How to Get a Baseball Card Graded
The way you get a baseball card graded is to send them in to a sports card grading service. Before you do this though, you want to find out if your card is worth spending the money on to get it graded. It’s not cheap getting your baseball card graded, but if it is a valuable card, getting it professionally graded will only increase the value of it.
Closely examine your card. If the corners are sharp, or just a little soft, it may be worth getting it graded. If it has good color and is centered or near centered, it may be worth getting it graded. You’re not going to want to send in a faded card with creases across it that has bent corners. Unless, that is, it’s one of the most rare cards in today’s market, then try it out.
So you’re going to want to do some research. Get a price guide. Give a ballpark estimate at what condition you think your card is in. Then look it up in the price guide and see what the approximate value would be for your card in the condition you guessed it to be in. Now you’ll know if it’s worth getting it graded or not.
Let the card grading service grade your cards in what they call their normal time. Don’t ask for an express grading because it could cost you up to three times as much as a normal grading time. It may take a month and a half, but it will be worth it. Especially when your valuable card comes back with a high grade.
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