Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elite 4 Trading
& Grading
Buy • Sell • Trade • Grade • Experience
Northern Ireland's home of trading cards, professional grading submissions and premium collectibles events.
Based in the heart of Belfast, Elite 4 Trading & Grading is built by collectors, for collectors.
Whether you're hunting your next grail, completing a master set, trading your collection, submitting cards for grading or joining thousands of fellow collectors at The Elite Card Show — welcome to Elite 4 Trading and Grading.
Sell or Trade
Sell or Trade Your Cards
Looking to move part of your collection or trade up to something bigger?
Elite 4 Trading and Grading buys and trades Pokémon cards, graded cards and selected sealed products based on current market value, condition and demand.
Start a Sell/Trade RequestOur Standard Rates
Up to 70%
Cash — of our assessed current market value
Up to 80%
Trade Credit — of our assessed current market value
- Values are assessed by our team and may take into account recent UK sales data, card condition, liquidity, demand and current stock levels.
- Submitting a request does not guarantee that Elite 4 Trading and Grading will purchase an item.
Card Grading
Card Grading
Your cards. The biggest names in grading. One simple submission.
Submit your cards through Elite 4 Trading and Grading to leading third-party grading companies. We manage the submission process from Belfast and keep your submission tracked through its journey.
Services, prices and estimated turnaround times vary by grading provider.
- Turnaround times are estimates only and are not guaranteed.
- Grades are determined entirely by the independent grading company. Elite 4 Trading and Grading cannot guarantee a particular grade or grading outcome.
Professional Sports Authenticator — the most widely recognised grading authority in the hobby.
BGS grading with the coveted Pristine 10 and premium autograph authentication.
Transparent, tech-led grading with detailed sub-grades and AI-assisted consistency.
UK-based grading built for speed and accessibility — popular with local collectors.
Honest pre-screening, clear data-backed advice and a fully documented chain of custody with photo logs.
The Elite Card Show
The Elite Card Show
More than a card show.
Welcome to The Elite Card Show — Elite 4 Trading and Grading's premium trading card and collectibles event series. Bringing together collectors, players, traders, vendors, artists, creators and the wider collectibles community under one roof.
The biggest collectables and cards show in Northern Ireland — expect incredible vendors, huge collections, trades, grails, TCG products, slabs, artists, creators, entertainment and even more opportunities to complete those master sets.
Home to Pokémon, One Piece, Magic the Gathering (MTG), Disney Lorcana, Sports Cards, retro items and collectibles, artisan crafters, tattoos, inflatable Pokémon characters and multiple charities — featuring some of the best Anime and Pokémon tattoo artists in the country.
The Elite Don't Sleep.
What We're Up To
See What's Happening at Elite 4 Trading and Grading
Upcoming shows, markets and events we'll be trading at. Come say hello, get your cards graded, and grab the best packs before they're gone.
The Elite Card Show — November Edition — Our 1 Year Birthday Bash
ICC Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Come grab exclusive Singles, Slabs and Sealed product. Live grading drops all weekend.
Find out moreThe Elite Card Show — January Edition
Belfast (venue TBA)
Come grab exclusive Singles, Slabs and Sealed product. Live grading drops all weekend.
Elite 4 Trading and Grading x The Animé TattCon — Takeover
ICC Waterfront Hall, Belfast
A 3-day event taking over the Waterfront Hall.
Find a Machine
Vending Machines
Our vending machines are stocked with packs, slabs and singles across Northern Ireland's shopping centres. Tap the map to find the one nearest you — grab and go, no queue required.
Visit Elite 4 Trading and Grading Belfast
Visit Elite 4 Trading and Grading Belfast
Come and see us in-store.
Elite 4 Trading & Grading Ltd
Unit B5 & B6
Fountain Centre
11 College Street
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT1 6BT
Shop, sell, trade and submit your cards for grading in person with our team.
Our Story
Collectors, For Collectors
Elite 4 Trading & Grading started with three local family men, a background in streaming, and a shared love for Pokémon.
What began as meet-ups in coffee shops around Belfast, ripping packs, trading cards and sharing what we'd learned about grading, quickly became something more. As other collectors started coming to us for advice, we realised there was a real need for a dedicated place where people could learn, trade, grade and enjoy the hobby together.
We'd often talked about how great it would be to have a space like that locally. Eventually, we stopped talking about it and decided to build it ourselves.
And just like that, Elite 4 Trading & Grading was born.
From those coffee-shop meet-ups, we've grown into a fantastic team with a dedicated home for the hobby in Belfast and a community we're incredibly proud to be part of.
But what matters to us hasn't changed. We treat every customer as a fellow collector, whether you're submitting your first card for grading, chasing that big pull, rediscovering an old childhood collection or have been in the hobby for years.
We created Elite 4 Trading and Grading to be a safe, welcoming place for everyone to enjoy the hobby, share their passion and feel part of something.
At its heart, Elite 4 Trading and Grading is still what it was around that first coffee-shop table:
Good people, great cards, and a shared love for the hobby.
Stay Elite.
Trust & Authenticity
Every card verified, graded, and handled with care.
Fair Prices
Backed by live market data and true collector knowledge.
Community
Live streams, giveaways, and collector chats.
A Collector's Touch
Because we're collectors too — and it shows.
As Featured On
Media coverage, collaborations & partnerships
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Reach OutNeed Help?
Need Help?
Have a question about an order, grading submission, selling a collection or The Elite Card Show? Use our contact form and select the department you need.