Collectible Grading Authority Opens New York Office as VGA and MGA Expand 

Collectible Grading Authority has opened a New York office, giving collectors in the region a new way to hand off submissions in person rather than mailing them directly to the company’s Georgia headquarters.

CGA announced the expansion on September 22, 2026, positioning the office as a new East Coast base for its Action Figure Authority, Video Game Authority, and Media Grading Authority divisions.

It is the latest in a run of moves from the Roswell, Georgia-based grading company, which has spent 2026 adding capacity and expanding the types of collectibles it grades.

If you follow the physical side of collecting, the pattern is worth a look.

What CGA’s New York Office Means for Collectors

The headline benefit is access.

Collectors throughout New York and the surrounding region can now drop items off in person for authentication, grading, and encapsulation. Public drop-off hours are Wednesday through Friday from 3:30 PM to 7 PM, with other times available by appointment.

That matters more than it might sound. For anyone who has boxed up a sealed game, rare action figure, or fragile piece of media and handed it to a courier, having somewhere to personally hand over a submission removes one part of the process that plenty of collectors would happily avoid.

There is one important detail, though: the grading itself is still handled in Georgia.

CGA’s Roswell facility remains its headquarters and primary grading operation. Items dropped off in New York are transported to Roswell by CGA’s drivers. Once grading is finished, collectors can have their items transported back to the New York office for pickup or shipped directly to them with insurance.

CGA describes New York as one of the country’s largest collector markets, making the city a logical place to establish a second physical presence.

The office supports all three of CGA’s current grading divisions, so this is a wider expansion than a simple drop-off point.

VGA’s $45 Bulk Tier and the New Media Grading Authority

The New York announcement follows two other expansions this year.

On August 8, 2026, Video Game Authority, a division of CGA, introduced a $45 bulk grading tier.

The tier covers submissions of 20 or more sealed and/or unopened standard-size games, with an estimated 30-day turnaround. CGA said the new option followed an expansion at VGA that included more staff, technology, and equipment.

For collectors sitting on a shelf of sealed carts and discs, bulk pricing changes the math on grading a full run rather than cherry-picking one or two standouts.

Before that, on July 15, 2026, CGA launched the Media Grading Authority.

MGA provides professional authentication, grading, and preservation for collectible media including VHS tapes, CDs, vinyl records, Blu-rays, cassettes, DVDs, and more. The service also extends into collectible technology such as mobile phones and tablets.

It gives collectors of physical media a dedicated grading option under the CGA umbrella, extending the company beyond the action figures and video games already covered by AFA and VGA.

Why Grading Keeps Growing

At its simplest, third-party grading gives collectors a standardized way to authenticate an item, assess its condition, and preserve it.

CGA’s 2026 moves show how those services are spreading across more parts of collecting: a new physical location for submissions, lower-cost high-volume processing for sealed games, and an entirely new division covering media and technology collectibles.

The common thread is access. More formats can now be submitted, larger groups of games can be graded at a lower per-item price, and collectors in the Northeast have another way to get items into CGA’s grading process.

For now, those are the confirmed changes. CGA has not detailed what comes next, but we will update this article if more information is announced.

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