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Collectors (PSA) Jumps into the Vaulting Service After New $100M Funding

Vaulting of collectibles is no longer a new aspect of the collectibles industry. This is effectively just like putting your baseball cards, coins, art, comic books and so on inside a big giant bank vault. PWCC Marketplace has its own vaulting service located in Oregon, and Goldin and Alt have vault services on the East Coast. Then eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced it was opening up its own vault services for its millions of users. Now, along with news of a $100 million funding round, PSA grading parent Collectors Holdings, Inc. has announced that it too will have its own vault service starting in the summer of 2022.

When Collectors Holdings (formerly Collectors Universe) announced the new $100 million financing round. The round valued the company at a $4.3 billion valuation. This also marks the new website and branding along with the Goldin.co marketplace now integrated with its other services into a “singular collecting experience.”

More importantly, we are starting to get a more clear idea about why some shareholders were upset about the buyout price of the company in 2021 — revenue and EBITDA grew by over 100% year-over-year.

The new secure vault platform will also come with a collection management service. Collectors will be able to submit their items for PSA grading and authentication and seamlessly transfer those items directly their vault. Collectors described the vault as being a secure 11,000-square-foot facility in Delaware. Customers will then be able to digitally manage their collection of assets, they can add new items to the vault at any time, and they can offering their items for sale through the Goldin marketplace.

According to their release:

The collectibles industry – including sports cards, trading card games like Pokémon, coins, autographed memorabilia, video games, and much more – has undergone a renaissance as enthusiasm from long-time collectors, new hobbyists and alternative investors has grown. A recent report suggests that the collectibles industry is expected to be worth $522 billion globally 2028, up from $372 billion in 2020.

 

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