Frequently asked questions

Most are. The majority of our inventory is encapsulated by CGC or CBCS, and every slab is listed with its certification number so you can verify it against the grader's own census before you buy. We also list carefully described raw books, which always carry full scans of front, back and interior spot-checks.

Add to Cart holds the book in your basket so you can keep browsing and check out with several items at once. Buy Now takes you straight to checkout, skipping the basket — the fastest route for keys where stock is a single copy. Either way, the book is only committed to you once payment completes.

No. Because most books are one-of-one, stock is only committed at checkout. If two collectors add the same slab, it goes to whoever completes payment first. Buy Now is the fastest route.

On books above $500 we will consider sensible offers. Send the listing link and your number through the contact form and a buyer will respond the same business day.

All major cards and PayPal at checkout, plus bank wire or ACH on orders above $5,000. Payment plans are available on books over $2,500 across three monthly payments with a 25% deposit — ask us before you order.

You send us the books or drop them at the vault. We pre-screen each one, give you a grade estimate and a press recommendation, and you approve the tier and declared value per book. We then press where agreed, submit in a consolidated dealer batch, and return the encapsulated books to you fully insured.

Turnaround depends on the tier you choose and the grader's current queue. End to end, most submissions take 18 to 45 business days, with express tiers at the low end of that range. We publish the current queue on the grading service page and update it weekly, and every stage is visible on your submission tracker.

Three reasons: dealer submission rates are lower than individual rates, pre-screening stops you paying to grade a book that will not return a grade worth the fee, and pressing before submission frequently lifts a book by half a grade or more. We also carry the insurance and handle the paperwork.

Not when it is done properly. Pressing uses controlled heat, humidity and pressure to relax non-colour-breaking defects such as spine ticks, bends and dents. It cannot fix colour-breaking creases, tears or missing pieces, and we will tell you plainly when a book is not a press candidate.

No. Both CGC and CBCS treat pressing as conservation, not restoration, and a pressed book carries no purple label as a result. Anything that adds material — colour touch, tear seals, trimming — is restoration and is always disclosed.

The grade is the grader's, not ours, so we cannot overturn it. What we can do is advise whether a re-holder or a resubmission is likely to help, and we do not charge our service fee twice on a resubmission we recommended.

Every book is bagged, boarded where raw, wrapped, and double-boxed with rigid corner protection. All shipments are insured to full declared value with signature required on delivery. In-stock orders ship within one business day.

Yes, to most countries, fully insured and tracked. Duties and import taxes are the buyer's responsibility and are not collected at checkout. We declare full value on every parcel — we will not under-declare.

Yes. Every purchase carries a 14-day inspection window from delivery. Slabs must come back in the same holder, unopened and undamaged. Return shipping on a book that is not as described is on us.

If any book we sell is ever shown to be counterfeit, altered, or materially different from its stated certification, we refund the full purchase price. The guarantee has no expiry date and transfers with a documented resale.

Yes. Our vault and counter are at 418 Congress Avenue, Suite 210, Austin, TX 78701. Walk in during opening hours for counter appraisals, or book an appointment for a vault viewing of specific books.