The Marks
The number a grader uses is its brand. PSA owns the 10. TAG owns the thousand-point scan. Copying one puts us in someone else’s house — so we don’t lead with a number at all. A Beaumont card earns a mark, and the finest earns the House’s own name.
| House | Their scale | What it signals |
|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1 – 10 (Gem Mint 10) | The mainstream authority. Volume & market liquidity. |
| TAG | 1,000-point scale | Computer-vision precision. “The machine measured it.” |
| AGS | 100-point scale | Algorithmic, subgrade-forward. The tech challenger. |
| Beckett / BGS | 1 – 10 + four subgrades | The four-category framework everyone borrows. |
| Beaumont | A hierarchy of named marks | Connoisseurship & permanence. “It earned a Beaumont.” |
The Hierarchy
A mark tells the world what a card is without a number in sight. “Reads as” is quiet fine print, so the wider market can translate.
Names below the apex are a working proposal. The one thing settled is the top: a Beaumont.
The Marks
The number a grader uses is its brand. PSA owns the 10. TAG owns the thousand-point scan. Copying one puts us in someone else’s house — so we don’t lead with a number at all. A Beaumont card earns a mark, and the finest earns the House’s own name.
| House | Their scale | What it signals |
|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1 – 10 (Gem Mint 10) | The mainstream authority. Volume & market liquidity. |
| TAG | 1,000-point scale | Computer-vision precision. “The machine measured it.” |
| AGS | 100-point scale | Algorithmic, subgrade-forward. The tech challenger. |
| Beckett / BGS | 1 – 10 + four subgrades | The four-category framework everyone borrows. |
| Beaumont | A hierarchy of named marks | Connoisseurship & permanence. “It earned a Beaumont.” |
The Hierarchy
A mark tells the world what a card is without a number in sight. “Reads as” is quiet fine print, so the wider market can translate.
Names below the apex are a working proposal. The one thing settled is the top: a Beaumont.