A PSA 10 Raincoat Pikachu sold for $1,037,000, about 88% below September's $8.4 million record, and still led Pokemon's sweep of the week's five biggest TCG sales. PSA's backlog fell to 7.2 million cards.
Read the issuePokemon TCG Pocket starts a year-long Pika Pika! Pikachu Missions event, Dual Fusion brings Mega Mewtwo X ex and Mega Greninja ex on October 28, a market report counts 525 six-figure Pokemon sales this year, and Delta Reign prereleases start Saturday.
PSA's active grading backlog fell to 7.2 million cards in its October 20 update, down a million in two weeks and 42 percent below July's 12.4 million peak. Value tiers stay paused until the backlog reaches 5 million. What it means if you are holding raw cards.
Measured against October 14, vintage +0.8% with 69 of 118 cards up and only 8 down, led by EX Team Rocket Returns, EX Unseen Forces and Holon Phantoms. Modern read flat, with Evolutions up and both versions of 151 down. Full tables and method.
The week's five biggest TCG sales, all Pokemon and all PSA 10, charted: two Art Academy Pikachus, a complete Legendary Collection run, a Plasma Storm Lugia EX and a Southern Islands Mew. Why three of them landing at exactly $660,000 deserves a second look.
Three weeks after a PSA 10 Raincoat Pikachu sold for $8.4 million, another PSA 10 sold for $1,037,000 at Goldin. It still led Pokemon's sweep of the week's five biggest TCG sales, with a complete PSA 10 Legendary Collection run at $960,000.
Pocket's Mega Garchomp ex event runs October 15 to 25, Goldin's Gold Trophy Pikachu stood at $2,425,000 with 31 bids, Delta Reign prereleases start October 24 with Kazuki Minami's Mega Rayquaza ex as the chase, and Santa Cruz's Pokemon skateboards drop Saturday.