on cards that have small indentations in
- 00:13:41them we're not talking like full-on
- 00:13:43creases but just a small dent those ones
- 00:13:45are going to get instantly a six at best
- 00:13:48through PSA and often those will be
- 00:13:50graded more favorably through cgc so
- 00:13:53just another thing to take into
- 00:13:54consideration if you're looking to
- 00:13:55maximize the number on the card itself
- 00:13:59before we wrap up this video I wanted to
- 00:14:00talk about how do you know which cards
- 00:14:02you should grade in the first place well
- 00:14:04there are usually four metrics that I
- 00:14:05would recommend looking to when making
- 00:14:07that determination the first of these is
- 00:14:09the condition if your card is below near
- 00:14:12Mint Condition it's generally not worth
- 00:14:13it to grade unless it's something
- 00:14:15exceptionally valuable you should also
- 00:14:17be aware of populations populations
- 00:14:19often influence the desirability of a
- 00:14:20card as well of its overall price point
- 00:14:23the popularity of the actual Pokémon is
- 00:14:25also something to take into
- 00:14:26consideration certain cards certain
- 00:14:28Pokemon species like Gengar Pikachu
- 00:14:32Dragonite Umbreon are going to generally
- 00:14:34do well in comparison to some of the
- 00:14:36Lesser known variants out there finally
- 00:14:39look up valuations this is something
- 00:14:41more people need to do there are some
- 00:14:43great tools out there for looking up
- 00:14:44market trends researching prices
- 00:14:47population data and a whole lot more a
- 00:14:50few of the websites I would personally
- 00:14:51recommend are for rock hards look at tcg
- 00:14:54player and eBay you can look up recently
- 00:14:56sold listings to see how much your cards
- 00:14:58are currently worth and if there's going
- 00:14:59to be any added value to having them
- 00:15:01graded for graded cards you can do the
- 00:15:03same thing through websites like Pokemon
- 00:15:05price.com PSA as well as TCG fish and
- 00:15:09pokedata doio the last two of these
- 00:15:11though are particularly important and
- 00:15:13useful especially to collectors out
- 00:15:15there that want to get more serious TCG
- 00:15:17fish and Pokey data each contain sales
- 00:15:20prices Trends graphs as well as ability
- 00:15:23to look up population reports and a
- 00:15:24whole lot more I can't recommend these
- 00:15:26enough I actually did a full video on
- 00:15:28these ites and if you want more
- 00:15:30information on how they work and what
- 00:15:31type of data and market trends they
- 00:15:33provide I'll leave a link to my video
- 00:15:34down in the description below anyway
- 00:15:36guys that's going to wrap it up for this
- 00:15:38one I hope this information was useful
- 00:15:39to you all and if you're just starting
- 00:15:41out grading I wish you all the best of
- 00:15:43luck deciding which cards to send and
- 00:15:45where to send them to I'm Pokémon
- 00:15:46Classics reminding you all that the
- 00:15:48classics never go out of style we'll see
- 00:15:50you all with the next video till then
- 00:15:51stay well and have fun that's what
- 00:15:53collecting is all about bye everybody
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