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AGS Grading Pitches Itself as Alternative Amid Industry Consolidation
AGS Grading is making its case to collectors following a tumultuous week for the sports card grading industry. he timing of AGS CEO’s customer email is notable: it arrives on the heels of PSA’s acquisition of Beckett Grading Services and the same week a congressman wrote to the FTC raising concerns about PSA’s growing monopoly…
Customer Accuses Backyard Breaks of Stealing Trevor Lawrence Card
A Backyard Breaks customer is accusing the breaking company of stealing a Trevor Lawrence card. No, not the Gold Kaboom T-Law that made the breakers famous, this time an emailer to Sports Card Radio writes, “I pulled a Trevor Lawrence patch and Grant from Backyard kept it.” The customer claims to have messaged Backyard Grant…
eBay Seller Probstein123: The Shady Chronicles of a Sports Card Mogul
Get ready, sports card collectors, because we have a story that s gonna make you think twice before you click that Buy It Now button on.
Heroes of Sport Card Trimming & Group Break Scam
It’s with great pleasure we drag this clown through the mud. Will Jaimet used to get on Cardboard Connection Radio (now defunct) and hate on @SportsCardRadio. His company, Heroes of Sport took out full page banner ads on Beckett.com and in their magazine. This idiot got other sports card minions to promote him. Sports cards…
Collectors Acquires Beckett: PSA and BGS Now Under Same Owner
Via The New York Times: The company that owns PSA just swallowed Beckett whole. Collectors announced Monday it’s acquiring Beckett Media—yes, THAT Beckett. The grading company. The price guides. The magazines. Wholesale distributor Southern Hobby was not apart of the deal. >Wholesale Distributor List Nat Turner CEO Nat Turner promises Beckett will stay “independent” with its…
Worst Investment Ever? Don’t Bet Your House on Mickey Mantle’s Home!
Listen up, sports memorabilia fans. You think buying into Mickey Mantle’s boyhood home is the investment of a lifetime? Think again. Rally, a collectibles company, is practically begging you to buy a $7 share of this dilapidated piece of history located in Commerce, Oklahoma. Well, we’re here to tell you, don’t fall for it. >ESPN:…
