Pristine Auction offers discounted card grading services for consignors that will be sold through one of Pristine's auction platforms. Please see below for a list of grading services and fees associated.
Beckett Grading Options
Grading Option |
Fee |
Turn Time |
Base |
$17 per card |
40+ days |
Standard |
$33 per card |
20-25 days |
Express |
$75 per card |
7-10 days |
Priority |
$120 per card |
2-5 days |
*A $5 autograph surcharge is applied (required) for all, certified autographed cards submitted to Beckett.
*All modern cards submitted to Beckett will receive sub-grades
PSA Grading Options
Grading Option |
Fee |
Turn Time |
Value Limitations |
Value |
$24 per card |
45 days |
$500 or less |
Value+ |
$37 per card |
20 days |
$500 or less |
Regular |
$70 per card |
15 days |
$1500 or less |
Express |
$130 per card |
10 days |
$2500 or less |
Super Express |
$250 per card |
5 days |
$5k or less |
Walk Through |
$500 per card |
5 days |
$10k or less |
Premium |
$800 per card |
5 days |
$25k or less |
*Please contact Pristine Customer Service if you have cards valued at $25k+
*Card values are determined after the card is graded so grading fees may be adjusted if submitted to PSA for grading.
CGC Grading Options
Grading Option |
Fee |
Turn Time |
Value Limitations |
Standard |
$10 per card |
20-35 days |
None |
*A $2 autograph surcharge is applied (required) for all, certified autographed cards submitted to CGC
*Price for CGC grading is for any card with no regard to the value of the card or year the card was produced
Submission Process/Rules
- For cards to be accepted for grading, all sellers must fill out the submission form here and have a Pristine Auction account before submitting cards for grading. Please go here to register for your free account.
- Pristine Auction highly recommends shipping grading orders using the Pristine Ship feature on the seller account for visibility and tracking purposes.
- If Pristine Ship is not used, each submission must include an inventory list of each card submitted. Inventory list must include a description of the card (year of card, brand of card, name/character on card) Pristine will not be held liable for any discrepancies when a list is not provided and a surcharge will be applied for orders not containing a list.
- Failure to properly fill out your order submission forms could lead to delays in processing and/or surcharges for Pristine to create your submission form
- Grading orders must be shipped separately from any other seller packages to ensure proper action is taken.
- Each card must be in a penny sleeve followed by a semi-rigid card sleeve. Failure to do so may result in cards not being submitted for grading and may be returned.
- Cards are sent for grading, the following Friday after they are received.
- Cards that are submitted through Pristine for grading must be sold through Pristine Auction. Failure to do so will result in additional fees, that must be paid prior to cards being returned.
- After the cards are returned, the seller will be contacted with the results. The seller will have 2 days from the notification date to send any auction preferences. Failure to respond within the 2-day timeline the card(s) will automatically be listed in our weekly trading card auction with no reserve.
- The customer is responsible for all grading fees regardless of final grade or evaluation.
- Card grading is an opinion-based service and Pristine uses PSA, Beckett, or CGC as their third-party grading service to render that opinion.
*Pristine Auction reserves the right to return any cards before or after the grading process based on value requirements.
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