Independent · Locally operated in Yuma, AZ · Remote nationwide

Know what your cards are, and what they are worth on paper.

Independent written appraisals and authentication. Zero conflict of interest. We never buy or sell cards.

Start your appraisal or open @breakcheckbarragan90

Services

Start with who you are

Every service ends in a record you can hand to a buyer, an insurer or a grading company. Fees are flat or hourly, quoted in writing before work begins.

Everyday collectors

Protect your collection

Know a card is real, know what it is worth, and know what to send to grading before you pay the fee.

Card authentication opinionsIs it real? The method shown, with photographs.
Pre-grade assessment and reseal verificationWhat grade to expect, and whether a sealed box is what it claims.
Grading submission hubPre-checked, packed, insured and shipped to the grader you choose.
Trading card appraisalA signed written value for insurance, a sale, an estate or a dispute.

Flat fee per card or per report, quoted in writing before any work.

All services for collectors What to send

Card shops and dealers

Scale your shop

Certify your staff on one written condition standard, and give every single you sell a record behind it.

Training and staff certificationYour staff grade condition the same way every day, with a certificate per person.
The documented breakSealed product opened on video, every card sleeved and recorded as pulled.
Remote appraisal clinicWritten opinions from your photographs and video, anywhere in the US.

Per seat, per box or per case; quoted in writing before any work.

All services for card shops What to send

All eight services How fees work

The documented break

Proof, not promises

Step 1: Open on camera
Sealed product is opened on continuous, timestamped video.
Step 2: Sleeved and recorded
Every card is sleeved as it is pulled and its condition is recorded immediately, as observed.
Step 3: Prove it later
With a recorded break you hold proof for future buyers and grading companies.

Continuous, timestamped video from seal to last pack. A chain of custody that follows hits into grading.

The documented-break service See the full process Watch recorded breaks (83 videos)

In development

Coming soon

Appraisal & authentication course

An online course that teaches a shop’s own staff how to assess condition, spot fakes and reach a defensible value opinion, built on the practice’s written standard. For shops that have no appraiser on staff.

Coming soon

Local-AI grading & value toolkit

Software installed on the shop’s own hardware — nothing leaves the premises — that assesses a card’s condition through the practice’s method and produces a value estimate through the same pipeline the practice uses. Assistive: an assessment, not a grading-company grade; an estimate, not a signed appraisal.

Get in touch

Questions first?

Message us on Instagram, or read what to send and how an engagement runs. Frequently asked questions

Message on Instagram or open @breakcheckbarragan90

What to send

Know what your cards are, and what they are worth on paper.

Independent written appraisals and authentication. Zero conflict of interest. We never buy or sell cards.

Start with who you are

Protect your collection

Scale your shop

Proof, not promises

Step 1: Open on camera

Step 2: Sleeved and recorded

Step 3: Prove it later

Coming soon

Appraisal & authentication course

Local-AI grading & value toolkit

Questions first?