Every hammer drop burns $GAVEL.
Auction real graded Pokémon cards, held in escrow until they arrive, or bid on vaulted slabs from Collector Crypt. Each sale burns $GAVEL, pays the bidders who lost, and feeds a pot that buys grails for holders to vote on.
- Burned by sales
- 0
- Paid to outbid bidders
- 0
- Grail Pot
- 0
On the block now
Vaulted lots are Collector Crypt slabs that change hands on-chain the moment the hammer drops. Shipped lots are cards from collectors, paid out of escrow once the buyer confirms delivery.
Holders see every lot first
New lots open to $GAVEL holders before anyone else. The more you hold, the earlier you're in. The tier sizes and windows below are proposed and may change before launch.
Two ways onto the block
Auction a card you own
- List it. Photos, grade, a starting bid, an optional reserve and how long it runs, from 1 hour to 7 days.
- Hammer drops. The winner pays straight into escrow. You see the money is there before you ship.
- Ship it. Send the card with tracking. Your Vault Score and bond stand behind the listing.
- Get paid. Escrow releases to you when the buyer confirms delivery, or automatically 72 hours after tracking shows it arrived.
Bid on a Collector Crypt slab
- Pick a lot. Each vaulted slab is a Collector Crypt token backed by a graded card in an insured vault.
- Bid. Set your bid or a maximum and let Gavel bid for you, up to your limit.
- Win it. The token moves to your wallet the moment the hammer drops. No shipping, no waiting.
- Keep, relist or redeem. Hold it, put it straight back on the block, or redeem the physical slab through Collector Crypt.
Sellers set the terms
Lose the lot, keep a cut
Auctions usually reward one person. On Gavel a slice of every final price goes back to the people who bid and lost, paid in $GAVEL and weighted by how high each of them went.
Try it
Uses the proposed 1.5% rebate share. Each losing bidder's cut is weighted by their highest bid.
Trust you can see on-chain
Every seller of shipped cards builds a public Vault Score from completed sales, delivery times and disputes. Sellers who stake a $GAVEL bond pay lower fees, and lose part of the bond if they don't ship or ship something other than what they listed.
Bond tiers Proposed
A seller who doesn't ship, or ships a different card, loses part of their bond to the buyer. Everything else follows the escrow rules.
Holders pick the next grail
A share of every fee fills the Grail Pot. When it's full, the pot buys the grail holders voted for. That card goes on the block once a month, and every dollar it sells for is used to buy and burn $GAVEL.
Where every fee goes
Each sale pays a house fee of up to 6%, lower for bonded sellers. Here is how the proposed fee split works on a $1,000 sale.
Hold $GAVEL to
- See new lots before the public
- Vote on the next grail
- Bond as a seller for lower fees
Every sale
- Buys and burns $GAVEL
- Pays the bidders who lost
- Tops up the Grail Pot
Questions
Do I need $GAVEL to bid or sell?
No. Anyone can bid and anyone can sell. Holding $GAVEL gets you earlier access to new lots and a vote on the Grail Pot, and bonding it lowers your fees as a seller.
How does escrow work for shipped cards?
The winning bid is paid into an escrow contract, not to the seller. The seller ships with tracking. Escrow releases to the seller once the buyer confirms delivery, or 72 hours after tracking shows the card arrived if the buyer doesn't open a dispute.
What if a card arrives wrong or never arrives?
Open a dispute before escrow releases. If the seller didn't ship, or the card doesn't match the listing, the buyer is refunded and a bonded seller loses part of their bond to the buyer.
What are vaulted lots?
Collector Crypt tokens, each backed by a professionally graded card in an insured vault. The token goes to the winner's wallet when the auction ends, and the winner can redeem the physical slab through Collector Crypt.
Is $GAVEL an investment?
No. $GAVEL is used on the platform for early access, voting and seller bonds. Burns and rebates depend on how much trades, card values change, and nothing here promises a return.