Cowboycards.com
have a large selection of professionally graded cards. Professionally
graded sports cards is the process of having a sports card looked
at by a professional grader and determined its condition. Once
the condition has been determined the card is then placed in a
seal tight case and labeled. This insures the cards condition
for the current owner and future owners. The cards are serialized
by the company grading the card and can be verified of its authenticity
usually by going to the web site of the grading company and using
the serial number on the card. It is no longer enough to say 'my
card is MINT', PSA has to say it's MINT! Getting your favorite
sports cards slabbed (graded) as it is commonly known is as common
as buying a wax pack at the grocery store. There are many companies
available today who will happily grade your cards for you for
a small fee. The most popular of these companies is PSA. PSA started
the craze and still carries a premium over the other companies.
Beckett, SGC, and USA are 3 other popular grading companies. If
you decide to send your cards in to get graded or if you just
decide to buy cards that have already been slabbed, you can rest
assure that your card will increase in value depending on the
grade it receives and remain in the condition it was graded. Below
is a grading chart used to convert each companies grades.
Read my 'Making the Grade article' to get the scoop on graded
cards! click here!
Although these are the most popular of the grading
companies they are not the only grading companies. All 4 companies
below are represented in our inventory of graded cards.
Professionaly
Sports Authenticator (PSA) can be located on the
web at www.psacard.com. PSA allows only members of the PSA collectors
club or PSA authorized dealers to submit cards for grading. A 1
year membership to the club costs $99.00 but includes 4 free submissions.
Beckett
Grading Services (BGS) can be located on the web
at www.beckett.com/grading/. There is NO club to join. Anyone can
have his or her cards graded by Beckett simply by filling out a
submission form and sending the cards into Beckett.
Sportscard
Gurantee (SGC) can be located on the web at www.sgccard.com.
No Clubs to join. Go to the web site, fill out a submission form
and get your cards graded.
Global Authentication (GAI) can be located on the
web at www.globalauthentication.net. Although they do have a premier club, you do not have to join to submit cards for grading. Go to their web
site to get started!
