Turn a graded card, a game-worn jersey, a signed piece, or a full collection into working capital without ever putting it up for sale. LQD arranges private capital secured by qualifying sports and entertainment memorabilia, priced on authenticity, provenance, condition, grading, and demand. Underwriting is AI-assisted and asset-based, with no credit check and no income verification, and your piece stays in your name so you keep the upside. Eligibility and terms are not guaranteed.
Serious memorabilia is wealth that sits in a display case or a safe. When a card, a jersey, a ring, or a collection carries real secondary-market value, it can quietly back the capital you need instead of being sold. LQD arranges private, asset-backed capital against qualifying sports and entertainment pieces, from a single standout item to a deep multi-item archive, so you can raise liquidity and still own the thing that mattered enough to acquire in the first place.
Eligibility is driven by the piece, not by you. Authenticity, ownership, provenance, condition, documentation, rarity, grading, demand, legal transferability, and LQD's valuation decide what a submission can support. A famous name, a big signature, a high grade, or an authentication label is helpful, but none of them alone proves value or guarantees eligibility. Because underwriting is asset-based, there is no credit check and no income verification.
One habit is worth building early: keep the numbers separate. What a piece meant to you, what you paid for it, what it would cost to replace on an insurance schedule, what an auction house estimates, what a dealer is asking, and where the grading population sits are all different from collateral value. Collateral value is our read on what the piece could realistically achieve in today's market, weighed against condition, paperwork, transferability, and buyer demand.
Everything moves discreetly and quickly. With a complete submission, our AI-assisted underwriting can surface indicative terms within hours, and once an arrangement is approved and closed, funding is typically completed within 24 to 72 hours. Send whatever documentation you have and we will work from there.
Nothing on this list is required to open a confidential review. When you happen to have these records, they sharpen the valuation and speed the process along:
Grades and certificates support a review; they do not by themselves set collateral value or guarantee eligibility.
A wide range of pieces can be considered. Across all of them, ownership, clear title, legal transferability, LQD's valuation, and underwriting apply, and eligibility and terms are not guaranteed.
Sports cards, Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and other cards of real value can be reviewed on authenticity, grade, scarcity within the issue, and how active the market is. A slab helps, but the grade alone does not fix the number, and demand swings by player, character, set, and era.
Jerseys, bats, balls, helmets, and equipment can be reviewed when the game-worn claim is backed by a documented chain of custody, team or league records, or photo matching. A tag on its own is not enough, and the quality of the provenance usually carries the most weight.
Signed photos, documents, and equipment can be reviewed where the signature is credibly genuine and buyers are there. Authentication and witnessed-signing records help, though a signature or certificate by itself does not prove authenticity or set value.
Rings, trophies, and awards can be reviewed when documentation confirms the recipient, team, and event and there is recognized collector demand. Ownership, clear title, and any league transfer restrictions are all part of the picture.
Sealed boxes and unopened material can be reviewed on authenticity, condition, product, and market support. Because sealed product is a target for resealing, confirming integrity is central, and not every sealed item carries meaningful value.
Early cards, tickets, programs, and documents of genuine significance can be reviewed when authenticity, provenance, and demand hold up. Age adds interest, but on its own it does not establish collateral value.
Entertainment pieces, including props, wardrobe, signed items, and historic material, can be reviewed where authenticity and provenance are supported. Owning the object does not include any image, publicity, licensing, or reproduction rights.
A broader archive can be reviewed as a single pledge, whether it centers on one athlete, team, or field or ranges across several. Each piece is still judged on its own, while the collection is weighed for depth and demand.
Pieces are considered on authenticity, ownership, provenance, condition, documentation, rarity, grading, transferability, demand, LQD's valuation, and underwriting. The list is illustrative, not exhaustive, and everything is reviewed individually.
Cards across sports, Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and other lines can be reviewed on authenticity, grade, and scarcity within the issue. Low-population, high-grade examples of widely collected names tend to draw the deepest demand, though the grade alone does not set the number and each card is read on its own market.
Jerseys, bats, balls, helmets, and gear can be reviewed when a documented chain of custody stands behind them. Team or league records, a certificate, or photo matching turn a claim into something documented, and provenance quality usually matters most of all.
Rings, trophies, and awards can be reviewed when documentation confirms the recipient, team, and event. Ownership, clear title, and any transfer restrictions are part of the read, and recognized collector demand supports the value.
Signed photos, documents, and equipment across major sports can be reviewed where the signature is credibly genuine and demand is recognized. Authentication and witnessed-signing records strengthen a submission, though a signature or certificate alone does not prove authenticity or value.
Early cards, tickets, programs, and documents of real significance can be reviewed in authenticated, well-kept condition with documented provenance and recognized demand. Age alone does not establish value.
Film, television, and music pieces, along with athlete, team, or field collections, can be reviewed where authenticity and provenance are supported. A collection is weighed as one pledge while each piece is judged individually, and owning the object does not include licensing or image rights.
Pricing for capital purposes reads many signals at once rather than leaning on a single grade, label, or headline sale. Nothing below is a fixed or guaranteed figure.
Keep the figures apart. Sentimental worth, original cost, an insurance replacement figure, an auction presale estimate, a dealer asking price, grading-population data, and resale value can all differ, and none of them is automatically the collateral value. Insurance value usually reflects replacement cost and typically runs higher. A record set by one item does not lock in a value for another. Collateral value reflects LQD's read of what a piece could realistically support in today's secondary market, subject to underwriting.
Authentication and grading support a review; they do not decide it. A strong number does not automatically guarantee value, population reports do not guarantee that buyers are there, and a certificate or label alone may not fix a figure. A signature does not prove authenticity on its own, and a game-worn claim needs evidence behind it.
Depending on the piece, useful evidence includes third-party authentication and grading records, holograms and serial numbers, manufacturer, team, or league paperwork, photo matching, letters of provenance, purchase and auction records, estate documents, chain-of-custody notes, and expert opinion. Photo matching can support provenance without guaranteeing eligibility, and an auction house accepting a piece does not guarantee a capital offer. Lawful ownership and the right to transfer must be established.
Owning a physical piece is not the same as owning the rights attached to it. Holding a jersey, a photo, a prop, or a signed item does not convey any image, publicity, trademark, copyright, licensing, or reproduction rights in the athlete, team, artist, film, or brand it depicts. Those rights sit separately and are never part of a collateral arrangement.
LQD claims no affiliation with, endorsement by, or authority on behalf of any athlete, team, league, grading company, authentication service, auction house, museum, studio, or record label. Names appear only for accurate description, and LQD does not authenticate memorabilia itself.
Each of these supports a review; none of them alone guarantees authenticity, value, or eligibility.
You do not need a full file to start a confidential review, but records help with authenticity, ownership, provenance, condition, transferability, valuation, and underwriting. The more you can share, the faster we can move, and anything you lack does not automatically end the conversation.
Records and images that help include:
The point is not to gather everything before reaching out. Share what you have, and our AI-assisted underwriting can turn a complete submission into indicative terms within hours.
A pledged piece or collection is held in insured, secure storage suited to the material for the term. On receipt we prepare a documented intake with condition photos and a written inventory, and everything is returned in the condition received once the balance is repaid.
Where transport is needed, LQD arranges specialist handling, appropriate packing, and insured shipping, with storage matched to the piece, whether that means protection for graded slabs and paper or secure housing for larger items. The specifics follow the material and its fragility.
A broader collection can be reviewed as a single pledge, starting from a preliminary inventory and photographs. Every piece is still judged on its own, and eligibility and terms are not guaranteed.
Selling and borrowing solve different problems, and neither is automatically the right move. A sale turns a piece into cash permanently and can be the right call when you genuinely want out. It also means letting the piece go, paying dealer commissions or auction fees, waiting on auction or private-sale timing, and taking whatever the market hands you that day.
Borrowing lets you hold on. You keep ownership, keep any future upside, preserve family or historic meaning, keep a collection intact, and avoid a forced sale while you address a separate need or opportunity. It carries its own costs to weigh: financing charges, due diligence, grading and authentication fees, custody, insurance, transport, and storage, along with default risk. A default on the loan can result in loss of the pledged item or collection.
Timing usually settles the question. An owner who does not want to sell into a soft market, or who wants to keep an archive whole, often prefers to raise capital against it and buy time. Others simply want to sell, and both paths deserve an honest look against your own situation.
Submissions and conversations stay private, with provenance and authentication review and documented intake. Your piece is never publicly listed, consigned, or advertised.
Underwriting weighs authenticity, provenance, and demand rather than any single grade, and runs on the asset, not your credit file, so there is no credit check and no income verification.
Specialist inspection, insured transport, documented intake, a written inventory, and secure storage suited to the piece protect the collection for the full term.
Share photos and whatever records you have, including any grading, authentication, or provenance. Nothing is required to open a confidential review, and available documentation helps the assessment move faster.
A specialist reads authenticity, grading and authentication records, provenance, condition, and demand, and our AI-assisted underwriting can return indicative terms within hours of a complete submission. Ownership, title, and transferability are verified as part of the review.
Once an arrangement is approved and closed, funding is typically completed within 24 to 72 hours. Your piece stays in your name so you keep the upside. Final eligibility and terms depend on documentation and review.
Send your piece or collection for a confidential, no-obligation review. Qualified submissions can see indicative terms within hours, with funding typically completed within 24 to 72 hours of approval. Your asset stays in your name. Eligibility and terms are not guaranteed.