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What does Collectors Universe do? ›

Collectors Universe, Inc. provides authentication and grading services. The Company offers its services to dealers and collectors of coins, sports cards, autographs, stamps, and vintage US currency notes and to sellers and purchasers of diamonds, and other assets.

Upon completion, Collectors Universe became a privately held company and its common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Collectors Universe Inc. is an American company formed in 1986, now based in Santa Ana, California, which provides third-party authentication and grading services to collectors, retail buyers and sellers of collectibles. Its authentication services focus on coins, trading cards, sports memorabilia, and autographs.

From a business perspective, Collectors Universe can be broken down into two main segments — which represents about 98% of their revenue: PSA — the world's largest third-party authentication company; which specializes in card grading as well as autograph and memorabilia authentication.

Collectors Universe, parent company of PSA, announced Monday an agreement to sell the company for approximately $700 million to a group of investors including entrepreneur and collector Nat Turner. The group, which will take the company private, also includes the family office of new New York Mets owner Steven Cohen.

CLCT was delisted after December 31, 2020 and its final net worth on that date was $0.849B.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., February 8, 2021— Collectors Universe (NASDAQ: CLCT) (“Collectors Universe” or the “Company”), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of collectibles, and the investor group led by entrepreneur and sports card collector Nat Turner, D1 ...

The new deal values Collectors Universe at approximately $853 million. The investor group — which includes D1 Capital partners and Steve Cohen's family office Cohen Private Ventures — will acquire all of the company's outstanding shares of common stock at a “best and final” offer of $92 per share in cash.

Our Core Values

At Collectors Universe, our integrity, teamwork and innovation are what makes us the world leader in collectibles authentication.

How many employees does collectors have? ›

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated more than 80 million items. We employ over 1,000 people across our Santa Ana, CA headquarters, New Jersey, Seattle Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo.

As a result of the completion of the acquisition, shares of Collectors Universe common stock have ceased trading and are no longer listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Collectors already owns PSA, PCGS, WATA (see "Collectors Universe Buys Wata Games"), Card Ladder, Goldin, and the Long Beach Expo. The acquisition of SGC strengthens their foothold as a leader in the collectibles space even further.

Collectors Reviews FAQs

Is Collectors a good company to work for? Collectors has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 87 reviews left anonymously by employees. 49% of employees would recommend working at Collectors to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business.

It is revealed in Mass Effect 2 that the Collectors are genetically modified Protheans, the race that fell victim to the Reapers in the previous cycle. They have been re-purposed by Harbinger to collect humans for harvest, with the ultimate goal being the creation of a Human-Reaper.

For all his power, it appears that the Collector is not truly malicious and at his heart is just a child who only wishes to connect and make friends. However, having spent a long time imprisoned to be sought after for his magical power, the Collector fears being alone and is wary that people will use him and leave him.