30th Celebration mini tins and booster bundles shipped Friday alongside a Mega-era Mini Portfolio and blister; the Deck Crafter's Collection is October 23 and the Espeon and Umbreon Battle Decks October 30; a Japanese Rayquaza Gold Star made $562,650 on eBay; PSA reports Tuesday.
Read itThis issue's quiz card is the Fusion Strike Gengar VMAX alternate art in PSA 9, loaded in the $1,000 machine with a mark of $900. On a modern chase with nearly ten thousand 10s, the 9 is where the card's value actually sits, and the 10 premium is the thing to be careful about.
Read itThe second reading since the engine resumed is still measured against the September 15 marks, because the September 28 comparison date had no new ones: vintage +6.9% with Legendary Collection and EX Deoxys +15%, modern -3.2% with Ascended Heroes -9.9%. Full tables.
Read itA PSA 10 Legendary Collection reverse Charizard made $575,000 on September 18. A PSA 10 reverse Pikachu, a common, made $780,000 on September 27. On the fireworks foil, the population report sets the price and the character does not.
Read itThe week of September 27 to October 2 totalled $10.5 million, 80 percent of it the Raincoat Pikachu. Underneath: a PSA 10 Legendary Collection reverse holo Pikachu at $780,000, a BGS 10 First Edition Japanese Rayquaza Gold Star at $562,650 on eBay, a Neo Revelation Misdreavus at $408,000.
Read itA Legendary Collection reverse holo Pikachu sells for $780,000 and a First Edition Japanese Rayquaza Gold Star for $562,650 on eBay in a $10.5 million week, while 30th Celebration's tins and bundles arrive and October's release calendar fills in.
Read itPokemon TCG Pocket's Deluxe Pack: Mega launched Wednesday with 429 cards and a guaranteed ex per pack through October 29; 30th Celebration mini tins and booster bundles ship Friday; Pokemon Center's first Delta Reign preorder wave sold out; PSA reports October 6.
Read itThis issue's quiz card is the 2015 XY Ancient Origins Porygon-Z holo in PSA 10, loaded in the $100 machine with a mark of $641. PSA has graded eighteen of them a 10. It is a modern card with a vintage price curve, and the reason is the XY-era holo foil.
Read itThe first reading since the engine paused, compared against the last good marks of September 15: vintage +5.2% with 85 of 116 cards up and nine sets above 3%; modern -0.9% with Ascended Heroes -5.6% and 151 -4.6%. Full tables and the thirteen-reading history.
Read itThe same card in the same grade sold publicly three times: $12,600 in July 2024, $19,200 in June 2025, $8.4 million on Monday. The bars do not fit on one chart, which is the point. A sale like this is a change of category, not a change of price.
Read itRip Station's pricing engine published its first new marks since September 15 this morning, and the vintage basket re-marked 5.2% higher in one reading, with 85 of 116 cards up. The EX era led: Team Rocket Returns +13.5%, Unseen Forces +11%, Deoxys and Holon Phantoms near +10%.
Read itRip Station's pricing engine is back after sixteen days and re-marks the vintage basket 5.2 percent higher in one reading, with Team Rocket Returns, Skyridge and EX Unseen Forces all up double digits, while Pocket's Deluxe Pack: Mega launches with a guaranteed ex in every pack.
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