After several weeks back and forth with PSA, they have confirmed they will start grading Neopets cards, produced by WOTC during the early - mid 2000s!
Larissa (Collectors Universe)Jun 11, 2020, 3:28:08 PM PDT
Hi Edward,
Our reesearch specialist notified me that they believe they have identified enough information regarding the item in order to be able to grade it!
However, our teams are very cautious of grading sketch cards. If the card doesn’t have the gloss coating over the sketch, then we likely can’t grade it.
If you have additional cards that you are considering sending in, please send additional photos so we can begin recognizing the set in our grading system.
For those curious, “sketch cards” are rare cards with a very low pull rate featuring individual sketches by actual neopets employees at the time. No two sketches are identical. They have a slightly glossy finish to preserve the ink and a serial number. Here’s a picture of one I own:
I still remember getting duped on Neo pets online and person telling me I should of been smarter when I asked for my account back lol. I forgot wizards printed cards for this.
Embarrassed to say but I’m still on there, add me @marketofstock if you want to be friends lmao. I’ve almost completed all the sets as well so I’m excited to start grading some of my cards. Some of them are extremely rare, like the sketch cards and Darkest Faerie holos.
This is a blast from the past… I probably spent more hours on Neopets during my teens than I did outside, in the real world. I spent well over £1000 over the years on NeoCash, lmao.
I’ve just tried to log into my old account and it tells me my password needs resetting because it’s not secure enough but it just keeps sending me back to the log-in screen. I’m stuck in an infinite loop.
I remember buying a few packs of Neopets cards when they were released - never knew about the sketch cards!
Good thing I organized all of my Neopets cards a few months ago
Thank you for helping to get the ball rolling on this, @qwachansey! I’m excited to see how people value these cards. I honestly have no idea what to expect.
Since this thread, PSA, CGC, and BGS now grade Neopets.
Rage commenting cause if you told me two years ago I’d be priced out of collecting Neopets I would’ve laughed cause I could count fellow sketch card collectors with one hand.