Guard & Grading - To protect your passion
Welcome to the site of Guard and Grading (known as Cardmarket Grading), your specialist in trading cards. Our team of professionally trained graders work with the latest and best equipment available to accurately and objectively assess the condition of your trading cards.
Grading not only determines the condition of the card, our high-quality plastic housing also protects your card from external influences and ensures that it retains its current condition forever. Would you like to have cards graded? Then get in touch with us!
High quality Slabs
We use specially developed housings (slabs). All our accessories, as well as the slabs, are manufactured in Germany.
We use a high-quality material known as PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate). This material has the following properties:
- Retains its appearance under all types of lighting
- UV resistant
- Resistant to all types of alkalis and acids
- Resistant to scratches and other minor surface damage
Premium labels
Our labels are the result of months of development and perfection. The result: a 0.5 mm thick label consisting of 7 print layers and a protective final laminate layer.
The grading determines which variant is used. All cards receive the Silver label – with the exception of the few perfect cards, which receive our Gold version.
All important information (such as name, edition, serial number, language, condition, etc.) is stored on the label and in our Population Report.
Ultrasonic welding process
Ultrasonic welding joins the top and bottom parts of the case together perfectly. This is done without the formation of odors or smoke. During ultrasonic welding, the material is welded by vibration at specially incorporated points. Our specially developed slabs are completely sealed once at a rate of approx. 30,000 vibrations per second to ensure the highest possible level of protection.
After the welding process, the case can only be opened by destroying it.
Guard & Grading Customer satisfaction
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Alles bestens, faires grading und schnelle Bearbeitung. Gerne wieder.
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Excellent service, I will purchase again. Very meticulous but fair grading.
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Amazing! Really happy with the grading. Cards received in amazing slabs!
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Why have your cards graded at Guard & Grading?
Having cards graded describes the expert assessment of the condition of a trading card by specialized companies, which aims to determine an objective level of preservation. This is highly relevant for collectors and dealers in order to determine the value and authenticity of the trading cards. Having cards graded also offers security for the trading cards, as they are protected from external influences in the sealed case and thus retain their current condition forever.
As the only certified expert for trading cards in Germany, card gradings from Guard and Grading offer a special level of security with regard to the authenticity of trading cards. Our certificates of authenticity also stand out, as they are accepted by every insurance company and we are also liable for them. Having cards graded therefore has many advantages for collectors that go far beyond a mere increase in value.