{"id":25343,"date":"2025-09-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=25343"},"modified":"2025-10-02T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:19:40","slug":"september-2025-grading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=25343","title":{"rendered":"September 2025 Grading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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September 2025 PSA Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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  • PSA graded 1,558,952 items during September; total output decreased by 6% vs August and was up 32% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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    Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

    Baseball carried September activity while TCG slipped<\/p>\n

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    • TCG was 52% of cards graded in September (vs 58% in August and July).<\/li>\n

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

      2024 Donruss Optic football maintained the top spot<\/p>\n

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      Set Summary – TCG+<\/u><\/p>\n

      Destined Rivals held onto the top spot<\/p>\n

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

      Jayden Daniels just barely hangs onto the top spot<\/p>\n

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

      Pikachu dominates<\/p>\n

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

      Paige Bueckers remains the top card<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      The new Japanese Pikachu promo runs away with the top spot<\/p>\n

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

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      • \n\t\t\t\t\tResults dipped in September, and it appears PSA may have prioritized working through the sports backlog at the expense of the TCG backlog.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tThis is likely a short-term phenomenon, especially given that PSA just recently increased turnaround times for sports submissions.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
      • \n\t\t\t\t\tPSA currently has a wide range of initiatives underway, some grading-related and others adjacent.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tThat said, while there is risk of resource constraints, we expect grading volume to increase meaningfully in October now that the Florida office is up and running.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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        Other Graders – SGC<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

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

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

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

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        Card Summary<\/u><\/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 grading activity declined in September as the \u201cboutique\u201d transition is in full effect.
          \n\t\t\t\t\tMore than half of the grading activity was for cards produced before 2000, and it\u2019s likely that SGC\u2019s mix continues to skew heavily toward vintage.
          \n\t\t\t\t\tWe continue to believe SGC will settle into grading 30,000\u201340,000 cards per month in the near future.\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\tTCG grading continues to thrive at CGC, reaching another record high in September.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tSports momentum also accelerated, supported by new partnerships and what appears to be a solid response to a recent grading special.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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

            Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\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 TCG activity picked up in September, driven by increased grading of Pokemon, One Piece, and Magic.
              \n\t\t\t\t\tBeckett continues to gain modest momentum, though it\u2019s unclear whether this reflects collectors exploring alternatives as the competitive landscape shifts, or if Beckett has specific initiatives in place fueling the growth.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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              September 2025 PSA Grading Recap PSA graded 1,558,952 items during September; total output decreased by 6% vs August and was up 32% year-over-year. Category Summary Baseball carried September activity while TCG slipped TCG was 52% of cards graded in September (vs 58% in August and July). Set Summary – Sports & Other 2024 Donruss Optic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25345,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-25343","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\/25343","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=25343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25346,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343\/revisions\/25346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}