Sports card & TCG gradingA verdict you and your buyers can trust.
VCG grades sports cards and trading card game cards to the standard collectors expect from the major services. We also offer something none of them do in the U.S.: a hand-drawn art-matched label, with background art designed to go with the card in the slab.
Art-matched label concept. This is a mockup, not a final production sample.
Grading built around the next buyer
We built VCG around the parts of grading that affect what a card is worth when you sell it.
Art-matched labels
The hand-drawn art-matched label has background art made to match the card in the slab. Lower-tier competitors don't offer this. It's +$2 per card, and the standard label is free.
Consistent standards
Sports and TCG cards are graded on the same 1-10 scale, with criteria specific to each category. Sports cards are judged on centering, corners, edges, and surface. TCG cards get closer checks for print lines and whitening. See our full grading scale.
Simple submission
You don't need an account. Tell us how many cards you're sending and pick a service tier. We take it from there and email you a confirmation with your reference number. See how it works.
Coverage included on every submission
Every order gets baseline coverage automatically. For most submissions there's nothing extra to do.
Included as standard
Every submission is covered up to $100 total at no extra cost. That's a reasonable starting point for most orders, and you don't need to do anything to get it.
Need more coverage?
If your cards together are worth more than the baseline, declare the additional value on the order form to get extra coverage at an added cost. Details are on the Submit an Order page.
* Baseline coverage and additional-coverage pricing on this site are placeholder figures until VCG's insurance policy is confirmed. Please don't rely on these numbers for a real submission until they're finalized before launch.