One other yr, one other main milestone! In 2022, the Licensed Collectibles Group® (CCG®) marked 55 million cash graded, 10 million comics graded and three million playing cards graded. Now, CCG has graded greater than 75 million collectibles throughout all the classes it serves, together with cash, paper cash, comedian books, buying and selling playing cards, sports activities playing cards, video video games, stamps and memorabilia.

Surpassing 75 million collectibles graded is purpose to rejoice, mirror
and put into phrases and pictures what’s represented by this unimaginable
achievement. We regularly attest to our dedication to accuracy, consistency and
integrity — CCG’s founding ideas — however not often do now we have the
alternative to expound on the impression of this dedication.

For a lot of collectors, their journey begins as a solitary pursuit to acquire
one object or set of objects. Nonetheless, the world of collectibles is
expansive and what begins small can find yourself large. CCG works to offer all of
the instruments that help the collector’s journey, from the primary foray into
grading to purchasing and promoting collectibles on a big scale, and each kind
of gathering endeavor in between.

The certification of greater than 75 million collectibles is a testomony to
the worth unlocked by CCG’s providers — not solely by means of industry-leading
experience in authentication, a dedication to correct grading and
state-of-the-art protecting holders, but in addition by means of the huge assets
that CCG affords: worth guides, inhabitants studies, set registries, public sale
information, shopping for guides, picture galleries and extra. Inside the collectibles
world and past, we’re proud to work with collectors, sellers, public sale
homes, marketplaces, vaulting providers and lenders to assist everybody
maximize and shield the worth of gathering.

At present, collectibles typically go hand in hand with extra conventional
investments, however folks don’t love shares and bonds like they do their
collections. CCG appreciates and cultivates each the similarity and the
distinction. Trying forward, we see much more alternative as CCG and the
collectibles markets proceed to develop. 100 million is simply across the
nook.

“We’re thrilled and humbled to attain this vital milestone throughout
what’s a dynamic time for the collectibles markets and the economic system as a
entire,” mentioned Steven R. Eichenbaum, CEO of CCG. “It reveals as soon as once more the
power and resiliency of collectibles, and the integral function that CCG
serves in these markets.”

A Dialog with Mark Salzberg

As CCG celebrates the milestone of 75 million collectibles graded, CCG
Chairman and founder Mark Salzberg sat down with CCG’s Brittany McManus to
share his extraordinary gathering journey and ideas on the dynamic
collectibles markets. The far-reaching dialog spans the prospect
encounter that piqued his curiosity in cash to CCG’s improvement as a
world collectibles powerhouse. Watch the dialog

right here.

Snapshots of every CCG firm

NGC

Class:
Numismatic Warranty Firm® (NGC®) certifies cash, tokens and medals.

Grading spotlight:
A 1787 ‘EB’ on Wing Brasher Doubloon graded NGC MS 65★ and pedigreed to the
Partrick Assortment realized

$9.36 million

in January 2021.

Fascinating statistic:
NGC has graded greater than 55 million cash, tokens and medals, together with 35
million from the US, over a 3rd of that are Silver Eagles.

Trying forward:
NGC will proceed to be on the forefront of innovation in coin gathering,
together with a not too long ago launched 10-point grading scale.

Be taught extra:
NGCcoin.com


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PMG

Class:
Paper Cash Warranty® (PMG®) certifies banknotes and different collectible
paper cash.

Grading spotlight:
This

1891 $1,000 Silver Certificates

is likely one of the best rarities in paper cash, and is price nicely over $1
million.

Fascinating statistic:
PMG has graded over 8 million notes, greater than half of that are from
China.

Trying forward:
PMG is worked up to be re-introducing on-site grading occasions, together with one
in Europe in April.

Be taught extra:
PMGnotes.com


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CGC

Class:
Licensed Warranty Firm® (CGC®) certifies a rising roster of pop
tradition collectibles, together with comedian books, buying and selling playing cards, video video games,
magazines, live performance posters and extra.

Grading spotlight:
A Superman #1 graded CGC 8.0 offered for

$5.3 million

in a personal sale in January 2022.

Fascinating statistic:
The CGC Registry, a group the place comedian guide fanatics share their
collections and compete for prizes, has about 100,000 registered units.

Trying forward:
CGC is increasing to the certification of dwelling video (corresponding to VHS tapes) and
toys (beginning with Funko Pop!) later in 2023.

Be taught extra:
CGCcomics.com


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CGC Buying and selling Playing cards

Class:
CGC Buying and selling Playing cards® is a division of CGC that focuses on buying and selling card
grading.

Grading spotlight:
A Pokémon Illustrator (1998) CoroCoro Comics Illustrator Contest card
graded CSG 9.5 realized

$672,000

in a Goldin sale in October 2022.

Fascinating statistic:
CGC Buying and selling Playing cards has graded 2.4 million buying and selling playing cards, of which about 85%
are Pokémon playing cards.

Trying forward:
The

checklist of buying and selling card video games and non-sports playing cards

that CGC Buying and selling Playing cards can certify is definite to develop.

Be taught extra:
CGCcards.com


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CGC Video Video games

Class:
CGC Video Video games™ supplies certification providers for video video games from the
hottest retro and fashionable gaming consoles.

Grading spotlight:
A Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Leisure System graded CGC 9.4 A+
realized

$120,000

at a Heritage Auctions sale in January 2023.

Fascinating statistic:
From the Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 5, CGC Video Video games at the moment grades
video games from 36 techniques; you possibly can see the checklist

right here

.

Trying forward:
Alternatives to amass video video games backed by the industry-leading CGC
Assure will improve considerably in 2023 as extra change into licensed.

Be taught extra:

CGCvideogames.com

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,

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or Twitter

CSG

Class:
Licensed Sports activities Warranty® (CSG®) certifies sports activities playing cards.

Grading spotlight:
A 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle Sort 1 card graded CSG 8 realized

$1,253,185

in an SCP Auctions sale in December 2022.

Fascinating statistic:
CSG has licensed 1.3 million sports activities playing cards — a few third are baseball and
a few quarter are basketball.

Trying forward:
As collectors embrace CSG’s certification providers, CSG expects to grade
extra of the interest’s rarest playing cards.

Be taught extra:
CSGcards.com


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CAG

Class:
Collectibles Authentication Warranty® (CAG®) has licensed the provenance
of many historic objects, together with 1000’s of area artifacts from the
Armstrong Household Assortment™ and the Private Assortment of Michael
Collins.

Grading spotlight:
An Apollo 11 Gold Robbins Medal licensed by CAG as a part of the Armstrong
Household Assortment realized

$2,055,000

in a Heritage sale in July 2019.

Fascinating statistic:
Heritage Auctions has already provided greater than 3,000 CAG-certified objects,
largely from the Armstrong Household Assortment.

Trying forward:
CAG will certify uncommon artifacts from extra historic occasions; latest
examples embody ones linked to

Shakespeare

,

George Washington

,

Abraham Lincoln

and

Walt Disney

.

Be taught extra:

CAGcertified.com

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or Twitter

ASG

Class:
Authenticated Stamp Warranty® (ASG®) is the CCG affiliate that certifies
stamps.

Grading spotlight:
A China (1885-88) 1 Candareen Block of 4 graded ASG VF/XF 85 Mint OG was
a part of a bunch of stamps from the H.F. Bowker Assortment that realized
$57,336 in a Champion Macau public sale in November 2022.

Fascinating statistic:
ASG has graded over 800,000 stamps, practically all of them from China

Trying forward:
As demand accelerates for ASG’s certification providers, ASG appears to be like ahead
to grading extra stamps from all over the world quickly.

Be taught extra:
ASGstamps.com

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NCS and CCS

Numismatic Conservation Providers™ (NCS®) and Traditional Collectible Providers®
(CCS®) proceed to be the world’s at first skilled
conservation and preservation providers for cash and comedian books,
respectively. The cautious conservation work of NCS and CCS has contributed
immensely to CCG’s success, enabling many extra collectibles to be licensed
and attain {the marketplace}.

Be taught extra:

NGCcoin.com/NCS

and

CGCcomics.com/CCS