Big and encouraging numbers across the board. But look at Beckett consistently being down 😳… not a good sign for them in an otherwise massive month.

SUMMARY:
Overall grading activity was ⬆10% in May compared to April and ⬆42% YoY. Over 1.78 million cards were graded across the four companies - besting the old high by nearly 50k cards. That’s also the highest YoY growth % in the past 18 months.

📊Overall Summary
— PSA graded 1.36m cards [record high] - ⬆13% MoM, ⬆35% YoY
— CGC graded 184k cards - ⬆2% MoM, ⬆88% YoY
— SGC graded 174k cards [record high] - ⬆6% MoM, ⬆97% YoY
— Beckett graded 59k cards - ⬇6% MoM, ⬇10% YoY

⚾️Sports Summary
— PSA graded 867k cards - ⬆17% MoM, ⬆56% YoY
— SGC graded 157k cards - ⬆14% MoM, ⬆95% YoY
— Beckett graded 30k cards - ⬇6% MoM, ⬇9% YoY
— CGC graded 24k cards - ⬆28% MoM, ⬇19% YoY

📽️TCG Summary
— PSA graded 502k cards - ⬆7% MoM, ⬆10% YoY
— CGC graded 160k cards - ⬇1% MoM, ⬆135% YoY
— Beckett graded 28k cards - ⬇7% MoM, ⬇12% YoY
— SGC graded 16k cards - ⬇36% MoM, ⬆120% YoY

Category Notes
— Basketball (⬆39%) and football (⬆25%) - thanks to the releases of 2023 Prizm football and basketball - drove a significant portion of the growth in May compared to April.

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