UNIVERSAL PUBLIC GRADING STANDARD

Providing transparent and public grading standards and grading and authentication services utilizing the standards for collectibles, including: trading cards, comic books, autographs, and action figures, and toys. Component grading with an overall grade and component grades. Items with single or multiple grades. Grading of third party encapsulated and third party graded items. Uncirculated and circulated authentication. Counterfeit detection. Modification detection, item completeness/incompleteness review and designation. Application of grades and authentication both digitally and physically to an item. Authentication and grading verification services.