GemRate | May β26 Grading Recap
-- Overall grading activity dipped below 3 million cards and was β¬5% in May compared to April and β¬20% YoY.
-- However, on a per business day basis, grading activity was β¬5% compared to April.
-- Grading activity totaled 2.95 million cards in May, down ~145k compared to April.
-- PSA graded 2.06m cards - β¬7% vs April, β¬25% YoY.
-- CGC* graded 641k cards - β¬7% vs April, β¬12% YoY.
-- Beckett graded 145k cards - β¬49% vs April, β¬145% YoY. [Record high]
-- TAG graded 52k cards - β¬8% vs April, β¬40% YoY.
-- SGC graded 48k cards - β¬4% vs April, β¬67% YoY.
*CGC added ~35k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in May, primarily tied to its Fanatics partnership.
Note: There were 20 business days in May β26, 22 in April β26, and 21 in May β25. On a per business day basis, PSA was β¬3% in May vs April, CGC β¬2%, Beckett β¬64%, TAG β¬19%, and SGC β¬5%.
Category Notes
-- TCG grading was β¬6% MoM; soccer grading was β¬17% MoM and baseball grading was β¬3% MoM.
Other Graders
-- AGS graded 36.0k cards - β¬29% vs April.
-- Arena Club graded 5.7k cards - β¬5% vs April, β¬44% YoY.