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Sample result · the caution class
PSA
8477 1904
Screened against SlabEye's sightings graph. PSA's own record is read below.
Fits this grader's formatYes
Live listings carrying this number3
Seller accounts seen3
Grader recordRead live below
Caution
Seen on other live listings. A graded slab is a
single physical item. Our last sweep observed this cert number on 3 then-active
listings (most recent sighting 2026-08-04). Likeliest innocent explanation: it is
the seller's own online listing — ask before you pay.
Sample data — what this specimen is and isn't
Every figure above is illustrative and this cert
number is not in SlabEye's index. The caution fires on one live sighting or
more — a prompt to ask, not a finding.
Coverage
51,682
certs in the sweep index
325
live under more than one seller
10
graders covered
Where these three figures come from
Counted from our own sweep index on 2026-08-04 and true
as of that date, not live. They describe coverage, not how right a screen is — and
a number under two sellers is an observation to ask about, not a finding: SlabEye has
never confirmed one label copied onto another holder.
Why a lookup isn't enough
A number that checks out still doesn't reach the card.
Grading companies say plainly that a cert-number lookup
“does not eliminate risk” — it tells you the number exists, nothing
more.
The check a lookup can't run
Did our last sweep see this exact number on a live
graded-card listing somewhere else? For PSA it also reads PSA's own record live, and
shows it beside the sighting graph as PSA returns it.
Enter the number from the slab in front of you and pick the grader.
SlabEye screens it against a daily-refreshed graph of graded-card listings.
Read the ledger — labelled rows, one plain-language verdict, one link out.
What each step actually does
01. The number is checked against that grader's
real cert-number format first, so a typo stops here instead of returning a verdict.
02. For PSA it also reads PSA's own record, live. For the other nine graders there
is no record SlabEye can read, and the result says so rather than filling the slot.
03. The grader's own page stays one thumb away, so the check ends on their site
rather than ours.
Past listings spread across several seller accounts.
A number that fits no format the grader issues.
A listing whose own photos disagree with its typed cert.
A clear screen is not an in-hand read.
What each one means, and what it doesn't
Each is a disagreement between things that should
agree. Sightings are only ever as fresh as our last sweep and
are seller-entered and unverified; SlabEye describes listings and records, never people,
and never states what is sealed inside a holder.
01. A slab is a single physical item, so even one live sighting is worth a
question. Commonest reading: it is the seller's own listing.
02. Ordinary resale looks exactly like this, and so does a number reused from an
old sold listing. Context to ask about, never a stop.
03. Usually a typo or the wrong grader selected — check both, and don't rely
on the number until it resolves.
04. That is the one discrepancy SlabEye has corrected in the wild — a
misdescribed listing, fixed by the seller the same day, not a forgery caught.
05. It covers record and marketplace signals inside SlabEye's coverage — not
a grade, and not an inspection. Two copies of the same print look identical on a screen,
so a clear result is the absence of observed conflicts, nothing more.
Report a slab
Seen a cert worth flagging? Send it in.
Send the number and grader exactly as printed, plus where you saw
it.
What a report does, and what it doesn't
Reports from dealers and collectors are how a shared
record of flagged numbers gets built. SlabEye records the observation, never a claim
about a person. No screen shows a report-based verdict today: there is no report
corpus yet, so that state exists in the design and not in the live tool.
Is SlabEye telling me a card is what the label says?
No, and it cannot. SlabEye is decision-support
screening: it reports discrepancies it observed between a listing, the grader's record
and the live marketplace, inside its coverage. A matching scan doesn't confirm the
specific card sealed inside the holder. Confirm the record on the grader's own
site.
What happens when I press Verify?
It opens the interactive demo with your number and
grader. This page runs no screen of its own: the demo screens against a labelled sample
set, not the live sweep index, and a number that isn't one of its worked examples comes
back saying exactly that.
Which graders are covered?
Ten: PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG, ACE, PGS, AGS, DSG and
CGA — each with its own number format and its own official record page, which
SlabEye links you straight to. Exactly one — PSA — publishes a record
SlabEye can read, through PSA's API trial. For the other nine the check is the
sighting graph plus the number's format, and the result prints a “not readable for
this grader” row rather than filling the slot.
What does “seen on other live listings” mean?
The exact number appeared on one or more active
listings in our last sweep — a single sighting is enough to raise it, because a
graded slab is one physical item and the slab in your hand is not a listing. It is a
prompt to confirm which copy the grader sealed — not an accusation, and not a claim
about any seller.
Where do the three figures at the top come from?
Counted read-only from our own sweep index on
2026-08-04: cert numbers observed on graded-card listings; how many of those are on live
listings under more than one seller account; and the graders whose number formats and
record pages SlabEye knows. The SQL for each is in this page's source.
Where does the data come from?
Marketplace signals come from a sweep of graded-card
listings on eBay US, UK, Germany and Australia, refreshed daily; sightings are
seller-entered and unverified until a collision review runs. PSA's record fields are read
live from PSA's API and stored nowhere. Population, sub-grades and a reference image are
designed slots that no record SlabEye reads fills today, so the result says the field is
not available rather than guessing.
Is this affiliated with PSA, CGC or the others?
No. SlabEye is an independent tool, not affiliated with
or endorsed by any grading company. It points you to each grader's own record so the
authoritative source is always one tap away.