An Illustrator Pikachu was the Goldin 100's top lot
A CGC 9 Illustrator Pikachu outsold Ohtani's rookie autograph and the Black Lotus.
Pokemon card prices
Pokemon card prices from the CardWire desk: which sets and singles moved this week, the sales behind each move, and what the desk expects next.
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Charizard reprint streets in Pokemon's 30th Celebration
PSA points buyers at two decades of reprints while the crowd watches the new Pikachu ex chase.
An unsigned Ishihara GX in CGC 10 sets an auction record
The card sold for more than $140,000 USD in a Landry Pop auction, CGC said.
SPECULATIVE · The 30th Celebration Charizard streets worldwide
A simultaneous Japan and English launch skips the usual head start before a correction.
PSA 10 Call of Legends Lugia closes at Goldin auction
The 2011 holo Lugia sold at Goldin for $367,220 USD on 49 bids, Auction Report reports.
The gold Pikachu ex settled back to $400 USD
A second PSA 10 sale confirmed the price, a day after an outlier $706 USD print.
Mega Lucario Z ex gets cheaper after street date
The ex star series opens with Mega Lucario Z ex; 2027 Worlds moves to Singapore in mid-August.
Modern Pokemon sealed is coming off the boil
Chaos Rising displays now sell near $200 USD against $161.64 USD retail, a thinning flip margin.
A Blaine's Charizard ask just got cut in half
The PSA 8 first edition now asks half of what it did on August 28, an offer window, not a crash.
Signed Dragon Frontiers pack ask cut by two thirds
The Fukuda-signed PSA 8 pack's ask fell 64.3% in a single day.
Pokemon Worlds exclusives are this week's sleeper chase class
Worlds and PokemonXP run in San Francisco, with a pop-up and PSA drop-offs on site.
SPECULATIVE · Sellers are cutting ahead of the 30th Celebration
Past Pokemon street dates saw chase presales correct 35-44%.
One seller is half of Pokemon's repricing again
One seller has been half of every Pokemon repricing for three straight intervals.
Pokemon sealed buyers must pay up now or wait for the 30th
The 30th Celebration goes on sale September 16 worldwide at once, closing the usual Japan-first window.
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