Aferido
In preparation

Grading · Authentication · Encapsulation

We do not give opinions.We calibrate.

Latin America's grading house for collectible cards. A scale published before it is applied, a process traceable card by card, and a slab that cannot be opened without showing it.

Sealed slab, bevelled edge

01  The name

A word that already means this

aferirverb, es / pt
To check an instrument against the standard, to confirm it measures true.

It is the verb weights-and-measures offices have used, in Spanish and in Portuguese, for centuries. An instrument that is aferido is an instrument you can rely on.

That is exactly what a grade has to be: the same today, tomorrow, and on the other side of the continent. Not an opinion. A measurement checked against a standard anyone can read.

Checked against the standard

02  The scale

Published before it is applied

We would rather the scale be argued over before it touches your card. Ten points, four criteria, and the rule that the final grade can never exceed the lowest criterion.

10
Pristine
9.5
Exceptional
9
Excellent
8
Very good
7
Good
6
Fair
5
Acceptable
4
Average
3
Worn
2
Damaged
1
Poor
CenteringHow the border is shared across all four sides, front and back.
EdgesWhitening, nicks and wear along the edge.
CornersSharpness of the four points, the area that gives a card away.
SurfaceScratches, fingerprints, loss of gloss and print defects.

03  The process

Five steps, all on the record

  1. Intake

    Every card gets an identifier on arrival. Nothing is mixed, nothing becomes an anonymous batch.

  2. Authentication

    Before any grade, we confirm the card is what it claims to be. If it is not, it gets no grade.

  3. Measurement

    Four independent sub-grades. The final one is derived from them, not the other way round.

  4. Encapsulation

    Sealed, tamper-evident slab. Opening it leaves a visible mark, and that is the whole point.

  5. Registry

    The certificate stays verifiable online by its number, permanently.

Amber: the original encapsulation

04  The slab

Isolate without hiding

Amber has been doing this job for millions of years: sealing something away from air and time while leaving it perfectly visible.

A slab has to do both at once. Protect properly, and not get in the way of reading what it protects. If we have to choose between a beautiful slab and one that shows when it has been forced, we take the second.

05  Coverage

Six markets, three languages

We start regional, not national. The same scale and the same certificate number mean the same thing in Buenos Aires, in São Paulo, and on the international resale market.

  • ARArgentina
  • BRBrazil
  • MXMexico
  • CLChile
  • COColombia
  • PEPeru

We work in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

06  Waitlist

Before we open

We have not graded anything yet. When we open, the people on this list hear about it first.