Trading card grading & encapsulation
Where cards
reach their peak
Precision grading, tamper-evident encapsulation, and a cert record that lives online forever. Built for collectors who want the slab to mean something.
Four pillars, one grade
Grading scale
Every card is scored on four pillars, then averaged into a single whole-number grade. Drag the notches to see how the math lands.
Gem Mint
- Average
- 9.500
- Lowest pillar
- 9.5
Pricing
Flat rates. No surprises.
One price per card at every tier. No membership fees, no per-order upcharges.
Bulk
15 business day turnaround
- Same grading as every tier
- 10-card minimum
- Best per-card rate
Standard
10 business day turnaround
- Full grading + encapsulation
- Subgrades on every card
- Professional card imagery
- Grader notes provided
- No minimum card quantity
Express
5 business day turnaround
- Front of the queue
- Full grading + encapsulation
- Subgrades on every card
- Professional card imagery
- Grader notes provided
- No minimum card quantity
Turnaround measured in business days from the date we receive your cards
The process
Three steps to a slab
No membership. No account minimums. Send the cards, we do the rest.
Build your submission
Pick a service level and tell us how many cards you're sending. Takes about two minutes and doesn't require an account.
We email your label
A prepaid shipping label hits your inbox within 1-6 hours after checkout. It is already paid for — your $14.99 shipping charge covers this leg and the insured return.
Ship your cards
Sleeve, top-load, tape, and package your cards. Print the label and drop it off.
Get them back graded
Every card is graded, encapsulated, and logged to a permanent cert record before it ships home.
Built to be handled
Sonically sealed
Optically clear, tamper-evident, and sonically sealed. Our case is rigid enough to survive a shelf collapse and clean enough to actually show the card off.
- Tamper-evident sonic weld
- UV-resistant shell
- Archival-safe inner well
- Stacks flat in any standard slab box
Laser engraved labels
Grades you can feel
Almost every slab on the market hides a piece of printed paper behind plastic. Ours doesn't. The grade, the card, and the cert number are cut into the label itself with a laser — permanent, dimensional, and impossible to fake with a printer.
- Etched into the label, not printed on it
- Nothing to fade, yellow, curl, or peel
- Can't be reprinted, swapped, or forged
Every card, every time
Graded by humans, not AI
No algorithm decides what your card is worth. Every submission is examined under controlled lighting by a grader with a loupe, and the notes on your cert record are written by the person who actually held the card.
- Examined under controlled lighting
- Magnified inspection of corners, edges, and surface
- Grader's notes written by the person who graded it
- No automated scoring, ever
Certification lookup
Verify a Crest slab
Every card we grade gets a permanent record. Enter the number printed on the label to pull up the full report — grade, subgrades, and the grader's notes.
Questions
Frequently asked
How does shipping work?
One $14.99 shipping charge per submission covers both directions. We email you a prepaid label within 1-6 hours after checkout — print it, tape it on, and drop the package off. Once your cards are graded and slabbed we ship them back to you insured. There is nothing to pay at the counter and nothing to pay on the return.
How long does grading take?
Turnaround depends on the service level you pick and starts counting from the day your cards arrive with us.
What cards do you grade?
Sports, Pokemon, and all officially licensed trading cards and TCGs. If you're not sure whether we cover something, message us before shipping.
How should I pack my cards?
Penny sleeve each card, then slide it into a top loader. Tape the top loader shut and package everything snugly so nothing shifts in transit.
Is my card insured while you have it?
Yes — from the moment we log it in until it leaves our facility on the return trip.
What if I disagree with a grade?
Send us the cert number. We'll pull the record and the grader's notes and walk through the call with you.