Collectors Universe experts are required to adhere to the following conflict of interest rules:

1. Full-time graders and authenticators are prohibited from submitting items to our company for grading and authentication.
2. We do use outside consultants to help grade and/or authenticate significant and/or very specialized items. These consultants can and do use our services. However, they are prohibited from grading and/or authenticating any item in which they have a financial interest.