Every story from every issue: leads, charts, index readings, grading explainers and quick hits.
The 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 itCollector Crypt crossed $1 billion in cumulative sales, the 30th Celebration set revealed its thirty Pikachu cards, the Illustrator price ladder got a new rung, and a One Piece trophy card cracked the top five.
Read itTwo 1999 Pokemon Snap contest cards sold for $809,943 and $640,500 this week, both in PSA 8. On cards mailed to twenty children in 1999, an 8 is the top of the population, and the price says so.
Read itVintage +0.2%, modern 0.0%. EX Unseen Forces led, Skyridge and Neo Genesis ticked up, Crown Zenith and the Classic Collection drifted lower. Full tables and method.
Read itThe five biggest TCG sales of the week swing from half a million to four and a half million depending on whether a single trophy-grade card trades. Why the weekly total is a bad thermometer and a good barometer.
Read itA $1.3 million Incorrect Illustrator Pikachu, a $1 million Illustrator at Goldin, two 1999 Snap contest cards over $640,000, and a One Piece trophy card. The biggest TCG week of the summer, explained.
Read itFour things from the week that deserved more than a line: a new First Partner bundle, three Ascended Heroes tins due August 28, the TCG Live Worlds celebration, and PSA's biggest grading month ever.
Read itTwo reverse-holo Gengars sold for $156,000 and $100,000 in one week. The variant collectors ignored for twenty years is now the hardest Pokemon surface to find in a 10.
Read itOur two-basket index of the most-traded graded Pokemon cards was flat on the week: vintage +0.1%, modern -0.1%. Team Rocket Returns led, the newest sets drifted lower. Full tables and method.
Read itPSA's grading queue read 11.85 million on August 11, the first clear drop since the Value tiers were paused in June. What the curve looks like and what it means for your submissions and your slabs.
Read itA Call of Legends Rayquaza led the week at $180,200, two reverse-holo Gengars cracked six figures, and Pokemon swept all five spots for $697,200.
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