Shop singles & slabs
Pokémon, Magic, and sports singles plus PSA/CGC graded cards — real photos of the exact card, honest condition grades (NM/LP/MP), and prices set from current comps, not wishful thinking.
Modesto, CA · Pokémon · Magic · Sports Cards
A card shop that treats your collection like the hit it is.
We buy, sell, and consign trading cards. Send us a binder, a box, or a whole closet — we scan every card, price it against real comps, and get it in front of buyers on five marketplaces. You see everything. You approve everything.
- 48 hoursappraisal turnaround
- 1,000 cards/hrscan-to-listing speed
- 5 marketplaceseBay, TCGplayer & more
- ★ Collector-runby a real person you can call
What we do
Three ways to trade with us
Every card that passes through the shop is photographed, condition-checked, and priced against live market comps — whether we're selling it to you or for you.
Sell us your collection
Ship it or drop it off in Modesto. Within 48 hours you get an itemized offer — every card listed with the comp we used, so you can see exactly how we got to the number.
- No lowballing, no "bulk rate" surprises
- Take the whole offer or just part of it
- Paid same day you accept
Let us sell it for you
Keep ownership, skip the work. We scan, identify, photograph, price, and list your cards across eBay, TCGplayer, Shopify, Square, and Whatnot — then pay out monthly with a full ledger.
How consignment works
From shoebox to sold, in four steps
The engine under the hood is a scan-to-listing pipeline that identifies about a thousand cards an hour — so your collection gets to market in days, not months.
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Send your cards
Ship insured or drop off locally. Everything is logged the day it arrives, and you get a receipt listing every item we took in.
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We scan & identify
High-speed scanning plus AI identification names every card, set, number, and variant. You get a digital manifest of your whole collection to review.
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You approve the prices
Each card is priced from live comps with sensible rules — floors on low-value cards, tighter margins on big hits. Nothing lists until you sign off.
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Listed, sold, paid
Cards go live on up to five marketplaces with duplicate-combining and inventory sync. You get a monthly payout and a ledger showing every sale and fee.
Consignment pricing
Pick your rarity
Plans are metered by how many cards we process for you each month — unused capacity rolls over. Commission drops as you scale. Every plan starts with a free 7-day trial.
● Common
Starter
$12 /mo
500 cards/month
- eBay + TCGplayer listings
- 12% commission on sales
- Monthly payout & ledger
◆ Rare
Collector
$29 /mo
1,500 cards/month
- All five marketplaces
- Graded-card cert lookup
- 10% commission on sales
★ Ultra Rare
Dealer
$79 /mo
6,000 cards/month
- All five marketplaces
- Duplicate combining + inventory sync
- Repricing alerts on live listings
- 8% commission on sales
✦ Secret Rare
Vault
$189 /mo
25,000 cards/month
- Dedicated account line
- Insured vault storage included
- Custom pricing rules
- 6% commission on sales
Every plan includes
- Free 7-day trial, cancel or change plans any month
- Unused monthly capacity rolls over (up to one month's worth)
- Real photos and honest condition grades on every listing
- Itemized monthly ledger — every sale, fee, and payout
- Your cards stay yours; pull them back anytime
- A human answers the phone
Not sure which plan fits? Send a photo of the collection and we'll tell you honestly — including if consignment isn't the right move for it.
About Drew
Built by a collector who builds systems for a living
- In the hobby, for realI rip packs on live streams, chase hits, and sell singles — I know what a binder full of childhood cards means.
- Systems are my day jobI build websites, automation, and AI pipelines for small businesses across California's Central Valley.
- Local & reachableModesto, CA. One person, one phone number, no support-ticket black hole.
Hi, I'm Drew. The California Trading Company exists because I live on both sides of this problem.
As a collector and live-rip seller, I've felt the grind firsthand: a great collection sitting in a closet because photographing, identifying, pricing, and listing a thousand cards by hand takes months of nights and weekends. Most people either give up, or take a bulk lowball offer from someone counting on them giving up.
As a systems builder, I've spent years wiring up the exact machinery this problem needs — scanning pipelines, AI identification, market-price data, marketplace integrations, automation that turns a shoebox into live listings in days. That's not a pitch deck idea; it's the same kind of automation I build and run for business clients every week.
What makes this shop different isn't just the engine — it's who it's for. The trading card community gave me livestream nights, trade friendships, and the thrill of the pull. CTC is my way of building infrastructure for that community: fair offers with the comps shown, listings that don't misgrade, and a real person in the Central Valley who picks up the phone.
The community pledge: comps shown with every offer, no lowballing the binder you grew up with, local trade nights as we grow, and your local game shop is a partner — not a target.
FAQ
Straight answers
What games and cards do you take?
Pokémon (English and Japanese), Magic: The Gathering, and the major sports issues (baseball, basketball, football, hockey). Graded slabs from PSA and CGC are welcome — cert numbers are verified on intake. Other TCGs case-by-case: ask.
How do you decide prices and offers?
Live market comps — recent actual sales, not sticker prices. When we make you a buy offer, the comp for each card is listed right on the offer sheet. Consignment prices follow the same data plus rules you approve (price floors, rounding, margins by value band).
When and how do I get paid?
Buy offers: same day you accept, by whatever method suits you. Consignment: monthly payouts with an itemized ledger — every sale, the marketplace it sold on, fees, commission, and your net.
What do the condition grades mean?
We use the standard scale — NM (near mint), LP (lightly played), MP (moderately played), HP (heavily played) — applied conservatively. If we're unsure, we grade down, photograph the flaw, and disclose it in the listing. That's why returns stay rare.
Is my collection safe with you?
Everything is logged with a receipt the day it arrives, stored in sleeves and boxes (climate-safe, not a garage), and covered by insurance while in our care. Vault-plan collections get dedicated insured storage. You can pull your cards back anytime.
Where are you located?
Modesto, California — serving the Central Valley in person and everyone else by insured mail. Local drop-offs by appointment.
Got cards? Let's look at them.
Send a few photos of the collection — binder pages, boxes, slabs, whatever you've got — and you'll hear back from Drew within 48 hours with real numbers and an honest recommendation.
Email your collection