How it works
Two things happen here: sealed product gets opened on camera with every card's condition recorded, and cards get appraised or authenticated with the method shown. Both produce a record you can hand to a buyer, an insurer or a grading company.
A documented break, step by step
Step 0: Engagement
You tell us the product, the count and the dates. We reply with a written scope and quote, and an engagement letter. Nothing is opened before that is signed.
Step 1: Intake and sealed-state verification
Each box or case is logged into custody, weighed against reference, and its seal and shrink pattern photographed. Anything that does not look factory-sealed is flagged before it is opened.
Step 2: Controlled opening, recorded
The product is opened on continuous, timestamped video with the seal and the packs in frame. The recording is never paused or cut.
Retention and consent policyStep 3: Condition documentation
Every hit, and any card you ask for, is sleeved the moment it is pulled and its condition recorded as observed at that time — centering, surface, corners and edges — with photographs.
Step 4: Protection and secure storage
Documented cards go into new sleeves and holders and into locked storage under the custody log until they are returned or shipped.
Step 5: Pre-grade and submission
If you want hits graded, we give a pre-grade opinion and submit through the hub with the grading fee prepaid by you. Optional.
The grading submission hubStep 6: Return reconciliation
When slabs come back they are photographed and the grades logged against the pre-grade opinion. Any damage or dispute is compared with the Step 3 record.
Step 7: Delivery and retention
You receive the video link, the hit log, the condition sheets and the pack-fresh certificates. Records are kept under the retention and consent policy.
Retention and consent policy
An appraisal engagement, step by step
Step 1: Message or email
Tell us what you have and what it is for. Photographs help; a count and the intended use are enough to start.
Step 2: Written scope and quote
We reply by email with what the engagement covers, the fee basis and the timeline. Fees are flat or hourly, never a percentage of value.
Step 3: Inspection
In person across the Yuma area, or from your photographs and video with that limitation stated in the report.
Step 4: Report
A signed written report with the method, the photographs and the certification with disclosures.
Step 5: Delivery
By email as a PDF. We keep a copy under the retention policy.
What the record contains
Continuous video
Timestamped, never paused, the seal and the packs in frame.
Condition sheet per card
Centering, surface, corners and edges as observed at the recorded time, with photographs.
Custody log
Who had the cards, where, and when — from intake to return.
Return report
Slabs photographed against the outbound record; grades logged against the pre-grade opinion.
How we stay calibrated
Every pre-grade opinion that goes through the hub is logged against the grade that comes back. That record is what keeps the opinions honest, and it is what we will publish once it is large enough to mean something — rather than claiming an accuracy we cannot show. Until then, every assessment is an opinion of range, never a promise.
Get in touch
Questions first?
Message us on Instagram, or read what to send and how an engagement runs. Frequently asked questions