CGC Announces Private Signing with Tara Sands

CGC Signature Series is thrilled to announce that voice actress Tara Sands to join us for a Private Signing of cards!

Tara Sands' voice can be heard as over 50 characters in the English dub of the Pokémon series, including Bulbasaur, Phanpy, Larvitar, Clefairy, Mudkip, Yamper, Bugsy, Jasmine, Tory, Sammy Oak and Ritchie. Some other roles include Biscuit in Hunter X Hunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon Adventure tri, Momo and Utahime in Jujutsu Kaisen, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Kirio Hikifune in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Kombu Infinity in One-Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, Summer in Barbie: Life in The Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Sonia in Fire Emblem, Kyusaku Yumeno in Bungo Stray Dogs, Ruby in Rainbow High, Bay and Kilo in Nikke: Goddess of Victory and many more.

CGC must receive all submissions for this event by June 5, 2026. If the Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be held.

After the submitted cards are signed, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. After grading and encapsulation, the collectibles will be shipped back to their owners.

For cards, Tara Sands’ Private Signing fee is £90 per item and includes:

• Tara Sands’ signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

Submission Instructions

For this CGC Private Signing event, you can ship submissions directly to CGC with a FREE membership. Paid memberships are also available and include additional benefits. For more information and to join, visit CGCcards.uk.

To submit cards for the signing:

• Log onto your account or sign up for an account HERE.
• Click Submit in the CGC Cards website navigation and select Submission Form.
• Click on the link to the CGC Cards Online Form.
• Select "Mail-In or Show Drop-Off" under Select Submission Method.
• Select "Grading" under Select Primary Service.
• Choose Tara Sands, Signature under Select Tier.
• Enter the information requested for your card.
• Select Add to Cart, and then repeat if there are additional cards in your submission. If there are no additional cards in your submission, click on the cart icon and proceed to checkout.
• Carefully package cards in a box for shipment.
• IMPORTANT: Please write TS on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial the outside of the box or we will not be able to honor the submission for this signing.
• Cards will be received into the CGC Cards system when they arrive and will be safely stored by CGC Cards until the event. (Please note: Payments are processed as they normally are at the time of the collectibles' arrival at CGC.)
• Once cards are signed, they will start an expedited CGC Cards grading process.

PLEASE NOTE:

All submissions must be received by CGC no later than June 5, 2026, to qualify for this Private Signing event. No change requests will be accepted after June 5, 2026. Membership credits and paid membership discounts cannot be applied to CGC Private Signing fees, and submissions cannot be combined with other CGC Private Signing events. If you submit a CGC-graded collectible that needs to be removed from its original holder by CGC, the collectible will need to go through the certification and encapsulation process again, and there is no guarantee that it will receive the same grade. Marker color requests are welcome but not guaranteed. Marker color choice and signature placement are at the final discretion of the signer.

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About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has grown to include certification services for a vast variety of pop culture collectibles. These divisions include CGC Cards, CGC Video Games and CGC Home Video. CGC Cards provides expert card grading for sports cards, TCGs and non-sports cards. CGC Video Games is dedicated to video game grading for the most popular consoles, including Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation and more. CGC Home Video provides expert VHS grading in addition to other types of videocassettes, DVD, Blu-ray and more. CGC also offers seamless solutions for autograph collectors with CGC Signature Series and JSA Authentic Autograph services.

CGC is part of the Certified Collectibles Group, a global provider of expert and impartial authentication and grading services for collectibles. Since 1987, the Certified Collectibles Group companies have certified more than 100 million collectibles, including coins, banknotes, comic books, cards, autographs and stamps.