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Pre-grade assessment and reseal verification
Know what you are sending before you pay grading fees, and whether a sealed box is really sealed.Grading fees are sunk once a card ships. A pre-grade assessment measures centering, examines the surface under raking light and the corners and edges under magnification, and gives you an opinion of the likely range before you decide. Reseal verification does the same for sealed product before you buy it.
Flat fee per item, quoted in advance
Who it is for
Built for the people who need the answer in writing
- Collectors deciding what to submit and to which company
- Sellers who want to know what a card is likely to come back as
- Buyers of sealed product who want a box checked before the money changes hands
In practice
Pre-grade and reseal checks in practice
A pre-grade suits collectors deciding what to submit and to which company, and sellers who want to know what a card is likely to come back as. Reseal verification suits anyone about to buy sealed product at a price where a resealed box would be an expensive mistake.
Fees are flat: per card for a pre-grade, per ten cards for a batch grade-prediction report, and per box for reseal verification, always quoted in writing first. The opinion is a likely range with our reasoning, never a promise; the grading company decides.
A typical example: a collector has twenty raw cards and a budget for a few submissions. The batch reports show which cards have the centering and surfaces to justify the fee, which company's standard fits each one, and which to keep raw. Every opinion that later goes through the hub is logged against the grade that comes back.
How we stay calibrated
Every pre-grade opinion that goes through the hub is logged against the grade that comes back. We publish our own calibration once the record is large enough, rather than claiming an accuracy we cannot show.
How it works
How pre-grade & reseal runs
- Send the cards, or photos and a short video of each, and tell us which ones you are thinking of submitting or buying.
- We send a written scope: a flat fee per card, per batch of ten for grade predictions, or per box for reseal checks.
- We measure centering and examine surfaces, corners and edges under raking light and magnification, or weigh and photograph a sealed box.
- You receive observed-condition notes and an opinion of the likely range, or a reseal finding, before you pay grading fees or buy.
Fees
Flat or hourly, quoted before work begins
| Service | Unit | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-grade assessment | per card | Custom quoteFlat fee | Includes a grading-company recommendation |
| Grade-prediction report (batch) | per 10 cards | Custom quoteFlat fee | An opinion of likely range, not a promise |
| Reseal and tamper verification (sealed product) | per box | Custom quoteFlat fee | Weight, seal and pack-map checks |
Per-card flat fees. An opinion is delivered with the method used and photographs.
Questions
Will it grade a 10?
We give a range and our reasoning, never a promise. The grading company decides; our record shows what we saw and when.
Which grading company should I use?
It depends on the card and what you want from the slab. The assessment names the company whose standard fits, and why.
Can you check a box before I buy it?
Yes, in person or from the seller’s photographs with the limitation stated. Reseal checks are the most valuable before money changes hands.
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Message with what you have and what it is for. A written scope and quote follow by email before any work.