Hobby Health — Cardboard Police

September 28, 2026

Beckett Shut Base and Standard Grading Again Less Than Two Weeks After Reopening — and This Time There's No Date

Beckett has stopped taking new Base and Standard grading submissions again, less than two weeks after it reopened them. This time the notice carries no reopening date. It carries a policy instead. The company's grading FAQ, still live on September 2...

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CASE #0344 Informational

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September 14, 2026

Beckett Has Been Offline for Five Days, and Its Grading Reopening Is Scheduled for Tomorrow

Beckett Collectibles is scheduled to reopen its two cheapest grading tiers tomorrow. As of today, collectors cannot reach any Beckett website to submit a card at any price. Since 7 p.m. Central on September 9, every Beckett site and the company's mo...

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CASE #0320 Informational

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September 05, 2026

Slabnomics Looks for Early Warning Signs in the 2026 Card Market — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE On September 1, Slabnomics published Swimming Naked: Early Warning Signs in the 2026 Card Market. The title borrows a line usually attributed to Warren Buffett — that you only find out who has been swimming naked when the tide goes...

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CASE #0310 Informational

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August 26, 2026

RED HOT Card Market BUT Watch out for SHILL Bidding — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE The Sports Card Dad published "RED HOT Card Market BUT Watch out for SHILL Bidding" on August 24, 2026 — three days after Heritage opened the largest sports auction ever held. The timing is the reason it is worth watching this week...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Card Prices Hobby Health

CASE #0286 Informational

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August 25, 2026

PSA Extends Its Turnaround Times Again — and This Time the Company Said So — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Four days ago this blog filed CASE #0269 on a different channel making a similar claim, and drew a line under it: the claim that PSA's posted turnaround times had moved the wrong way was, at that point, one channel's reading rather...

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CASE #0283 Informational

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August 21, 2026

A Grading Channel Says PSA Turnaround Times Just Got Worse — Here's What the Backlog Record Shows

CARDBOARD POLICE NEO Cards & Comics posted this on August 20 under a blunt title: PSA turnaround times just got worse. That is the claim, and the channel makes its case in the video above. What this blog can add is the paper trail the claim lan...

Video of the Day PSA Grading Hobby Health

CASE #0269 Informational

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July 31, 2026

Video of the Day: BUYING For 12 HOURS Straight At The National Card Show!

CARDBOARD POLICE The National is happening right now, and this is what the floor actually looks like from the buy side. CardCollector2 spent twelve straight hours buying at the 2026 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Illinois, and f...

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CASE #0206 Informational

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June 09, 2026

Video of the Day: Why Almost All of Your Sports Cards Are Worthless (5 Reasons)

CARDBOARD POLICE Rookie Card Vault's latest video opens with a brutal premise: almost all of your sports cards are worthless. It's the kind of headline that makes collectors wince, but here's the uncomfortable truth — for the vast majority of cards...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Grading Affordability Card Prices Hobby Health

CASE #0069 Informational

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June 09, 2026

Video of the Day: How to Invest $200, $2,000, and $20,000 in Sports Cards Today

CARDBOARD POLICE The hardest question in the sports card market today isn't "what's hot" — it's "where do I put my money?" Whether you have $200, $2,000, or $20,000 to deploy, the current market is treacherous: vintage is strong but expensive, mode...

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CASE #0067 Informational

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June 08, 2026

Video of the Day: The Sports Card Affordability Crisis — Are We Pricing Out the Next Generation?

CARDBOARD POLICE How much does it cost to be a sports card collector in 2026? The Sports Card Dad asks the question that's been hovering at the edges of every break room and card show floor: are we pricing out the people who made this hobby what it...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Hobby Trends Affordability Card Prices Hobby Health

CASE #0064 Informational

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Tagged: Hobby Health

Beckett Shut Base and Standard Grading Again Less Than Two Weeks After Reopening — and This Time There's No Date

Beckett Has Been Offline for Five Days, and Its Grading Reopening Is Scheduled for Tomorrow

Slabnomics Looks for Early Warning Signs in the 2026 Card Market — Video of the Day

RED HOT Card Market BUT Watch out for SHILL Bidding — Video of the Day

PSA Extends Its Turnaround Times Again — and This Time the Company Said So — Video of the Day

A Grading Channel Says PSA Turnaround Times Just Got Worse — Here's What the Backlog Record Shows

Video of the Day: BUYING For 12 HOURS Straight At The National Card Show!

Video of the Day: Why Almost All of Your Sports Cards Are Worthless (5 Reasons)

Video of the Day: How to Invest $200, $2,000, and $20,000 in Sports Cards Today

Video of the Day: The Sports Card Affordability Crisis — Are We Pricing Out the Next Generation?