{"id":12595,"date":"2025-02-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=12595"},"modified":"2025-03-02T07:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T07:17:40","slug":"february-2025-grading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=12595","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 Grading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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February 2025 PSA Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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  • PSA graded 1,449,324 items during February; total output increased by 11% vs January and was up 17% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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    Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

    Pokemon had a significant impact in February<\/p>\n

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    • TCG was 50% of cards graded in February (vs 44% in January and 46% in December).<\/li>\n

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      Set Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      2024 Prizm football claimed the top spot<\/p>\n

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      Set Summary – TCG+<\/u><\/p>\n

      Grading activity accelerates for Japanese Terastal Fest Pokemon<\/p>\n

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      Player Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      Jordan leads the way in February<\/p>\n

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      Subject Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Pikachu increases its lead over Charizard<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      Caitlin Clark easily grabs the top spot in February<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Terastal Fest claims 8 of the top 10 spots<\/p>\n

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      What’s Next for PSA?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • \n\t\t\t\t\tDespite facing a backlog, PSA nearly set a new record for grading activity in February.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tThe surge was driven primarily by Pokemon cards, which reached all-time high grading levels at PSA.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tWith strong overall momentum in the hobby, Pokemon’s growth is likely to continue fueling PSA\u2019s activity in the coming months.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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        February 2025 SGC Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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        • SGC graded 146,536 items during February; total output decreased by 14% vs January and was flat year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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          Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Football was the only category to increase in February<\/p>\n

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          Set Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          2024 Prizm football grabs the top spot<\/p>\n

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          Player (& Subject) Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Jayden Daniels has a big month<\/p>\n

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          Card Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Jayden Daniels moves to the top<\/p>\n

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          What’s Next for SGC?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • \n\t\t\t\t\tSGC’s football and vintage specials drove February’s results, but grading activity in other categories declined, leading to a modest drop in overall output compared to January.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tIt will be interesting to see if SGC introduces a Topps Series 1 special to counter a slow baseball release calendar or extends its current specials through March until baseball releases pick up.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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            Other Graders – CGC<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

            Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

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            Set Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

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            Card Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

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            What’s Next for CGC?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • \n\t\t\t\t\tCGC’s grading activity dipped slightly after a record-setting January.
              \n\t\t\t\t\tHowever, demand for CGC TCG remains elevated, and sports card grading continues to exceed last year\u2019s levels.
              \n\t\t\t\t\tCGC is also well-positioned to benefit from the ongoing Pokemon momentum across the hobby.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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              Other Charts – Beckett<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

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              Card Summary – Sports<\/u><\/p>\n

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              Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

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              What’s Next for Beckett?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • \n\t\t\t\t\tBeckett’s grading activity declined in February after a strong start to the year.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tHowever, results remained above the year-end 2024 trend.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tBeckett also introduced another short-term grading special as it continues to tinker with pricing specials as a catalyst for demand.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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                February 2025 PSA Grading Recap PSA graded 1,449,324 items during February; total output increased by 11% vs January and was up 17% year-over-year. Category Summary Pokemon had a significant impact in February TCG was 50% of cards graded in February (vs 44% in January and 46% in December). Set Summary – Sports & Other 2024 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12597,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-12595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-grading","8":"tag-gemrate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12598,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12595\/revisions\/12598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}