So you’ve sold one of your sports cards for a big price.
Congratulations!
Now, you’ve just got to get the card into the buyer’s hands in one piece.
In this article, I’ll go over how to ship expensive sports cards so you get a happy customer (and don’t have to give out any refunds!).
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How to Ship Expensive Sports Cards
When it comes to shipping high end sports cards, there’s no one ‘set process’, but there’s definitely some best practice.
Luckily, in most cases, if you’re moving a high-end card, it’s probably a graded card – That’ll mean it’s easier to ship and basically zero percent chance of the card bending.
This is a little different to shipping raw cards, where you’ve got to hope that the card doesn’t bend in the toploader.
Now, I’m not actually about to ship any of my expensive cards – so I’ll demonstrate here on one of my favorite cards in my PC.
What You’ll Need
When you’re looking to ship high prices sports cards, you’ll need a few things like:
- Bubble wrap
- Tape
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- A cardboard box, or even two boxes
Step One: Cover the Slab
Now, if you’re wrapping in bubble wrap and whatnot, you can probably get away with not doing this, but I still like to sandwich the card in-between two sheets of cardboard. That way the slab won’t get scratched.
Make sure you tape the two pieces of cardboard around the slabbed card. That way you can secure it and make sure it doesn’t move around when in transit.