It was in 1986 that the company got set up. Today, it provides third party authentication and grading services to resellers, retail buyers and collectors. The authentication services of the business are for rare and high-value collectibles. The brand names of the business are considered to be the strongest and well known in their niche markets. There are three operating segments of the business under three different brand names. The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is considered the world’s leading third-party coin grading service provider. The PSA/DNA Authentication Services works on providing authentication services for memorabilia and autographs while their Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) is considered as a leading provider of third-party sports card grading service in the world.
In addition to the authentication services that Collectors Universe offers, they also compile and publish authoritative information about coins in the United States and around the world, sports memorabilia and collectible sports cards. This business publication reaches to their customers as the monthly Sports Market Report. This publishing arm covers advertising of sellers and various collectible data. In the early part of 2014, the business has celebrated its milestone of reaching more than 50 million of certified collectibles.
Collectors Universe, Inc. is based in Santa Ana, California. It is a publicly held business with common stocks traded on the NASDAQ, under the symbol CLCT. The company is part of the Russell 3000 Index and was ranked in 2013 as part of the listing rolled out by Forbes magazine of “America’s Best Small Public Companies.