A 2008 Palkia LV.X became the first Diamond & Pearl-era card over $200,000, a First Edition Typhlosion in CGC Pristine 10 made $336,000, an eleven-card Japanese promo Pikachu lot matched it, and PSA's next backlog update is Tuesday.
Read itAlt's auction closing September 10 has a PSA 10 Torchic Gold Star at $1,968,000 and a PSA 9 at $90,336, both live bids. Nineteen 10s exist and 233 9s. The 9's move from $22,000 in June is the better read on the market.
Read itVintage +0.4% with EX Holon Phantoms +3.4%, Expedition +2.7% and Base Set +1.8%; modern flat with Classic Collection and Generations up and Ascended Heroes down an eighth straight week. Full tables.
Read itFour Illustrator sales in 2026, four grades. The new PSA 9 at $2.7 million sits 35 percent above the BGS 9 and one-sixth of the PSA 10. What the updated ladder says about label premiums and the missing 7s and 8s.
Read itA PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator sold privately for $2.7 million on August 31, two-thirds of a $3.94 million week that also included the $360,000 First Edition Lugia, a Pristine 10 Typhlosion, an 11-card Pikachu promo lot and a $204,000 Palkia LV.X.
Read itA PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator sells privately for $2.7 million to lead a $3.9 million week, a 2008 Palkia LV.X becomes the Diamond & Pearl era's first $200,000 card, and the Torchic Gold Star bid on Alt passes $1.9 million with three days to run.
Read itPokemon.com published the full September product list: six 30th Celebration products on September 16, including a Poster Collection with the legendary birds and a Pokemon Center ETB with 11 packs. The set runs 199 cards, every card foil, six per pack.
Read itMonday's Base Set Pikachu showed a grade cliff: nothing below a 10 was worth much. This week's quiz card, a 2019 Cosmic Eclipse secret-rare Pikachu in PSA 9, shows the opposite shape, and why.
Read itVintage posts its biggest reading in seven with Team Rocket Returns, EX Unseen Forces, Neo Genesis and Skyridge leading and Base Set up 1.1%; modern flat with Celebrations and Ascended Heroes lower. Full tables.
Read itThe vintage basket has posted a positive reading every week since August 13 and the readings are getting larger, not smaller. Here is the full history, what is driving it, and what would make us call it a rally.
Read itA PSA 10 First Edition Neo Genesis Lugia sold for $360,000 on Fanatics Collect on August 31, 25 bids, against $205,794 for the same card and grade on Alt in June. The Gold Star repricing has reached the Neo era.
Read itA First Edition Neo Genesis Lugia sells for $360,000 ten weeks after the same grade went for $205,794, the 30th Celebration product lineup is official for September 16, and vintage posts its biggest week in seven readings.
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