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Fanatics Live to Launch Livestream “Breaking” Platform for Trading Cards & Collectibles

February 2, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

First came the popularity packs and boxes, and then the phenomenon that people will actually sit in front of their computer or on their phone to watch someone else open a box of cards. This […]

Card Organization

Best Sports Card Display Stands for 2023

February 1, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

As much as I love to store my cards in top loaders, and then place all of that plastic goodness into monster boxes and more, the enjoyment here comes from rummaging through those boxes months […]

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Breaking: Grading Cards With CSG Through COMC

February 1, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

This generally isn’t a “breaking” hobby news site, but this is fairly large, and I’m awake at 5:30AM to catch it while it dropped, so I figured I’d get something quick out there. If you’ve […]

Card Collecting Resources

6 Tips on How to Start Collecting Sports Cards

January 29, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

For me, loving sports and loving card collecting has always gone hand in hand, and because of that, I always have a hard time realizing that no, every sport fan is not a card collector. […]

Buying Cards

Goodwill Baseball Card Guide

January 29, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

Three experiences got me into baseball card collecting—flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores like Goodwill. I mean, there weren’t really many other options if you were looking to buy card collections in bulk in […]

Grading

How Long Does PSA Grading Take in 2023?

January 28, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

PSA Grading currently takes about 20 days to grade a card at the “value plus” service level ($40/card) and 10 days at the “Regular” service level ($75/card). Not too long ago, in April of 2021, […]

Grading

Baseball Card Condition Guide

January 28, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

I’ve already told the story about how, when I was young and card “dumb,” all of my cards were kept in bins, up until the point where I’d find good cards in the bin, and […]

Grading

Cheapest Card Grading Service

January 25, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

Of the major grading companies, BGS currently offers the cheapest card grading service, which is $18 to grade a single card at the “Base” level. This is $2 less than CSG’s “Economy” level, $5 less […]

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Card Platforms

11 Best Baseball Card Value & Scanner Apps for Pricing & Portfolio Tracking

January 21, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

The whole “there is an app for that” campaign and resulting pop culture phenomenon seems like ages ago (younger collectors probably don’t even have a clue as to what I’m talking about). But what’s really […]

Card Lists

Mike Trout Relic Cards

January 18, 2023 Ryan from Ballcard Genius

Relic cards are terrible only if you allow them to be. I mean, they have been here for years and will be here forever, in seemingly every release, until the end of cardboard. So, let’s […]

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