Collectors, the company behind the grading service PSA, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Beckett. Beckett is another grading service as well as the respected price guide and marketplace. Beckett will remain an independent brand within Collectors and operate on its own. That includes customer experience, standards around grading, marketplace, marketplace, magazines and price guides.

Collectors has said there will be no change in pricing as part of the acquisition.

Dr. James Beckett published his first Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide book in 1979 to the launch of the first issue of Beckett Baseball magazine five years later. It eventually morphed into Beckett Media that includes grading services, business solutions, publications, digital tools, a marketplace, and more.

Collectors includes PSA, PCGS, SGC, and Card Ladder and is part of Collēctīvus which also includes Southern Hobby, Dragon Shield, Sales First, Card Manager, and Merchant Guild.