Lakewood Ranch's Certified Collectibles Group Specializes in Evaluating Rare Items The business of buying and selling ancient coins, vintage sports cards, rare trading cards, classic comic books and old paper money is booming. By Cooper Levey-Baker 12/22/2020 at 10:31am A $100 bill from 1863 The business of buying and selling ancient coins, vintage sports cards, rare trading cards, classic comic books and old paper money is booming, and one Lakewood Ranch company is at the heart of it. Certified Collectibles Group includes a number of companies that specialize in evaluating, grading and encapsulating rare items. Their expertise is relied upon by people who deal in collectibles around the globe, and their seal is seen as a guarantee that an item is genuine. In addition to the 290 people who work at Certified Collectiblesâ 60,000-square-foot local headquarters, the company has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Munich and London, and has assessed some of the most valuable collectibles in the world, including a Roman coin that recently went for $4.2 million, a world record.