2023 No Minimum Auction Fee Event

COMC is Now Offering Auctions on ALL Cards With no Minimum Auction Fee!

Send any of your items to auction starting Tuesday, November 21, 2023 to take part in this end of the year event!

The COMC No Minimum Auction Event will take place starting November 21st through December 31st, 2023:

  • All cards in your inventory are eligible to list at auction (Not just Elite!)
  • No minimum Auction Fee (regularly $3.50 minimum)
  • $35 maximum Auction Fee
  • No auction listing fee for Elite Items, and only $0.75 listing fee for everything else
  • The $3.50 minimum auction fee still applies to items shipped to our eBay Auction Consignment Service

How to submit your items to COMC Auctions:

  1. Find the item you want to submit in your Inventory Manager
  2. Click on the Actions menu
  3. Select Send to Auction
  4. Select eBay Auction service
  5. Submit the item
  • We recommend only submitting cards with an auction sale value of $5 or more.
  • Auctions are listed on a first-come, first-served basis. Submissions of Elite items receive listing priority.

Don’t forget If you’ve won an auction listed on eBay from our COMC_Consignments account, you can pay with COMC Store Credit and have your auction wins instantly transferred to your COMC account!

Is your eBay account linked to your COMC account? You can easily link your eBay account to your COMC account so you can pay for auctions with COMC Store Credit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take for my item to list at auction?

We list between 1,500 and 2,000 auctions every day. Auctions are listed on a first come, first served basis. Elite items get first priority and typically list within 1 week of submission. No minimum auction submissions run till December 31st.

Will I need to wait for items to be reprocessed before they go to auction?

Items do not need to be reprocessed as Elite to go to auction during the promotion. You can still reprocess any higher valued items for $2 before sending them to auction, but it is not required.

Is there still a minimum Auction Fee on my Elite items?

Through the end of the year, any items you send to auction from your COMC inventory will have no minimum Auction Fee. The Auction Fee is just 3.5% of the sale price, with a maximum Auction Fee of $35.

Is there still a $3.50 minimum Auction Fee for items shipped to the eBay Auction consignment service?

Yes. This promotion does not apply to items consigned to our direct-to-auction service level.

What happens if my item doesn’t receive a $0.99 opening bid?

Any item that does not receive an auction bid will be returned to your COMC account. Please only submit cards valued $5 or more to auction. At our discretion, we may choose to not list submission valued less than $1.00 at auction. The $0.75 submission fee will NOT be refunded.

Do you have additional questions about our No Minimum Auction Event? Check out our Help Center for answers to many of your FAQs!

For questions regarding the eligibility of products, please email staff@comc.com.

Follow us on social media @checkoutmycards and the COMC blog for the latest updates!

Musician Trading Card Treasure Hunt

By Chris Mixer / cmixer

Collectors can expect to find trading cards featuring musicians in sets like 2005 Fleer American Idol Season 4 featuring Carrie Underwood or 2014 Panini Country Music Trading Cards featuring Miranda Lambert. However, major musical talent can also be found in unexpected places. Some set checklists may surprise even the most seasoned collectors.

Hybrid sets, that feature athletes as well as a variety of pop culture celebrities, continue to be popular. The most recognized hybrid set is Topps’ Allen & Ginter brand, focusing on MLB stars and famous personalities since debuting in 2006. A few of the musicians featured in Allen & Ginter include Post Malone (2019), Axl Rose (2013), and Snoop Dogg (2014, listed as “Snoop Lion” in conjunction with his reggae album).

Topps Allen & Ginter is not the only hybrid set. Upper Deck redeveloped the Goudey line of trading cards in 2007 and their Goodwin Champions brand in 2009. Goudey has included Marky Ramone (2017), Johnny Rotten (2017), and Brandon Boyd of Incubus (in 2019). Some of the acclaimed musicians found in Goodwin Champions include Derek Trucks (2021), Big Boi (2020), and Abe Cunningham of the Deftones (2021).

In other cases, musicians are included as an insert set within a traditional sports product. For example, you can find Jay-Z in 2005 Topps Pristine Baseball, 2005-06 Finest Basketball, and 2005-06 Topps Luxury Box Basketball. In 2004, Donruss launched their “Fans of the Game” inserts. Marky Mark Wahlberg (2022 Donruss Football), Meat Loaf (2005 Donruss Baseball), and Darius Rucker (2004 Playoff Honors Football) have all been included as part of an insert set. In 2008 Upper Deck introduced the set Spectrum Baseball. The ”Spectrum of Stars” insert set included many heavy metal icons like Jani Lane, Vince Neil, and Sebastian Bach. 

Many musicians crossover to acting. Sometimes it’s to show themselves as a diverse talent and other times they are just a super-fan wanting to make an appearance on their favorite show. When this happens, you might find them in an entertainment trading card product. Iggy Pop can be found in 2018 Rittenhouse Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Heroes & Villains. Mick Fleetwood can be found in 2016 Rittenhouse Star Trek: TNG Portfolio Prints Series 2. Ozzy Osbourne can be found in 2002 Inkworks The Osbournes Season 1. Henry Rollins can be found in 2014 Cryptozoic Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-3. Marilyn Manson can be found in 2015 Cryptozoic Sons of Anarchy Seasons 6-7. David Bowie can be found in 2015 Unstoppable Cards The Man Who Fell to Earth. And Bobby Brown can be found in 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters.

Of course, the highest likelihood of finding a musician in a set that is not music-specific is a brand such as Panini Americana or Leaf Pop Century. These sets bring a broad mix of celebrity-driven content without focusing on a specific license, show, or movie. In Panini Americana you can find Justin Bieber (2011), Vanilla Ice (2015), and Biz Markie (2015). In Leaf Pop Century you can find Weird Al Yankovic (2014), DMX (2012), and Roger Daltrey (2015).

Sketch card sets hold one more surprise. Multiple sets including 2011 Upper Deck Thor Movie Trading Cards and 2012 Cryptozoic The Walking Dead Comic Series 1 feature a contributing artist with a musical background. Billy Martin isn’t just an excellent artist, he is also the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist of the band Good Charlotte. This list doesn’t even scratch the surface of musician trading cards if you consider all the cut signatures that have been included in various products over the years. Fans of musicians can collect trading cards that feature talent ranging from Rock ‘n’ Roll royalty to R&B legends. Sometimes all you have to do is dig a little deeper into the checklists.

The History of Panini Prizm NFL

By Geoff Otto / GeoffO

Panini Prizm has become the currency of the hobby when it comes to football cards. If you want “the one” rookie card of your favorite player, you can’t go wrong getting their Prizm rookie card. This wasn’t always the case. For many years Topps Chrome was the flagship product, Topps was the brand that introduced the refractor and many parallels that we all love. In the 2000s, Topps Chrome looked like a brand that would never be surpassed as the flagship product. From 2009 to 2016, Topps and Panini both held rights to produce NFL-licensed cards. Prizm debuted in 2012 as newcomer Panini’s flagship brand, sparking the competition between Topps and Panini for NFL supremacy.

A massive change in the hobby was coming, in December 2015, it was announced that Panini signed a long-term contract securing the company exclusive trading card and sticker rights with the NFL. As of April 2016, Panini would be the sole manufacturer of NFL and NBA cards. With that announcement Prizm, already a few years into production, secured its spot as the flagship brand by default and became the most desired among collectors. D.J. Kazmierczak, Panini’s vice president of sales and product development at the time of the announcement, acknowledged that some collectors may not embrace Panini’s exclusive football license, regardless of how the company’s products perform in 2016 and beyond. We can say now without a doubt, that Panini Prizm has been embraced.

In my opinion, 2013 through 2016 feature Panini’s worst designs for the Prizm brand. Once Panini had sole NFL rights, the card designs started to move forward. For 2017, Mahomes’ rookie year, the set has a solid design and each year the look has steadily improved. When the pandemic hit in 2020, many new or returning collectors flocked to the hobby. Additionally, that year had possibly the greatest NFL draft class in history. The 2020 Prizm brand had a fantastic design, which led to an unbelievable following of the product. Trying to find a box available for sale, sitting on a shelf that year was like finding a needle in a haystack. Since 2020, who would question that Prizm is the undisputed football product among collectors?

The crazy thing is history may repeat itself and we are about to go through this again! Fanatics has exclusive licenses to the NFL beginning in 2026. Panini, with Prizm, will be on the outside, unable to produce NFL cards Prizm or any other Panini brand. Fanatics bought the Topps company which now raises questions about the football’s flagship product. What will be the new NFL flagship product? Will it return to Topps Chrome? Will the Prizm brand disappear? The coming years will answer those questions, but for now, Prizm remains THE brand collectors love.

COMC at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, IL: July 26–30

COMC is excited to announce our presence at this year’s 43rd National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago (Rosemont), IL. Whether you’re new to COMC or a long-time user, be sure to come by our booth and say “Hello”! For more information about the show itself, please visit NSCCShow.com.

The convention will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center from Wednesday, July 26th through Sunday, July 30th in Rosemont, IL. COMC will have a team of employees on hand in the corporate area at Booth #325 to accept consignment submissions and answer all questions about COMC. We have some very special weekly announcements to share leading up to the National!

Don’t miss out! Stay tuned for weekly announcements up until the National!

Here are some of the events and services you can look forward to at our booth:

  • Submission Promotion
  • Grade With PSA
  • Direct To Grading
  • Ask The Grader
  • Time With Tim
  • Where to Find COMC

Submission Promotion

Take advantage of this event-only promotion to submit your graded items at the National using our Elite, Select, and Standard services at a reduced price. If you have been waiting for a discount on submissions, now is your chance to save BIG!

Please Note: COMC will NOT be accepting on-site drop offs for Comic Books. Raw or Graded

The National Submission Promotion Discount Requirement

Take 50% Off Graded Elite, Select, and Standard submissions this year for items submitted onsite at the National between Wednesday, July 26th, and Sunday, July 30th!

Graded Card Submission discount applies to graded sports, non-sports, and TCG cards only, graded by a supported third-party grading company. 

Discount does not apply to raw cards, ungraded cards, or to uncirculated/encased, RCR, or factory-sealed toploaders. The discount also does not apply to third-party grading submission fees.

Write “SLAB50” on each submission paperwork slip to receive 50% off your graded submission’s total processing fee.

The discount also does not apply to third-party grading submission fees.

  • Write “SLAB50” on each submission paperwork slip to receive 50% off your graded submission’s total processing fee.
  • Elite submissions are normally $2.00/card, now $1.00/card! There is no Elite submission minimum. Maximum of 300 graded cards.
  • Select submissions are normally $1.50/card, now $0.75/card! Select submissions must contain a minimum of 10 cards. Maximum of 300 graded cards.
  • Standard submissions are normally $1.00/card, now $0.50/card! Select submissions must contain a minimum of 20 cardsMaximum of 300 graded cards.

Maximum 300 total graded card submissions (per user, not per service level).

The savings don’t stop there! Take 50% off all cards submitted to our new Direct To Grading service level. Normally, $1 per card, now only $0.50. This one-week service is for cards you want to send directly to one of our grading partners. 

  • Write “SLAB50” on each submission paperwork slip to receive 50% off your direct to grading submission’s total processing fee. Maximum 300 Direct to Grading submissions (per customer). 

The promo is good for a maximum of 300 Direct To Grading submissions per user. Any cards submitted to Direct to Grading over the 300 card maximum, will not receive the 50% off discount. 

Each user may submit 300 graded cards using the 50% off promo and submit 300 cards for direct to grading using the 50% off promo at the National. 

Important Promotion Information

  • This discount does not stack with other promotions: discounts such as eligible Fresh Pulls products cannot be combined with the discounts for this promotion.
  • The discount does not apply to items submitted using our eBay Auction service level.
  • There is a maximum quantity limit. You may only submit a total of 300 graded cards as part of submissions across all service levels. You may not submit 300 graded cards at each service level. If you plan to drop off a submission of 300 or more graded cards at the event, please contact staff@comc.com prior to the event for approval.
  • For graded Elite, Select, and Standard items, oversized cards larger than 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (modern size), 2 5/8″ x 3 3/4″ (vintage size), coins, and comic books incur an additional $3.00 processing add-on fee per item.

Important Submission Reminders

  • Each submission slip must have the handwritten code SLAB50 on the submission paperwork to qualify. There are no exceptions, and submissions without the handwritten code will not be eligible for a retroactive promotional discount.
  • Our mail-in submission services in the United States and Canadian offices are not eligible for this promotion.
  • Items must be submitted onsite at the National between Wednesday, July 26th through Sunday, July 30th in order to be eligible for the promotion discounts.

For questions regarding the eligibility of products, please email staff@comc.com.

Drop-Off Submission Information

We’re excited to offer our users the option to drop off their consignments at our booth. Whether you’ve already been preparing a new COMC submission or plan to consign cards you find at the show, save the cost of shipping by dropping off your submissions directly with COMC! Our team at the National will be accepting submissions for all our consignment services:

  • Elite
  • Select
  • Standard
  • Direct To Grading
  • eBay Auctions
  • Fresh Pulls

Please carefully read the instructions below for best practices for prepping your consignments for drop-off:

1) All submissions must have complete and accurate printed paperwork by using our Submission Wizard. To speed up the drop-off process, please pack your items securely for shipment and print your submission paperwork in advance. Be sure to select the Drop Off @ Rosemont, IL – National Sports Collectors Convention option within the Submission Wizard as shown below:

2) Ensure your submission is packed properly and securely. We strongly recommend using one-row boxes for your submissions instead of multi-row boxes (such as 660 or 800-count boxes). Please, no loose card submissions, or submissions in boxes not intended for trading cards. COMC will not be providing boxes for card submissions.

3) The cut-off time for accepting submissions at all events is one hour before the show ends each day.

4) Please allow up to 7-10 days for consignments submitted at the event to reach our Redmond, WA facility. Your submissions from the event will be entered into your account and begin processing during that time period following the event.

5) If you plan to drop off a submission of 3,000 or more raw cards, or 300 or more graded cards at the event, please contact staff@comc.com prior to the event for approval. Large submissions of 3,000 raw cards or 300 graded cards may require additional coordination and will not be accepted without approval.

Minimum submission quantities and add-on fees still apply for drop-off submissions. Please review our COMC Selling Rates page for more information.

We will have computer stations with printers set up for consignors to use at the show. These stations often get busy during peak show hours, so we encourage you to print your submission slips in advance to make your drop-off process quick and easy!

For questions regarding the eligibility of products, please email staff@comc.com.

Grade With PSA

COMC is thrilled to introduce our new partnership with Professional Sports Authenticator PSA! With over 30 million raw cards available through our marketplace, COMC is expanding upon our effortless grading experience for you to Buy, Sell, and Grade your Sports, Marvel, and TCG cards.

We’re excited for our collectors to get started with PSA! The COMC Grading Team is ready to provide an incredible service to our customers and help add more graded cards to your collection and to the COMC Marketplace. PSA is a premier grading service with a leading track record in both grading quantity and quality of items graded! The PSA brand brings value, security, and respected grading standards to your cards and the hobby overall.

Direct to Grading

COMC is now your one-stop shop for Group Grading with our new Direct to Grading submission service! This streamlined Direct to Grading option will allow your cards to be submitted for third-party grading more quickly and features a hands-off ingestion process, meaning the cards will not be touched by the COMC team.

We are very proud to offer this new submission level for fast and simple grading with CGC and all future grading companies for just $1 dollar per card! With the addition of Direct to Grading, COMC is the obvious choice to submit, grade, & sell your cards!

Ask The Grader 

Curious to know how your cards might grade if you submit them to Direct To Grading? Come let the team from CGC review your cards!  

On Thursday, July 27th, from Noon to 1 pm, stop by our booth and let the expert grading team from CGC Grading review your cards and give you their expert opinion on how your card might grade. This is a free event and is open to all show attendees.  

Andy Broome, the Vice President and Senior Grade Finalizer for CGC, and his team will review your cards and give you their expert opinion on how your cards will grade.  

Andy Broome started grading sports cards professionally in 2000. Since then, he has graded millions of cards, including the most iconic ones such as the T206 Honus Wagner, T206 Doyle Nat’l, and T206 Ty Cobb Back. Broome also helped create the baseball card exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  

COMC is an authorized CGC Official Submission Center! This allows you to send cards directly from your inventory to CGC to be graded, whether the cards were purchased on COMC, transferred to your account, or consigned directly to us. 

The COMC Grading Team is excited to provide an incredible service to our customers and help add more graded cards to your collection and to the COMC Marketplace.  

Time with Tim

Our executive team is looking forward to meeting with our users as well as members of the trading card community to hear their feedback, ideas, and experiences they’ve had with our services.

If you would like to request to meet with our executive team for up to 30 minutes at the NSCC, please email us at timewithtim@comc.com. In your email, please include the dates and times you are available to meet, as well as a short list of the topics you wish to discuss. Please send your meeting request by no later than Monday, July 17th. You will be notified by email of your appointment time on Thursday, July 20th.

Where to Find COMC at the Show

COMC will be in the heart of the showroom floor within the Corporate Pavilion at Booth #325, where we will be neighbors with Heritage Auctions and Robert Edwards Auctions.

We’ll See You in Chicago!

Our team is excited to return to the National and connect with members of the COMC community. The show is an incredible opportunity to celebrate the growth and the future of the trading card hobby that we all love so much.

As the countdown to the show continues, stay tuned for more updates about COMC’s presence and promotions at the National by following us on social media: InstagramFacebook, and Twitter!

COMC at the Arlington Expo Center Show: June 18-19

COMC is excited to attend the Arlington Expo Center Show at the Arlington Expo Center (1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX) on June 18-19! This event is being organized by the promoters of the Dallas Card Show and will feature modern and vintage sports cards, non-sports cards, memorabilia, autographs, and more!

COMC will be accepting local drop-off submissions at the show! Please have your submission paperwork completed in advance and included with your submission. If you’re new to COMC, you can learn how to prepare a submission here. The cut-off time for accepting submissions is Sunday, June 19th at 3:30 PM CST (local time). Please allow one to two weeks for submissions to reach our Redmond, WA facility.

For more information, or to purchase tickets for the Arlington Expo Center Show, visit Dallascardshow.com today!

Preparing Your Submission for Drop-Off

  • All submissions must have complete and accurate printed paperwork generated via COMC’s Submission Wizard. Please be sure to select the Drop Off @ Arlington Expo Center Show – Arlington, TX option on Step 5 of the Submission Wizard to expedite processing.
  • Please ensure your submission is packed securely. We strongly recommend one-row boxes (such as 800-ct. or 930-ct. boxes) instead of multi-row boxes. For large submissions, multiple single-row boxes can be used and labeled “1 of X”, “2 of X”, and so on.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Service Team at staff@comc.com, or visit our Help Center to browse our growing list of articles!

COMC Now Offers Grading & Vaulting of NFTs

Coming off of the Mint Collective, it is clear that the grading and vaulting of NFTs is the future! We are excited to announce that COMC is now the world’s first one-stop-shop for getting your NFTs graded and vaulted in our top-of-the-line, military-grade bank vault. Your NFTs will be encoded on diamonds and slabbed in kryptonite—not even Superman could steal them! The vault is securely located on an undisclosed, private island in the Pacific Ocean and is not owned by any country, so there’s no need to worry about taxes. The service is refreshingly simple: simply send your NFTs to your COMC Mailbox and we will use our new “Elegant” processing service. Your account will be charged $3.00 for traditional-sized NFTs, with a $0.50 upcharge for oversized and vintage NFTs. Any NFT that is already graded will incur an additional $1.00 graded fee. Storage fees will be our standard $0.01 per month after the first 90 days; enhanced security fees for NFTs however are increased to $0.02 per $1,000.00 of Asking Price per day as a result of self-insuring NFTs ourselves due to our insurance provider not currently covering this new and exciting commodity.

Don’t delay! COMC guarantees that all NFTs received by the end of April will receive a Gem Mint Perfect Pristine 10.5 with all 4 subgrades of 10.0. We have been working diligently to implement this innovative new service, and our team is ready to meet all of your graded NFT needs!

Important COMC Consignment Submission Update

Today we launched an added feature in our Submission Wizard to improve your consignment experience and facilitate faster processing times.

Previously, a mixed batch of supported items could all be combined into one submission without separating the groups by type. To help us better our service offerings, you now need to separate items by service level and group.

Submission Requirements:

  • Submissions must be separated into one of the following groups within each service level:
    • Graded – Comic Books
    • Graded – Oversized Cards (tall boys, booklets, coins, extra thick, and other non-standard size cards)
    • Graded/Uncirculated – Cards (PSA graded cards, sealed Panini Flawless holders, etc.)
    • Raw – Comic Books
    • Raw – Gaming Cards (TCG)
    • Raw – Oversized Cards
    • Raw – Trading Cards

Submissions not separated by group, or with incorrect or missing groups, may be subject to processing delays and a $5 missing paperwork fee for each missing group.

This change in the submission process can be viewed on Step 4 of the Submission Wizard.

Make sure to separate the cards by group when preparing your shipment.

Minimum Fees:

A minimum fee for each group applies to the following services:

  • Each Select group has a $3 minimum fee
  • Each Standard group has a $10 minimum fee

On Step 4, select “Next” after you confirm your card counts and submission levels.

On Step 5, select your desired Shipping or Drop Off location. Make sure to confirm the information is correct, then select “Approve Submissions.”

On Step 6, you will need to print the Submission Slips for each group within each submission level. You must include the designated Submission Slip with each group.

Remember the following during the submission process to ensure you submit items correctly:

  • Use the proper category for each group.
    • Graded – Comic Books
    • Graded – Oversized Cards (tall boys, booklets, coins, extra thick, and other non-standard size cards)
    • Graded/Uncirculated – Cards (PSA graded cards, sealed Panini Flawless holders, etc.)
    • Raw – Comic Books
    • Raw – Gaming Cards (TCG)
    • Raw – Oversized Cards
    • Raw – Trading Cards
  • You can submit all items in the same shipment, but you must separate each group of items and include a submission slip for each group.
  • Customers will be charged a $5 missing paperwork fee for each group that is missing or submitted incorrectly.

These additional details in the Submission Wizard will enable COMC to provide faster processing and a better overall experience for consignors.

Check out the following tutorial to walk you through our updates to the Submission Wizard.

To see this new Submission Wizard feature or start a new consignment today, please visit the Submission Wizard on your Dashboard.

If you have questions regarding this new submission process, please contact Customer Service at staff@comc.com or on Live Chat.

No Minimum Auction Fees Extended Through January 31st!

COMC’s No Minimum Auction Fees event has been extended!

Continue sending your items to auction until January 31, 2022 to take part in this auction event!

The COMC No Minimum Fees Auction Event is now extended to January 31st:

  • All cards in your inventory are eligible to list at auction (not just Elite)
  • No minimum Auction Fee (regularly $3.50 minimum)
  • $35 maximum Auction Fee
  • No auction listing fee for Elite Items, and only $0.50 listing fee for everything else
  • The $3.50 minimum auction fee still applies to items shipped to our eBay Auction Consignment Service

How to submit your items to COMC Auctions:

  1. Find the item you want to submit in your Inventory Manager
  2. Click on the Actions menu
  3. Select Send to Auction
  4. Select eBay Auction service
  5. Submit the item
  • We recommend only submitting cards with an auction sale value of $5 or more.
  • Auctions are listed on a first-come, first-served basis. Submissions of Elite items receive listing priority.

Don’t forget! If you win an auction listed on eBay from our COMC_Consignments account, you can pay with COMC Store Credit and have your auction wins instantly transferred to your COMC account!

Is your eBay account linked to your COMC account? You can easily link your eBay account to your COMC account so you can pay for auctions with COMC Store Credit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take for my item to list at auction?

We list between 1,500 and 2,000 auctions every day. Auctions are listed on a first come, first served basis. Elite items get first priority and typically list within 1 week of submission.

Will I need to wait for items to be reprocessed before they go to auction?

Items do not need to be reprocessed as Elite to go to auction during the promotion. You can still reprocess any higher valued items for $2 before sending them to auction, but it is not required.

Is there still a minimum Auction Fee on my Elite items?

During the month of January, any items you send to auction from your COMC inventory will have no minimum Auction Fee. The Auction Fee is just 3.5% of the sale price, with a maximum Auction Fee of $35.

Is there still a $3.50 minimum Auction Fee for items shipped to the eBay Auction consignment service?

Yes. This promotion does not apply to items consigned to our direct-to-auction service level.

What happens if my item doesn’t receive a $0.99 opening bid?

Any item that does not receive an auction bid will be returned to your COMC account. Please only submit cards valued $5 or more to auction. At our discretion, we may choose to not list submission valued less than $1.00 at auction. The $0.50 submission fee will not be refunded.

Do you have additional questions about our No Minimum Auction Fees Event? Check out our Help Center for answers to many of your FAQs!

For questions regarding the eligibility of products, please email staff@comc.com.

Follow us on social media @checkoutmycards and the COMC blog for the latest updates!

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December No Minimum Auction Fee Event

COMC is now offering Auctions on all cards with no minimum Auction Fee!

Send any of your items to auction starting Wednesday, December 1, 2021 to take part in this month-long event!

The COMC December Auction Event will take place from December 1st-31st:

  • All cards in your inventory are eligible to list at auction (not just Elite)
  • No minimum Auction Fee (regularly $3.50 minimum)
  • $35 maximum Auction Fee
  • No auction listing fee for Elite Items, and only $0.50 listing fee for everything else
  • The $3.50 minimum auction fee still applies to items shipped to our eBay Auction Consignment Service

How to submit your items to COMC Auctions:

  1. Find the item you want to submit in your Inventory Manager
  2. Click on the Actions menu
  3. Select Send to Auction
  4. Select eBay Auction service
  5. Submit the item
  • We recommend only submitting cards with an auction sale value of $5 or more.
  • Auctions are listed on a first-come, first-served basis. Submissions of Elite items receive listing priority.

Don’t forget If you’ve won an auction listed on eBay from our COMC_Consignments account, you can pay with COMC Store Credit and have your auction wins instantly transferred to your COMC account!

Is your eBay account linked to your COMC account? You can easily link your eBay account to your COMC account so you can pay for auctions with COMC Store Credit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take for my item to list at auction?

We list between 1,500 and 2,000 auctions every day. Auctions are listed on a first come, first served basis. Elite items get first priority and typically list within 1 week of submission.

Will I need to wait for items to be reprocessed before they go to auction?

Items do not need to be reprocessed as Elite to go to auction during the promotion. You can still reprocess any higher valued items for $2 before sending them to auction, but it is not required.

Is there still a minimum Auction Fee on my Elite items?

During the month of December, any items you send to auction from your COMC inventory will have no minimum Auction Fee. The Auction Fee is just 3.5% of the sale price, with a maximum Auction Fee of $35.

Is there still a $3.50 minimum Auction Fee for items shipped to the eBay Auction consignment service?

Yes. This promotion does not apply to items consigned to our direct-to-auction service level.

What happens if my item doesn’t receive a $0.99 opening bid?

Any item that does not receive an auction bid will be returned to your COMC account. Please only submit cards valued $5 or more to auction. At our discretion, we may choose to not list submission valued less than $1.00 at auction. The $0.50 submission fee will not be refunded.

Do you have additional questions about our December Auction Event? Check out our Help Center for answers to many of your FAQs!

For questions regarding the eligibility of products, please email staff@comc.com.

Follow us on social media @checkoutmycards and the COMC blog for the latest updates!

COMC @ Toronto Sport Card Expo & WCSCC

Visit our booth November 11th – 14th

COMC is excited to be part of the Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo at the International Centre, Hall 1, at 6900 Airport Road in Mississauga, Ontario, from November 11th to 14th. It’s our first show north of the border since 2019!

Our booth number for the Toronto Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo is Booth #149 .

Make sure to reserve your ticket for the Expo today and find out more details about the event at Sport Card Expo online!

Top 10 reasons to stop by the COMC booth:

  1. Drop off your Submissions: As always, we’re accepting submissions at the show so you can save on the postage costs of mailing your submissions. Please pack your cards securely. We suggest using one-row boxes. Include the supporting paperwork using the Submission. Cut-off times for dropping off submissions are 15 minutes before the end of the day Thursday to Saturday and 1 hour before the end of the show on Sunday.
  1. Be sure to take advantage of our current Submission Promotions & Contests:
    1. Customer Appreciation Offer: Receive $20 off for each processing level. Mark “20OFF” on the submission wizard paperwork. Check out our November 1st blog post for more details: COMC Customer Appreciation Offer.
    2. New Fresh Pulls Service Level: Save 50% off Elite processing fees for trading cards received within 90 days of their initial hobby release date. Check out our September 23rd blog post for more details: COMC Fresh Pulls.
    3. Elite Submission Draw: For every 10 cards submitted at the Elite Service, receive one entry towards a chance to win the Elite Card of the Day. There will be a different card from Friday to Sunday. The Customer Appreciation Offer for Elite Submissions is not eligible for this draw.
    4. Team Match Contest: Guess correctly one of the teams from a FREE daily ePack opening one hour before the end of each show day to receive $50.00 off your next submission. Limit one guess per day. Your submission must be postmarked no later than December 10th and marked on the Submission Wizard paperwork “TMC Winner”. The prize is non-transferable and all unused credit prizes will be forfeited.
  2. COMC Branded Toploaders: These may be the best-looking custom toploaders ever made! These will be handed out at various COMC events over the weekend. Supplies are limited to stock on hand and available on a first come basis.
  1. Spin-to-Win: Spin the wheel to win an entry for one of twenty prizes. To qualify you must have a COMC account. Limited to one spin per person over the 4-day show.
  1. Spin-to-Win Parting Gifts: With 20 prizes, not everyone will win, so we are giving contestants a parting gift of supplies, including our soon-to-be-famous COMC branded toploaders. Prizes available while supplies last.
  1. Spin-to-Win Kids Edition: All children under the age of 13 can spin the wheel for cards. Parent or guardian must have a COMC account to be eligible. Prizes available while supplies last.
  1. Free Box or Multi-Pack Breaks: COMC account holders who follow us on any of our Social Media platforms (Instagram/Facebook/Twitter) can receive one random team spot. Friday, we are giving away random team spots for 2020-21 Upper Deck Extended Series. On Saturday, we are giving away random team spots for 50 packs of 2021-22 Upper Deck Tim Hortons. Then on Sunday, we are giving away random team spots for the remaining 50 packs of 2021-22 Upper Deck Tim Hortons. All participants must be at the booth at the time of the break and claim their cards within 15 minutes of its conclusion. Breaks will take place Friday @ 5 PM, Saturday & Sunday @ 2 PM. As a bonus, if you post your hits on your social media account and tag COMC, you will receive 5 additional COMC branded toploaders when you show your post to any COMC Team Member. Breaks are limited to one break per account holder over the entire 4-day event. Spots will be assigned on the day of the break. More details will be posted at the COMC booth so make sure to stop by!
  1. Questions? This is your opportunity to ask questions face-to-face with those who work behind the scenes at COMC.
  1. Free 9-Pocket Panel with Cards: No qualifiers. Limit one sheet per guest per day, while supplies last.
  1. Free 330 count boxes: We will be giving away 330 count boxes at the show to COMC users to use for their card submissions, or just to keep cards in that you purchase at the show. Available while supplies last.

Follow COMC on Instagram for more information and details on all of the action at our booth!

Post Event Update:

Team Match Contest
If you registered your team at the booth and your team matches the team of digital cards pulled on that day’s daily ePack, you won $50 store credit towards your next submission   Check the original show blog for further information.


Thursday, November 11th – Vancouver Canucks, San Jose Sharks, and New York Islanders.

Friday, November 12th – Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, and St. Louis Blues.

Saturday, November 13th – Washington Capitals, Ottawa Senators, and Colorado Avalanche.

Sunday, November 14th – Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, and Montreal Canadiens.


2021 Fall Expo Checklist
Within the free 330ct boxes we gave out at the Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo, we “inserted” autographed boxes by Tim Getsch.  Be sure to check your COMC boxes at future shows.  They have time-sensitive store credit prizes. 

Here is the checklist for the 2021 Sport Card & Memorabilia Expo Easter Egg Boxes.


Tim Getsch Autograph (Uncorrected Error) – 18 copies 

Tim Getsch Autograph (Corrected Error) – 2 copies (#1/20 & #20/20)
Combined print limited and serial #’d to 20

Tim Getsch Autograph with the inscription “#1 Goran Dragic Collector” – #1/1

Wheel Spin Winners

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to spin the wheel.   Prizes will be transferred to the winner’s account within two weeks of notification.  Winners are subject to the normal fees charged to customers who use the website.  All unclaimed prizes shall be forfeited.


Here are the winners of the cards from the showcase. Please email sportcardexpo@comc.com with your name & username by 23:59:59 PST before Friday, December 31, 2021, to claim your prize.  

Ace of Hearts – 2018-19 Upper Deck SP Game Used Red Auto Jersey #60 Carey Price – MKM

2 of Hearts – 2019-20 SP Authentic Sign of the Times Draft #SOTTD-AB Alexsander Barkov – LAKings0811
3 of Hearts – 2015-16 Upper Deck Full Force – Goooal! Autograph #G-JT John Tavares – MattKraus17
4 of Hearts – 2019-20 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Rookies Jerseys #192 Nick Suzuki #385/399 – allstarcollectors
5 of Hearts – 2020-21 Upper Deck SP Game Used – 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Fabrics Dual #ASD-MD Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl – kearns939
6 of Hearts – 2018-19 Upper Deck #246 Young Guns Miro Heiskanen RC – chipper99
7 of Hearts – 2017-18 Upper Deck #247 Young Guns Brock Boeser RC – pkchu
8 of Hearts – 2020 Topps Chrome #60 Luis Robert RC – Bigangry
9 of Hearts – 2017-18 Panini Donruss Optic #188 Rated Rookes Donovan Mitchell RC – dhazlett
10 of Hearts – 2019 Panini Donruss #302 Rated Rookies Kyler Murray RC – rogerzhou
Ace of Spades – 2020-21 Upper Deck SP Game Used Inked Sweaters #IS-MM Mitch Marner #9/25 – tonymattiacci
2 of Spades – 2016-17 UD Black #63 Lustrous Rookies Autographs Thomas Chabot #131/299 – iheartjacquie
3 of Spades – 2012-13 Panini Preferred #37 Panini’s Choice Award Kyle Lowry #31/74 – jgiardulli
4 of Spades – 2016-17 Panini Donruss Optic #171 Pascal Siakam RC – anth9819
5 of Spades – 2017-18 Panini Court Kings Fresh Paint – 1 #FP1-OGA OG Anunoby – mathiesoncards
6 of Spades – 2020-21 Upper Deck #237 Young Guns Nick Robertson RC – philcaparas
7 of Spades – 2019-20 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Autographed Debut Threads Patch #DT-IM Ilya Mikheyev #50/99 – Expos
8 of Spades – 2016-17 Upper Deck Instant Impressions #II-21 Auston Matthews – Toni000
9 of Spades – 2019 Topps Chrome #201 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. RC – warletha
10 of Spades – 2019-20 Upper Deck #222 Young Guns Rasmus Sandin RC – Konnger1

Here are the winners of the Elite Submission Draw from the Fall Expo


November 11/12 – 2020-21 Upper Deck #201 Alexis Lafreniere YG RC – INVESTMENT_SPORTSCARDS

November 13 – 2019 Topps Heritage #504 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. RC PSA10 – INVESTMENT_SPORTSCARDS

November 14 – 2020-21 Upper Deck #482 Tim Stutzle YG RC – blueknight91

Western Canada Sports Collectors Convention Update

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the Western Canada Sports Collectors Convention to roll the dice.  Here are the winners of the cards from the showcase.  Email sportcardexpo@comc.com with your name & username by 23:59:59 PST before Friday, December 31, 2021, to claim your prize.  Prizes will be transferred to winner’s account within two weeks of notification.  Winners are subject to the normal fees charged to customers who use the website.  All unclaimed prizes shall be forfeited.

Roll a 1 – 2019-20 Upper Deck Rookie Dual Materials #RDM-HM Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar – etriff
Roll a 2 – 2017-18 Upper Deck #247 Brock Boeser Young Guns RC – xKuch31
Roll a 3 – 2020-21 Upper Deck #462 Nils Hoglander Young Guns RC – KK2TROT
Roll a 4 – 2017-18 Upper Deck #201 Nico Hischier Young Guns RC – K2cardguy
Roll a 5 – 2015 Topps High Tek Autographs Pattern 1 Grass/Waves #94 Tyler Lockett – AedanJ
Roll a 6 – 2019-20 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Access Jersey Autograph #UAA-BB Brock Boeser #48/99 – Fishbulb742


Lastly, we inserted 5 more 330ct Tim Getsch signed boxes among those handed out to COMC account holders at the Western Canada Sports Collectors Convention.


We are glad to be back on the road seeing our customers in person and making new ones.  We look forward to seeing you at the next show in the new year.