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Goldin's 30th Anniversary auction runs to October 25. Its headliner, the only PSA-graded 1997 Gold 1st Place Trophy Pikachu, is at $2,225,000 before premium, already past the $1,769,000 record for any Trophy Pikachu. The rest of the board, and what the number means.
Read itFanatics Weekly's October 4 close put five Pokemon cards at the top of the trading card market, and the headline act was a Cresselia.
Read itGoldin opened its 2026 Pokemon 30th Anniversary auction this week, closing October 25. The headliner is the 1997 Gold First Place First Tournament Trophy Pikachu in PSA 8, the only copy in PSA's census, awarded at the first official Pokemon TCG tournament; pre-bidding passed $1 million on day one.
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 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 itA PSA 10 2015 Art Academy Raincoat Pikachu closed at Fanatics Collect overnight for $8.4 million after 64 bids, the second most expensive Pokemon card ever sold. Days earlier an Art Academy Mudkip made $3.72 million to lead a $6.7 million week.
Read itPSA's September 22 update: 9 million cards, down 900,000 in two weeks and 3.4 million from July. A new Standard tier at $59.99 opened September 14 with a 90-100 business day quote, queued behind the paused Value orders. The Value threshold is still 5 million.
Read itThe largest trading card week on record: a PSA 9 Illustrator at $5 million, a CGC 9 at $2.8 million a day later, an Alpha Black Lotus at $2.2 million, a sealed First Edition Base Set box at $750,000 and a Legendary Collection reverse Charizard at $575,000.
Read itPokemon TCG: 30th Celebration launched worldwide on September 16. UK retailers sold out within minutes, most pre-orders had not arrived, and a Blue RGB Mew ex, one of three unrevealed chase variants, sold on eBay for $20,000 on launch day.
Read itThe PSA 10 Torchic Gold Star closed at $2.7 million on Alt on September 10, the PSA 9 at $156,336, and five more lots cleared six figures. Eleven days after the $1.02 million Rayquaza, the English record is 2.6 times higher.
Read itPSA cleared another million cards in two weeks: 9.9 million on September 8, down 2.5 million from the July peak. For the first time it said a suspended tier could be evaluated for reopening this month. The Value threshold is still 5 million.
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.
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