Sports Card Manufacturers:

Upper Deck – The Upper Deck Company has been around since 1988. The company produces sports trading cards from all major sports as well as gaming cards including World of Warcraft, Marvel Vs, and Yu-Gi-Oh under Upper Deck Entertainment.

Topps – The Topps Company first began producing baseball cards in 1951. Topps is still a leading company in the baseball card market, as well as football and basketball cards. Topps also produces several collectible card games.

Donruss Playoff - The Donruss Company was founded in 1954. Currently the company is most known for its football card products, as well as baseball draft pick products and entertainment cards.

In the Game - In The Game first entered the hockey card market in the 1998-1999 season and continues to produce various hockey card products.

Press Pass - Press Pass was founded in 1992 and produces Nascar Trading Cards as well as Basketball and Football Cards.

Ace Authentic - Ace entered the trading card market in 2005 and is the only producer of Tennis trading cards.

Looking to get some of your cards graded or for more information on grading companies? Here are some of the top Sports Card Grading Companies:

PSA – Professional Sports Authenticator

P.O. Box 6180
Newport Beach, CA 92658

BGS – Beckett Grading Services

4635 McEwen Road
Dallas, TX 75244-5308

GAI – Global Authentication Inc.

232 Avenida Fabricante. Suite 109 / Box 4
San Clemente, CA 92672

SGC – Sportscard Guaranty Company

P.O. Box 6919
Parsippany, NJ 07054-6919

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Autograph Grading Scale

10- A beautiful, boldly signed autograph that appears nearly perfect to the naked eye. Under normal viewing, it looks like an aesthetically-pleasing autograph.

9- This is a signature that is also very pleasing, but has slight imperfections that barely detract from the autograph. Very light bubbling or micro scratching is allowable, but no yellowing, fading, or smearing. Positioning should be nearly perfect – with just the very tips of a letter or two cut off or hidden.

8- At this level, some flaws begin to stand out slightly. Signature is still solid and pleasing, but might be somewhat bubbled throughout, or have areas of minor scuffing/scratching that detracts from the aesthetic beauty of the signature. Only lightly visible yellowing or fading or smearing is allowed. A cut signature may only have 10% of the signature hidden (or missing, when referring to a sticker autograph). Only a very small tip of the signature may run off or bleed onto the edge.

7- Flaws are evident, including heavy bubbling throughout, noticeable scratching, minor but noticeable yellowing or fading, small but obvious portions of smeared ink. Up to 20% of a cut autograph may be hidden, or 20% of a sticker auto may be missing. A portion of the signature may run off the card or may bleed onto the edge.

6- Heavy flaws are easily visible and highly distracting, including bubbling to the point of portions of the autograph being essentially invisible, extremely distracting scratching, yellowing or fading, or significantly smeared ink on multiple areas of the autograph. Up to 35% of a cut autograph/sticker may be hidden/missing. Several letters of the signature may run off the card, bleeding onto the edge or opposite side of the card.

5- Very heavy flaws that highly distract from the autograph, including portions of the autograph being completely removed or invisible, catastrophic scratching throughout the entire autograph, extremely heavy yellowing, massive fading of the entire signature, smeared ink throughout the entire autograph. Over 50% of a cut autograph/sticker may be hidden/missing.

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