Restoration cases

Every card we work on gets a dated record: what came in, what was done in each session, and what we found on the final inspection - with the video timestamped so you can watch the moment any of it happened.

The records themselves are private to the card's owner. Here is what we work on.

Silver Sable front at intake, before any work
Front at intake, before any work
Silver Sable front after 24 hours in the press
Front after 24 hours in the press
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1991 Impel Marvel Universe Silver Sable #21

Our own test card, worked before two client cards went to CGC, and the one record we can show you in full: a zone-by-zone walk of both faces, a dry wipe, water and a roller on the edges, polish, and 24 hours in the press. The mistakes are in it too: the rolled edge still shows in the light.

8Before
8After

Our own 10-point working assessment, not a third-party grade.

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Pikachu
Intake logged

Pikachu

Wizards Black Star Promo #4

Year
1999
Card no.
4
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Ungraded
$21-41

The 1999 First Movie theater promo Pikachu, Black Star Promo #4, gold Kids WB stamp in its normal top-right corner.

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Catch Mew! Insert
Intake logged

Catch Mew! Insert

First Movie insert

Year
1999
Ungraded
$4-8

The 1999 'Catch Mew!' advert card from the First Movie promo era, rounded corners, with the Warner Bros. Studio Store offer on the back.

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Gengar LV.X
Intake logged

Gengar LV.X

Platinum: Arceus

Year
2009
Card no.
97/99
Illustrator
Shizurow
Ungraded
$310-557

Gengar LV.X from Platinum: Arceus (2009), the Level-Up card that is played on top of a Gengar already in play.

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Silver Sable
Out of the press

Silver Sable

1991 Impel Marvel Universe Series II, Super Heroes

Year
1991
Card no.
21
Ungraded
$1.43
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Gengar
Complete

Gengar

Fossil

Year
1999
Card no.
20/62
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Ungraded
$25-45

Pair B (base Gengar) - English half. CORRECTED 2026-07-26 off the physical card: this is the NON-HOLO 20/62, not the holo 5/62. The number was finger-covered in the intake photo and the ID was inferred from card text - but 5/62 and 20/62 share artwork, HP, ability and attack, so no amount of reading the text could separate them. Only the number and the foil do.

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Mega Charizard Y ex
Complete

Mega Charizard Y ex

Ascended Heroes

Year
2026
Card no.
294/217
Illustrator
aky CG Works
Ungraded
$451.60

A separate card from the four Gengars in this client's batch, taken in on 2026-07-27. The PSA 10 figure below is market context only: this card is not being submitted for grading.

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Gengar (Japanese)
Complete

Gengar (Japanese)

Japanese Fossil (Mystery of the Fossils)

Year
1997
Card no.
No. 094
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Ungraded
$150-350

Pair B (base Gengar) - Japanese half. Counterpart of the English Fossil Gengar.

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Sabrina's Gengar
Complete

Sabrina's Gengar

Gym Heroes

Year
2000
Card no.
14/132
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Ungraded
$380-733

Pair A (Sabrina's Gengar) - English half. JP half is the No.094 Gym card.

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Sabrina's Gengar  (Japanese)
Complete

Sabrina's Gengar (Japanese)

Yamabuki City Gym deck - No. 094 - NON-HOLO

Year
1999
Card no.
No. 094
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori (unconfirmed for this printing)
Ungraded
$130

The non-holo Sabrina's Gengar from the Yamabuki City Gym theme deck, not the holo from the Challenge from the Darkness booster set. Same character, different print run, and the raw values are $130 against $390.

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Mewtwo
Complete

Mewtwo

Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle

Year
2022
Card no.
056/172
Illustrator
Anesaki Dynamic
Ungraded
$1.21

Modern Halloween promo. The value is almost all in a PSA 10 - raw is pocket change.

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Mew ex
Complete

Mew ex

Celebrations: Classic Collection

Year
2021
Card no.
88/92
Illustrator
Ryo Ueda
Ungraded
$18.47

The 25th-anniversary REPRINT, not the 2006 EX Legend Maker original. It carries the original (c)2006 line, so the copyright year cannot tell them apart - only the Pikachu-with-25 stamp on the art can.

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Clarence Weatherspoon
Cleaned

Clarence Weatherspoon

Upper Deck HoloJAM (insert)

Year
1993-94
Card no.
H20
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Haunter
Cleaned

Haunter

XY Evolutions

Year
2016
Card no.
48/108
Ungraded
$1.02
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A work record, not a grade or an appraisal. Our grade is our own in-house review and is not a third-party grade. A card that has been cleaned or pressed is not eligible for PSA, BGS, CGC or TAG.