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The Authority is the world's largest authenticated vaulted marketplace. Simply send us your graded or raw collectibles and we will identify, authenticate, image, and encapsulate them! Enhance the quality of your listings through additional services such as grading. Send us a box of random collectibles or import your collectibles from our channel retailer platforms at the press of a button. The collectible standard of the industry, we are growing to over 9 million channel retailer collectibles that can be imported from channel retailer platforms.

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buy and sell collectibles from the vault
Comics, trading cards, figurines, and memorabilia.

instantly select your collectibles to grade
Select which collectibles to have graded.

choose where your collectibles are stored
Keep your purchased collectibles in the vault or have them shipped to you.

break packs and instantly have them slabbed and graded.
Break packs online and have any cards pulled from the packs instantly slabbed and graded.

have your collectibles imaged, slabbed, and stored
Submit collectibles to your vault any time.

easily sell collectibles through other channels.
Consign with eBay or other services without any hassle - we do all the work.

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June 10, 2026News

The Authority Images and Vaults Over 10 Million Collectibles in Less Than Six Months After Launch

Dynamics Inc., the leader in security and collectible technologies, today announced that The Authority™ has imaged and vaulted over 10 million collectibles, reaching the milestone less than six months after launch.

Collectors can now submit trading cards, trading card games, memorabilia prints, comic books, trade paperbacks, coins, original artwork, and figurines to The Authority. The Authority can authenticate, grade, and encapsulate submitted collectibles.

The Authority authentication is affordable. Collectors can typically authenticate, encapsulate, and grade an item for less than $10.

The Authority grading is reliable and consistent. Items are graded using the industry’s first public grading standard.

The Authority process is fast. Items are typically processed, imaged, and vaulted in under 30 days.

“We are open for business,” said Jeff Mullen, founder and CEO of The Authority, “Collectors can enjoy reliable, consistent grading at affordable prices and with dependable turn-around times.”

The Authority has invested heavily in team members and building proprietary technologies. Adding over 100 team members and focusing heavily on automation, The Authority was able to hit this important growth milestone in under six months.

“Processing tens of millions of collectibles in a year is just table stakes” said Jeff, “The Authority is working hard to expand into imaging and vaulting hundreds of millions of collectibles in a year. That level of scale is achieved through process, automation, standards and proprietary technologies.”

November 18, 2025News

Getting Started: Link Channel Retailer Accounts and Complete KYC

To link accounts from channel retailers, hover over your avatar, scroll down and click linked accounts.

That will take you to settings and Source linked accounts, by clicking “Upper Deck account” that will direct you to your e-pack account where you can link to The Authority.

To start buying and selling on The Authority™ marketplace you must complete KYC(Know your customer).

There is no cost to sign up for an account on the Authority. You can sign up for an account, transfer items, buy items, and fulfill items without KYC. If you want to (1) list items on the marketplace for sale; or (2) withdrawal funds, then we require KYC. KYC makes marketplaces safer for its customers by verifying the identifies of users. This deters fraudulent activity, prevents financial crimes, and builds trust within the platform. The process helps The Authority know who it is dealing with and filter out bad actors before they can cause harm.

As part of our KYC process to make the platform safe and secure, we currently do require a purchase to be made (e.g., either a store credit purchase or a subscription purchase) or a transfer from a channel retailer. Users from channel retailers that link accounts to The Authority are not required to make a purchase as part of the KYC process if they transfer a physical item to the Authority from their linked account.

To start KYC you must make a purchase from The Authority™ store or transfer an item from a channel retailer. To make a purchase click on the store.

Make any purchase of store credit. Then return to your dashboard. The following message will still appear.

Start your KYC process by going to your dashboard and scrolling down to the “Start KYC” button.

Click the “Start KYC” button and follow the directions to complete KYC and start buying and selling on the marketplace.

Please note the following message will still appear in your dashboard even after you have completed KYC.

This message is about Wallet Withdrawal and is not about KYC.