SGC Big News of 2023 - Pokemon?

[Bigdaddy]

There is an ever decreasing market in older sports cards as more and more get graded. Unless you count re-submits, they are slowly, but steadily, working towards a finite limit of the number of cards that might be submitted for grading. As a business, they have to keep targeting new markets.

I'm not surprised.

[Touch'EmAll]

A few:

[Johnny630]

I wonder how SGC Modern/Ultra Modern Sell in Relation To PSA?

Do buyers pay the same or close to premium as they do on Pre War?

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

I wonder how SGC Modern/Ultra Modern Sell in Relation To PSA?

Do buyers pay the same or close to premium as they do on Pre War?

Depends on the sport, but on average, most SGC 10 slabs sell for around 50% to 70% of PSA 10 slabs for modern cards.

[Johnny630]

[QUOTE=Snowman;2306209]Depends on the sport, but on average, most SGC 10 slabs sell for around 50% to 70% of PSA 10 slabs for modern cards.[/QUOTE

WOW. That's a Huge Disparity

[Eric72]

Compared to vintage sports cards, the sheer number of Pokemon cards out there is staggering. If SGC can become a serious player in that space, it would significantly improve their bottom line.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

The only upside to the invention of Pokemon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFU2HL-PQNo

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Compared to vintage sports cards, the sheer number of Pokemon cards out there is staggering. If SGC can become a serious player in that space, it would significantly improve their bottom line.

They would have an uphill climb, CSG presents better and all they would have to do is roll out a registry and they would smash SGC. Oh, and have a phone number on their website where if you called, someone would pick up and address your issue.

[Natswin2019]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Compared to vintage sports cards, the sheer number of Pokemon cards out there is staggering. If SGC can become a serious player in that space, it would significantly improve their bottom line.

Agree with with this as a lot of people my age(mid 20s) are still pretty into Pokemon and other TCGs cause we grew up with them. It's huge nostalgia for us and the new cards are way more popular than vintage and especially pre war cards. Makes a lot of sense for SGC to try and cut in to the Pokemon market like this.