Grading

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How a video game gets certified: grading criteria, seals, materials and real cases brought into the lab. The toolkit for understanding what sits inside a TGMGrading display case.

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The Modern Enters the Display Case

Heritage Showcase 44349, September 2026: 71 lots from Game Boy Advance to PlayStation 5, two Pokémon in PSA 10 at twelve thousand dollars and a median of 1,188. N...

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Grading Is Not Just Certification. It's Marketing.

Between Montechiari and Como Fun, NeoPlay doubled its revenue.

by The Games Market Redazione

If a title sits in the showcase for two years, the problem is not the title.

A real case, 80 euros for grading, 600 euros in sales. And an uncomfortable question for anyone running a video game store, the Neoplay case.

by The Games Market Redazione

$5,000 for a 1984 Flight Simulator. Welcome to the era of graded PC games.

Heritage Auction 44341 closed 75 sealed computer game lots for $60,554, with a 1984 Microsoft Flight Simulator at the top of the chart. Here’s why 2026 is the year every PC collector should stop for a second and think about grading their titles.

by The Games Market Redazione

HERITAGE AUCTIONS Signature Auction #7452 - Video Games - Analysis of Results

Heritage Auctions' Signature Auction #7452, held on March 27 and 28, 2026 in Dallas, Texas, represented the first major event of the year for the collectible video games market.

by The Games Market Redazione

POP Culture - Videogames report on Meeting Art auction performance - Session 2

Analysis of the second Meeting Art auction session, click here to find the report on the first session.

by The Games Market Redazione

POP Culture - Video Games report on Meeting Art auction performance - Session 1

A few days ago, “Pop Culture #1 - Video Games” came to a close, the first European institutional auction dedicated to graded video games, promoted by The Games Market, the first Italian company specialized in videogame collecting, organized by Gall

by The Games Market Redazione

Custom TGMGrading Display Cases, True Showpieces!

The grading procedure by The Games Market allows a graded title to officially become part of the internationally certified video game heritage.

by Simon Larocca

X-Ray Scans: How They Work and Frequently Asked Questions

Grading a title involves several stages. 

by Simon Larocca

How to Protect Collectors from Scams

Scams in the video game collecting world are widespread these days and represent one of the biggest issues in the industry, as they undermine trust on both sides, collector-buyers and the sellers themselves

by Simon Larocca

TGM’s Grading Process: Sealed and CIB Titles, Differences and Parameters

The score released by TGM is the result of the grading process, that is, the procedure for evaluating, authenticating, and protecting the video game. The main categories analyzed divide titles into Sealed games and CIB (Compl

by Simon Larocca