Some hobby heavyweights are teaming up ... for good.

eBay announced on Wednesday that "a series of transactions" are in place that include the sale of Goldin from Collectors to eBay, and the sale of the eBay Vault to PSA.

"The differentiated and complementary strengths of the respective companies will support more streamlined buying, selling, grading and storage experiences for all who participate in the trading card hobby in the United States," read the company's announcement. "These deals represent a compelling opportunity to accelerate innovation in the industry and enable game-changing benefits for collectors. Together, eBay and PSA will offer a full, seamless, customer-centric product experience for the collecting community that will be unveiled over the coming months."

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Collectors Universe has a new CEO.

Executive Chairman Nat Turner (at left) has been appointed to the role after Joe Orlando stepped down from the spot in the company where he has worked for 20 years. Collectors Universe is the parent company of Professional Sports Authenticator and Professional Coin Grading Service which was recently acquired by an investor group led by Turner, D1 Capital Partners and Cohen Private Ventures.

"I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved as a team at Collectors Universe over the last 20 years," Orlando said in a prepared statement. "I know this is the right time for me to step aside because the company is stronger than ever. Nat has already demonstrated that he knows what’s required to scale the business in order to meet customer demand while also protecting the company’s reputation that has been carefully built on trust, integrity and transparency. This was a hard decision for me but I’m looking forward to spending more time with my family and staying active in the hobby, my personal passion."

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How do you help grade a backlog of cards that's in the millions?

Software.

PSA revealed on Wednesday that it has acquired Genamint to "improve and scale the process by which PSA handles trading card submissions." The company's technology "analyzes each trading card in real-time and is able to provide diagnostics, measurements and detect alterations or other changes made to a card’s surface in an effort to assist human graders." According to a prepared release, "it will also provide unique card identification – or 'card fingerprinting' – by identifying the exact card in order to track provenance, resubmissions, condition changes and other attributes over time."

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