About the Arena
We only sell what we’d keep
ARENA is a small, dealer-run shop for graded cards, sealed wax and signed pieces. Everything on the shelf has been through our hands first — checked, photographed and priced in the open.
The house
Why we started
The hobby got big fast, and a lot of it got worse in the process. Listings with no cert number. Photographs that flatter. Prices that move depending on how keen you sound on the phone.
We started ARENA because the pieces deserve better than that. A 1986 Fleer Jordan or a sealed box that has survived forty years is a genuine artefact, and it should be sold like one — with its paperwork visible and its faults stated.
So the rule here is simple: if we would not put it in our own case, it does not go on the shelf.
Before it is listed
How every item is checked
01
Verified at source
Every graded item is matched against the grader's own population report, cert number first. If the cert does not resolve, it does not get listed.
02
Photographed as-is
No stock shots and no retouching. What you see is the exact item, lit plainly, with flaws left in the frame where they exist.
03
Seals left alone
Sealed wax stays sealed. We check wrap, weight and case marks against known factory characteristics, and say plainly when a box has been resealed.
04
Signatures cross-checked
Autographs are compared against dated exemplars and, where possible, against the signing event itself. In-person and witnessed pieces are labelled as such.
ARENA in numbers
1,400+
Items shipped since 2019
41
Countries served
14 days
No-questions returns
0
Authenticity disputes
The practical bit
Shipping, returns, selling
- Shipping
- Fully insured worldwide, tracked door to door, and free above $250. Anything over $10,000 ships in a hard case with a signature required on delivery.
- Returns
- Fourteen days from delivery, no questions asked, as long as slabs and seals come back untouched. We refund the item and the original shipping.
- Selling to us
- We buy outright and take consignment on single pieces and whole collections. Send photos and cert numbers and you get a real number back, usually the same day.
- Viewings
- London and New York, by appointment. If you are spending serious money, you should be allowed to hold the thing first.