{"id":8850,"date":"2024-12-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=8850"},"modified":"2025-01-02T04:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:59:20","slug":"december-2024-grading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=8850","title":{"rendered":"December 2024 Grading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 2024 PSA Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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  • PSA graded 1,222,592 items during December; total output decreased by 3% vs November and was down 1% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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    Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

    TCG had the largest impact again in December<\/p>\n

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    • TCG was 46% of cards graded in December (vs 41% in November and 35% in October).<\/li>\n

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

      2024 Topps Now baseball retains its top spot<\/p>\n

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      Set Summary – TCG+<\/u><\/p>\n

      Pokemon 151 jumps Japanese 151 for the top spot<\/p>\n

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

      Ohtani finally jumps Wembanyama for the top spot<\/p>\n

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

      Charizard’s lead narrows<\/p>\n

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

      Ohtani’s Topps Now dominates the leaderboard<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Pokemon 151 Charizard EX holds onto 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\tPSA closed a strong year with over 15 million cards graded.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tHowever, November and December were slightly off pace – even with some likely incremental TCG activity from GameStop.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
      • \n\t\t\t\t\tThat said, PSA was not particularly aggressive with its holiday promotions and seems to be taking a similar approach in January.
        \n\t\t\t\t\tOverall, PSA successfully increased grading activity in 2024 without significantly altering pricing expectations at any point during the year.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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        December 2024 SGC Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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        • SGC graded 131,434 items during December; total output increased by 2% vs November and was up 7% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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          Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Football and basketball grading increased in December<\/p>\n

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

          2024 Topps Chrome Update claims the top spot<\/p>\n

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

          Ohtani hangs onto the top spot with Skenes chasing<\/p>\n

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

          Ohtani’s Topps Now dominates again<\/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 experienced a slight increase in grading activity during December, driven by its Topps Chrome Update promotion and a rise in basketball and football submissions.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tOverall, SGC closed 2024 with the biggest % increase over 2023 results of any grader.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
          • \n\t\t\t\t\tAs we look ahead to January 2025, it’s worth noting that last year, SGC achieved strong results with its $9 Bowman special, grading 157k cards.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll see if SGC can approach similar numbers in January 2025 without an equivalent promotion in place.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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            Other Graders – CGC<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

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

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            • \n\t\t\t\t\tCGC had a third straight month with over 200k cards graded during December. This recent 200k+ floor has been established thanks to incremental improvements in both TCG and sports.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
            • \n\t\t\t\t\tOverall, CGC grading activity improved meaningfully in 2024 and maintaining this 200k+ level in January could signal further growth in 2025 is within reach.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\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\t\t\t\t\tBeckett results improved modestly in December following a meaningful decline in November.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
              • \n\t\t\t\t\tOverall, 2024 was a challenging year for Beckett as it continued to lose market share.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tBeckett was the only grading company to see a decline in YoY grading activity with momentum further declining to close the year.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
              • \n\t\t\t\t\tIn general, Beckett has seen much of the hobby lose patience, despite long-standing support.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tHowever, the recent announcement of the new Collectivus entity has given some loyalists cautious optimism that the brand can be revitalized.
                \n\t\t\t\t\tWhile the path forward is challenging, a series of improvements in 2025 could help get the company back on track and regain support from the hobby.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                December 2024 PSA Grading Recap PSA graded 1,222,592 items during December; total output decreased by 3% vs November and was down 1% year-over-year. Category Summary TCG had the largest impact again in December TCG was 46% of cards graded in December (vs 41% in November and 35% in October). Set Summary – Sports & Other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":8852,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-8850","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\/8850","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=8850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8853,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850\/revisions\/8853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}