07-05-2025
GameStop grades 1 millionth card under PSA partnership
It has been less than seven months since GameStop began its partnership with PSA to offer trading card submissions, and the game retailer has already graded 1 million cards.
Jordon Fong, a collector from Turlock, California, walked into his local GameStop earlier this year to submit a Pokémon Umbreon card, which turned out to be GameStop's 1 millionth PSA-graded card through the partnership.
Fong will receive one year of free grading from PSA. (Credit: GameStop)
Fong, who got back into the hobby in 2016, received a year of free PSA grading.
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In a statement provided to cllct, Fong called it 'kind of surreal,' and said he and his brother have 'always collected just for the fun of it … most of the cards I'm grading now are ones I've had for years — just sitting in a box.'
GameStop currently offers card submissions in 1,360 of its brick-and-mortar locations and plans to add another 280 in June. Pokémon cards are the most submitted via the partnership.
In the fourth quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, collectibles generated $271 million in net sales, up from $171 million the quarter prior, and accounting for 21% of the company's $1.283 billion net sales for the quarter.
Nat Turner, CEO of Collectors, which owns PSA, joined the board of GameStop in November.
Will Stern is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectibl culture.
