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Grading · IA

Grading card shops in Iowa

CardShopMap lists 7 grading shops in Iowa. Most are in Des Moines (3), Ames (1), and Clive (1), out of 5 cities with a listing.

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Where can I buy grading cards in Iowa?

CardShopMap lists 7 grading shops in Iowa. Most are in Des Moines (3), Ames (1), and Clive (1), out of 5 cities with a listing. Of those listings, 6 publish opening hours and 1 handles grading submissions. Beyond grading, they also carry Pokémon (6), sports cards (6), and Magic: The Gathering (5).

Every listing links an official website and 6 carry a phone number. 1 listing publishes no opening hours at all, so call those before you drive over.

Des Moines carries the most, with 3 listed shops.

The listings carrying the most detail are Empire Cards at 4330 Hubbell Avenue in Des Moines, Empire Cards at 325 East Main Street in Ottumwa, and Hi-5 Comics and Cards at 1220 NE 66th Ave in Des Moines.

Compare every card shop listed in Iowa

Iowa cities with listed grading shops.
CityShopsPublish hours
Des Moines33
Ames11
Clive11
Ottumwa11
Washington10

Grading shops in Iowa

  1. Empire Cards

    Closed

    4330 Hubbell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50317

    Empire Cards is a card shop in Des Moines, Iowa, on Hubbell Avenue, listed for Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, sports cards, and grading. On the services side, it runs in-store events. Hours are published for all seven days, with the latest close at 7pm. empirecards.world is on file as the official website; no phone number is recorded. 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.

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

  2. Empire Cards

    Closed

    325 East Main Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501

    Empire Cards carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, sports cards, and grading from East Main Street in Ottumwa, Iowa. The listing adds that it runs in-store events. Hours are published for all seven days, with the latest close at 7pm. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at empirecards.world. 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.

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

  3. Hi-5 Comics and Cards

    Closed

    1220 NE 66th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313

    Hi-5 Comics and Cards is a card shop on Northeast 66th Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. On the trading card game side it lists Pokémon and Disney Lorcana; on the sports side, baseball, football, and basketball. Vintage, grading, and comics also appear on the record. Hi-5 Comics and Cards also runs an online store. The hours on file cover Tuesday to Sunday, with Monday shown as closed. 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 · Pokémon · Disney Lorcana · +5 more

  4. Empire Cards

    Closed

    2649 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310

    Empire Cards is a card shop on Beaver Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. Trading card games on the listing are Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering, and the sports categories are sports cards. Grading also appears on the record. Empire Cards also runs in-store events. The record carries opening hours for every day of the week, closing as late as 7pm. Contact details on file are a phone number and empirecards.world. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

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

  5. Mayhem Collectibles

    Closed

    2532 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014

    Mayhem Collectibles carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Disney Lorcana, sports cards, grading, and comics from Lincoln Way in Ames, Iowa. The listing adds that it runs in-store events. Hours are published for all seven days, with the latest close at 8pm. A phone number and an official website at mayhemcomics.com are both on the listing. Confirmation that this is a card business came from the shop's own website; everything else is imported place data.

    Comics · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +3 more

  6. Connelly's Trading Cards

    Hours unknown

    108 E Main St, Washington, IA 52353

    Connelly's Trading Cards carries sports cards and grading from East Main Street in Washington, Iowa. The listing adds that it handles grading submissions. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at connellystradingcards.com. The record does not yet cover opening hours, so this page does not claim to. 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.

    Sports cards · Grading

  7. Mayhem Collectibles Inc

    Closed

    7500 University Ave, Clive, IA 50325

    Mayhem Collectibles Inc carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Disney Lorcana, sports cards, grading, and comics from University Avenue in Clive, Iowa. The listing adds that it runs in-store events. Hours are published for all seven days, with the latest close at 8pm. Contact details on file are a phone number and mayhemcomics.com. 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 · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +3 more

What to look for

Which companies, and why

Different grading companies command different premiums for different material. A shop should be able to explain its recommendation.

An itemised receipt, every time

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

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