{"id":14503,"date":"2025-03-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=14503"},"modified":"2025-04-02T03:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:19:03","slug":"march-2025-grading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=14503","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 Grading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 2025 PSA Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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  • PSA graded 1,477,224 items during March; total output increased by 2% vs February and was up 10% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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    Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

    Pokemon and football set the pace in March<\/p>\n

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    • TCG was 51% of cards graded in March (vs 50% in February and 44% in December).<\/li>\n

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

      2024 Prizm football stays on top<\/p>\n

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      Set Summary – TCG+<\/u><\/p>\n

      Japanese Terastal Fest remains extremely popular<\/p>\n

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

      Jayden Daniels leads the way in March<\/p>\n

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

      Pikachu narrowly leads in March<\/p>\n

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

      Caitlin Clark leads for the second straight month<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Terastal Fest loses two of its 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\tMarch results were similar to February, with Pokemon and football helping offset a slight dip in baseball and basketball activity.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
      • \n\t\t\t\t\tOverall, PSA has a lot in motion right now – GameStop is performing well, and grading via eBay has officially launched.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tThe company is still working through turnaround time delays and continues to ease off volume-driving specials.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tWith Pokemon activity holding strong, we expect to see similar trends in April as well.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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        March 2025 SGC Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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        • SGC graded 174,451 items during March; total output increased by 19% vs February and was up 18% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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          Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Every category was up in March<\/p>\n

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

          2024 Prizm football increases its lead at the top<\/p>\n

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

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

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

          Cooper Flagg jumps 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 posted its second-highest monthly total in March, driven largely by strong football volume and a successful vintage special.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tSimilar to PSA, SGC is now seeing some turnaround time delays, suggesting some of the March momentum should carry into April – though likely with a ceiling similar to March.\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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            What’s Next for CGC?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • \n\t\t\t\t\tCGC\u2019s grading activity declined for the second straight month in March but remains well above 2024 levels.
              \n\t\t\t\t\tTCG volume remains elevated and provides a strong foundation for momentum heading into Q2.\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\u2019s grading activity in Q1 2025 was up over 50% compared to Q4 2024 and roughly flat with Q1 2024.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tAfter a sluggish close to 2024, this marks a notable momentum shift for Beckett.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tBuilding on, and surpassing, Q1 results in Q2 would be a strong signal that this momentum is more than a short-term bump.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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                March 2025 PSA Grading Recap PSA graded 1,477,224 items during March; total output increased by 2% vs February and was up 10% year-over-year. Category Summary Pokemon and football set the pace in March TCG was 51% of cards graded in March (vs 50% in February and 44% in December). Set Summary – Sports & Other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14505,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-14503","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\/14503","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=14503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14506,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14503\/revisions\/14506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}