The World Championships open Friday in San Francisco, Pocket's Team Rocket's Ambition arrives Wednesday, Mega Forces and Ascended Heroes tins both ship August 28, and the only PSA-graded Chubu No. 1 Trainer sold for $168,000.
Read itTwo identical cards in identical grades sold minutes apart in the same auction, 16% apart. The gap is made of centering, eye appeal, lot order and bidder fatigue, and it is the normal state of the market.
Read itVintage +0.2% on the week with EX Holon Phantoms, EX Unseen Forces and EX Deoxys leading; modern flat as a basket but Evolutions re-marked 6.2%. Full tables and method.
Read itThe same card, the same grade, four public sales: $7,000 in January 2025, a $32,790 record, then $114,000 and $132,000 in one August auction. The Gold Star repricing, in one chart.
Read itPokemon took all five of the week's biggest TCG sales for the second time this month: a Snap contest Koffing, the only PSA-graded Chubu No. 1 Trainer, two Treecko Gold Stars and a Fan Club Eevee, $684,000 in all.
Read itA Snap contest Koffing leads a $684,000 Pokemon sweep, two Treecko Gold Stars sell for $246,000 in one auction, and the World Championships open in San Francisco on Friday.
Read itPocket's Team Rocket's Ambition lands August 26 with Owner cards, three Mega Forces tins ship August 28, TCG Live announces a fall update, and Worlds is a week away.
Read itThe $1.3 million Incorrect Illustrator was a CGC 10 and the $100,000 Legend Maker Gengar a CGC 10 Pristine. What the grading company on the label does to the price, and when it does not matter.
Read itVintage +0.3% on the week with EX Unseen Forces, Holon Phantoms and Neo Genesis leading; modern flat with 151 up and Crown Zenith down. Full tables and method.
Read itThree Illustrator Pikachu sales in 2026, three grades, prices from $1 million to $16.5 million. The ladder is steep, continuous, and tells you what condition is worth at the very top.
Read itThe Pokemon Company revealed Mega Evolution: Delta Reign on August 20: 135-plus cards, 35-plus special illustrations, and Mega Rayquaza ex as the chase. What it means for the sets already on shelves.
Read itMega Evolution closes the year with Delta Reign and Mega Rayquaza ex, the Illustrator ladder now runs from $1 million to $16.5 million, and Pocket gets a Team Rocket set next week.
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