Card Grading Prep & Pre-Grading for Sports Cards and TCG

Pre-grading is our evaluation. Before anything is submitted, we inspect each card under magnification, give you an estimated grade and the flaws behind it, and recommend whether it's worth the grading fee. It's part of the same $10/card service, and nothing is submitted without your approval.

No. No one can, and you should be skeptical of anyone who says otherwise. We identify issues, prepare your cards properly, and give you an honest prediction based on experience, but final grades are determined solely by the grading company.

Nothing up front. We bill the prep fee after we've evaluated your cards and you've seen the results. Grading fees and shipping are billed separately, and you see each cost before you approve anything.

$10 per card with no minimums. Volume rates are per order and apply automatically when we count your cards: 25 or more cards is $9 a card, 50 or more is $8.

You do. Grading company fees, shipping and insurance are billed separately from the prep fee. Full-service submissions add a $1 per card data entry fee, which covers researching the variations and looking up the exact match. The $10/card prep fee covers cleaning, sleeving and the evaluation. Cards you don't submit come back by USPS: Ground Advantage from $11.40 for smaller returns, or Priority from $20.60 with $1,000 of insurance included for 20 cards or more. The price depends on how far the box goes.

Nothing gets submitted without your approval. If we don't think a card will grade well, we say so in your evaluation. You can submit it anyway, or have it shipped straight back to you. You only pay grading fees on cards you choose to submit.

We never trim, recolor, or do anything meant to fool a buyer or a grading company. Standard prep is a surface clean: fingerprints, dust and debris. Work beyond that, like pressing out a soft corner, can get a card marked Altered, so it isn't part of our service. If a flaw will hold a card back, its evaluation says so.

Full Detailing is for cards that need extra TLC. Standard prep is a wipe-down for fingerprints, dust and debris. Full Detailing is a longer, deeper clean for heavy surface grime: 90s grime, Cheeto dust and general funk. It cleans what's on the card and never goes after stains, scratches or anything that's part of the card. It's $10 a card on top of prep. You can ask for it when you send your cards, or we'll suggest it in your evaluation. If it doesn't help, you aren't charged. We never trim, recolor or alter a card.