Authentication

What happens between listing and letterbox

Every item follows the same route through the vault, whether it is a pack of sleeves or a four-figure slab.

Inspected
Every card is checked under daylight-balanced lamps and a loupe. Centring, edges, corners and surface are recorded before anything is priced.
Photographed
You see the actual item. No stock photography, no representative images, no quietly swapping a better copy for a worse one.
Vaulted
Stock sits in a humidity-controlled room in penny sleeves and semi-rigids. Graded slabs stay in their cases in foam-lined drawers.
Dispatched
Sleeved, toploaded, taped, then rigid-mailered or double-boxed for slabs. Tracked and insured to the full sale value.

Condition scale

What our labels mean

We grade conservatively. If a card sits on the boundary between two grades, it gets the lower one.

MMint: Flawless under magnification.
NMNear Mint: Pack fresh with at most a single minor imperfection.
LPLightly Played: Minor edge wear or a light surface scuff, still tournament legal sleeved.
MPModerately Played: Visible border wear, mild scratching or a small bend.
HPHeavily Played: Significant wear, creasing or whitening across the card.
DMGDamaged: Structural damage such as tears, water marks or heavy creasing.

Third-party grading

Every graded listing shows its cert number so you can check it against the grader's own database before you buy.

Single overall grade from 1 to 10. The most liquid slab on the resale market.

Overall grade plus four subgrades. A 9.5 with gold label carries a real premium.

Overall grade to 10 with half-point steps. Strong on vintage and non-sport.

Still unsure?

Want an extra photograph at a particular angle, or a measurement? Say so and we will send it.