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Graded Asset Assurance

Building transparency and trust in the grading services industry.

 

About Us

Graded Asset Assurance is an independent audit and assurance practice focused on grading companies, not individual items. We partner with grading services to review how they define their standards, train graders, run quality control, and apply their criteria in practice across all types of graded assets and collectibles. Our goal is to bring transparency, consistency, and confidence to grading so people can trust both the grades in the market and that, when they submit their collectibles, they’ll be evaluated fairly and reliably by the grading companies they choose — helping to build lasting trust in the grading services industry as a whole.

Our Values

Independence

We never grade collectibles or take sides in disputes. Our only loyalty is to clear evidence and honest reporting, so confidence in the grading services industry is earned, not assumed.

Accountability

We believe grading companies should be able to show, not just say, that their standards are being followed. We measure how criteria are applied in practice and highlight both strengths and drift, turning grading performance into something visible and verifiable across the industry.

Trust

We want the grading services industry to be something collectors, investors, and institutions can rely on with confidence. Our work helps ensure that trust is grounded in fair, consistent, and independently verified grading—not just reputation or hype.

Our Services

An independent, audit-style review of a grading company’s standards, processes, and real-world output

We evaluate how standards are defined, how graders are trained and supervised, how QC works, and how consistently those standards are applied in practice using sample-based testing over a defined period of time. The result is a clear report grading companies can share internally, or with key partners, to demonstrate that their operations are fair, consistent, and independently verified.

A focused review of a grading company’s written standards and operational procedures

We assess whether grading criteria are clear, internally consistent, and practical to apply; how they map to real-world defects and card types; and how well they’re supported by training, documentation, and QC steps. We then provide concrete recommendations to tighten standards, close gaps, and reduce room for interpretation drift.

Independent grading-risk due diligence for funds, marketplaces, insurers, and other institutions that rely on third-party grading

We review the grading companies you work with, assess their standards and consistency data (where available), and outline the practical implications for your business, such as which graders or eras carry more risk, and how that should inform your policies, limits, pricing, or disclosures.

Periodic, anonymized industry reporting on grading standards and consistency

We compile and publish independent analyses of grading-company performance and practices, starting with trading cards, so the market has a clearer view of how grading is evolving over time.

Let’s Get Started!

Trust us to bring transparency to your grading experience.

About the Founder
Wesley Raider

I’m Wesley Raider, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with a background in audit, risk, and controls across corporate and financial environments.


I started Graded Asset Assurance to bring that same audit-level rigor to the grading services industry. Instead of grading collectibles myself, I focus on how grading companies design their standards, train graders, run quality control, and apply those standards in practice.


My goal is simple: help create a more transparent, consistent, and trusted grading ecosystem so collectors, investors, and institutions can rely on both the grades they see and the companies behind them.

 

FAQs

No.
Graded Asset Assurance does not grade cards, coins, stamps, or any other collectibles. We don’t crack slabs, assign grades, or offer second-opinion grades. Our work is focused on auditing grading companies themselves, including their standards, processes, and real-world consistency.

We perform independent audit and assurance work over grading services. That includes reviewing how they:

  • Define and document grading standards
  • Train and supervise graders
  • Run quality control
  • Apply their criteria to actual submissions in practice

We then report on how consistent and reliable those grading operations appear to be, based on evidence and sample-based testing.

Our services are designed for:

  • Grading companies that want independent assurance over their operations
  • Marketplaces, dealers, and auction houses that depend on third-party grading
  • Funds, fractional platforms, and insurers that carry significant graded-asset exposure

In the future, our work can also support standards bodies or industry groups focused on grading transparency.

No. Graded Asset Assurance is independent. We don’t own or operate a grading service, and we don’t accept fees for changing or “softening” our conclusions. When we work with grading companies, it’s to assess and improve their controls and consistency, not to promote them.

Most “review” services look at individual items and give an opinion like “this might cross to a higher grade.”

We don’t do that. We focus on the system behind the grades:

  • Are the published standards clear and internally consistent?
  • Are graders trained and calibrated to those standards?
  • Does real-world grading actually line up with what those standards promise?

It’s much closer to an internal audit / SOC-style assessment than a card-by-card review.

Not at this time. We don’t take on work to help individual collectors challenge or re-grade specific items. Our engagements are with grading companies and institutions (funds, marketplaces, insurers, large dealers) who need a broader view of grading risk and reliability.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to us. Complete the form below for general inquiries, and we'll respond as soon as possible. Your trust is essential to us, and we are here to help.

Phone

(561) 299-0992

info@gradedassetassurance.com