Opening the lab

Grading · 2026

From your collection to the vault.

Three companies, one thing to do: bring us the card. Prep, packing, shipping, customs and the trip back are handled by us — you pick the company and the tier, and you follow the rest without chasing us.

✦ Pre-grading check before shipping ✦ Customs and transit already in the price ✦ Insurance on value your call
Before you look at the prices

«Tier» means three different things.

The three companies aren't picked the same way. It's the mistake people make most often, and it costs months.

BGS
The tier is speedPay more, wait less
United States
PSA
Speed and value capThe tier says how long you wait and how much you can declare
Europe · Frankfurt
CGC
Insured value onlyTurnaround is the same across every tier
Germany

BGS · United States

Here the tier is speed: all that changes is how long you wait.
BASE
95 working days
35 €
STANDARD
70 business days
55 €
EXPRESS
45 business days
100 €
★ PRIORITY
20 business days
190 €

🖊️ Beyond cards

  • Autographed cardsCard and signature graded · 50 business daysfrom €210
  • CrossoverFrom another company's slab · times of the service you pickfrom €100
  • RecaseNew slab, no re-grading · times of the service you pick40 €
  • Sealed VHS50 business days · price per tape60 €
  • Tickets50 business days · price per ticket100 €

🌍 Where we ship

We normally work with BGS USA. On request we can ship to BGS Deutschland, but we advise against it: their turnaround and grading standards are not up to the American office.

Oversized cards and items: €15 on top of the service you pick. Comics with BGS are on hold for now — for those there's PSA, below.

PSA · Europe

Here the tier says two things: how long you wait and how much value you can declare.
STANDARD
up to $1,000100 business days
70 €
EXPRESS
up to $1,50080 business days
90 €
PRIORITY
up to $2,50030 business days
225 €
★ SUPER
up to $5,00015 business days
395 €
The cap is the value you declare, and it's in dollars. It's the amount PSA answers for: declaring less to pay less doesn't pay off, because if something goes wrong the refund stops there. We work the estimate out together before shipping, on real comparable sales.

🖊️ Beyond cards

  • Autographed cards95 business days · card and signature are priced separatelyfrom €80
  • Sealed packs95 business days · price per sealed pack80 €
  • Comics95 business days · price per comic130 €
  • Video games90 business days · price per game130 €
  • CrossoverFrom another company's slab · times of the service you pickfrom €100
  • RecaseNew slab, no re-grading · 120 business days40 €

📍 Where the cards go

To the PSA Europe office in Frankfurt: they stay inside the European Union, so no customs and a shorter transit than the United States.

Oversized cards and items: €15 on top of the service you pick.

Since December 2025 PSA  no longer grades Funko 

CGC · Germany

Here the tier is the insured value, not the speed.
ECONOMY
up to €1,000insured value
€32
STANDARD
up to €3,000insured value
€76
EXPRESS
up to €10,000insured value
€133
OVER €10,000
Special casesJumbo cards, coins, unusual slabs
Quoted separately
With CGC, paying more does not shorten the wait. The tiers say how much the card you are insuring is worth, not how fast it comes back: the work is the same for all three. Reckon on about three months — 45 working days at CGC, plus transit to Germany and our own preparation. These are indicative timescales, not guarantees.
From 25 cards up there is BULK, for cards worth up to €500 each. Price on request, and the timescale changes too: 75 working days at CGC instead of 45, so about six weeks longer. Under 25 cards, or over €500 a card, the batch is not bulk and each card follows its own value tier.
What's inside

The price is what you read.

No surprises when it comes back: everything it takes to get the card there and home again is already in.

📦 Everything is already in the price

  • Pre-grading check of the card and an estimate of the expected grade
  • Professional preparation and protective packing
  • Shipping to the company and back, on us
  • Customs included, where needed
  • Handling of the submission, tracking and updates
  • Return at our stand or at the workshop

Delivery to your door isn't included: it follows the shipping prices.

🛡️ Insurance on value

It covers the card from pickup to hand-back, both ways. You pick it based on what the card is worth, and it adds to the service.

  • Up to €500Both ways20 €
  • Up to €1,000Both ways40 €
  • Up to €2,000Both ways70 €
  • Above €2,000Assessed on the cardOn request

🎯 Which company suits you

BGS when the card is clean and you want the four subgrades — and it's the only one that really sells speed.

PSA when liquidity matters: it's the most recognised label on the market, and it's in Europe.

CGC when the card has a production quirk — miscut, print error, misalignment — because it certifies it as such instead of treating it as a flaw.

We look at your card and tell you which one makes more sense. The call stays yours.

The next step

Is it worth grading it?

Send us a few photos: we'll tell you the grade we expect, which company makes sense and what it costs. If the answer is «not worth it», we'll say that too.

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