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Grading · IL

Grading card shops in Illinois

Card shops that handle grading submissions — how shop submissions work, what to ask about insurance and turnaround, and when grading is worth it.

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Grading shops in Illinois

  1. Comic Buying Center

    Open now

    624 E Park Ave, Libertyville, IL 60048

    Comic Buying Center is a card shop on East Park Avenue in Libertyville, Illinois. On the trading card game side it lists Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering; on the sports side, sports cards, baseball, football, and basketball. Vintage, grading, and comics also appear on the record. Comic Buying Center also buys collections and runs in-store events. It is listed as open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. On the same record, Saturday is listed but Sunday is not. The shop's own website is what confirmed it trades cards; the address and contact details come from imported place data.

    Comics · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +6 more

  2. The Midtown Group

    Hours unknown

    30 N La Salle St Ste 2250, Chicago, IL 60602

    The Midtown Group is a card shop in Chicago, Illinois, on North La Salle Street, listed for Magic: The Gathering, sports cards, grading, and comics. On the services side, it buys collections and runs an online store. Contact details on file are a phone number and midtowncomics.com. Nothing on file covers opening hours, and the listing does not guess. Card trading here was confirmed from the shop's own site rather than assumed from its name, though the address itself comes from imported place data.

    Comics · Magic: The Gathering · Sports cards · +1 more

  3. Broken TCG

    Closed

    104 S Main St, Troy, IL 62294

    Broken TCG is a card shop in Troy, Illinois, on South Main Street, listed for Pokémon, One Piece, sports cards, and grading. On the services side, it runs an online store. Published hours are 5pm to 9pm, Wednesday to Sunday, and it is shown closed on Monday and Tuesday. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at brokentcg.com. The same table shows that both weekend days are listed. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

    Sports cards · Pokémon · One Piece · +1 more

  4. Made the Grade Certified Collectibles

    Hours unknown

    3822 N Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

    Made the Grade Certified Collectibles is a card shop trading from North Ridgeway Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The sports categories on the listing are sports cards. Grading and comics also appear on the record. It handles grading submissions. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at made-the-grade.com. Still missing from the record: opening hours. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

    Sports cards · Grading · Comics

  5. Wayward Geek

    Hours unknown

    117 W Mondamin St, Minooka, IL 60447

    Wayward Geek is a card shop in Minooka, Illinois, on West Mondamin Street, listed for Magic: The Gathering, grading, and comics. On the services side, it runs an online store. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at waywardgeek.com. Nothing on file covers opening hours, and the listing does not guess. Card trading here was confirmed from the shop's own site rather than assumed from its name, though the address itself comes from imported place data.

    Comics · Magic: The Gathering · Grading

  6. Seven Out Cards and Collectibles

    Open now

    2180 Oakland Dr, Sycamore, IL 60178

    Seven Out Cards and Collectibles is a card shop trading from Oakland Drive in Sycamore, Illinois. Trading card games on the listing are Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, and the sports categories are sports cards. Grading also appears on the record. It buys collections. The hours on file cover Tuesday to Saturday, and it is shown closed on Sunday and Monday. Contact details on file are a phone number and sevenoutcards.com. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

    Sports cards · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +2 more

  7. Top Shelf Sports Cards Elgin

    Hours unknown

    359 S Randall Rd, Elgin, IL 60123

    Top Shelf Sports Cards Elgin is a card shop trading from South Randall Road in Elgin, Illinois. Top Shelf Sports Cards Elgin spans both halves of the hobby: Pokémon in trading card games, and sports cards, baseball, football, and basketball in sports. Grading also appears on the record. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at topshelfsportscards.com. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

    Sports cards · Pokémon · Baseball · +3 more

What to look for

An itemised receipt, every time

Card, set, declared value, service level, and date. Without it you have no record of what you handed over.

A clear answer on insurance in transit

Who insures the cards on the way there and back, and to what value. This is the question most likely to reveal a shop that has not thought it through.

The rest is on the grading page, along with the questions worth asking before you hand over a collection.