Will this slab cross?
Get the supporting data before you buy, without the slab in your hand. On the eBay listing, CrossCheck TCG finds the slab's cert, reads its grades and subgrades from the grading company's record, and measures the card's centering, front and back. Then it tells you whether the card could get the grade you're after from another grading company, and why.
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Better information before you cross over
Sending a graded card to another company is a bet on how a second grader will see the same card. CrossCheck doesn't predict the new grade, and nothing honestly can. What it does is put everything that can be checked from a listing in front of you, whichever crossing you're weighing up, so your grading fees go on the slabs with the best chance.
What it tells you
- The slab's grades and subgrades, from the grading company's own record of the cert, not the seller's description
- The centering, front and back, measured on the grading company's high-resolution images pair by pair and at the worst point, the way the company you're crossing to judges it
- What's holding a card back, the centering or a subgrade, with the numbers to show it
- When the cert doesn't match the listing's card or number, so a mix-up doesn't cost you
What it can't tell you
- Surface flaws a photo can't show: faint scratches, print lines, dents
- The back's condition: whitening and marks a picture of the slab's back doesn't show clearly
- How another grader, on another day, will judge the same card
- Whether the slab that arrives matches the listing's photos
Crack it, or send it in its slab?
Many cross-graders crack a slab open and send the card raw, so the new grader judges the card itself, with no other company's label and grade in view to anchor their opinion. Others send the slab as it is for a crossover, where the grading service offers one: the card stays protected, and if it doesn't reach the grade asked for, it comes back in its original slab.
Cracking takes care: a card can be marked coming out, and the old grade goes with the slab. Whichever way you send it, CrossCheck helps you pick the slabs worth the attempt.
Know if it'll cross before you buy
The supporting data for your next crossover, without the slab in your hand. Join the waiting list with your Google account: we'll let you in as places open.