Dart will miss the regular season; his Silver Prizm has not sold
Giants coach John Harbaugh would not rule out a return for the playoffs.
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Every item, grouped by day, newest first.
Sep 23, 2026
An Illustrator Pikachu was the Goldin 100's top lot
A CGC 9 Illustrator Pikachu outsold Ohtani's rookie autograph and the Black Lotus.
Sep 22, 2026
Dart's Silver Prizm rookie has not sold since his knee injury
A new listing undercuts the past week's sales as the Giants quarterback faces possible surgery.
A Flagg card with Minions on it is bidding at six figures
The Minionfractor Superfractor 1/1 has two days left in the sale that also holds his Debut Patch.
Dart's most expensive card is one Topps has not printed
His PREM1ERE Patch redemption outsold the SuperFractor we led with by more than three times.
Sep 21, 2026
A 1956 Mantle sets a grade record at REA, by twenty thousand
Six vintage cards set a new high at their grade in one REA sale.
An Ohtani rookie outsold the Black Lotus in the Goldin 100
The 2018 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor #2/5 cleared the Lotus in the same room, an hour later.
Panini's World Cup Breakaway box goes on sale only on TikTok
Panini America's own TikTok Shop is the only store, with two Prizm parallels made for no other box.
A signed Babe Ruth caramel card leads Goldin's vintage sale
Five lots carry six-figure bids with nineteen days still to run.
Bidders chase an Ohtani card Topps has not printed yet
The unused redemption for his Gold Logoman 1/1 has taken 19 more bids since early September.
Crow-Armstrong's debut patch adds one bid in three days
The only lot in its own Goldin auction sits at a new high with eight days left.
Daniels dislocates an elbow as Williams pulls a hamstring
Neither rookie market has traded since the two quarterbacks left Sunday's games.
Cooper Flagg's debut patch bids slow ahead of extended bidding
Flagg's bid has not moved since Saturday, with the Harper and Knueppel lots stalled the same way.
Sep 20, 2026
Mathewson E107 and a signed Cobb T202 clear six figures early
Both cards carry six-figure bids with three weeks left in Goldin's Fall Vintage Elite.
Kimi Antonelli's rookie F1 card sets a record in the Goldin 100
The PSA 10 Red Refractor hammered at more than four times what a PSA 7 copy brought five weeks earlier.
Love's first NFL autograph surfaces; his 1/1 waits until 2027
Topps says Love's signature already trades while the 1/1 built from his game patch stays unprinted.
Black Lotus doubles in the Goldin 100 finale
Every lot we tracked cleared its Friday floor in extended bidding, while the top lot was one we missed.
Sep 19, 2026
Black Lotus sat 19 days, then moved before tonight's close
One bid broke three weeks of silence on the Alpha PSA 10 the night before the Goldin 100 closed.
Flagg, Harper and Knueppel each add one bid at Fanatics
One bid apiece moved the three debut patches $270,000 USD in a day, five days before the close.
Cena's final WrestleMania patch 1/1 closes tonight at Goldin
Goldin's own post priced the card above its live bid by folding in the buyer's premium.
Sep 18, 2026
Crow-Armstrong's Debut Patch 1/1 reaches six figures twice over
The card gained three bids in two days inside the auction Goldin built around it alone.
Flagg, Harper and Knueppel all take new bids at Fanatics
The smallest of the three debut patches climbed furthest in three days.
Jaxson Dart's 1/1 SuperFractor rookie gets a Saturday close
The Chrome 1/1 we have tracked since its pull was confirmed now has a deadline 48 hours out.
Wizards widens Reality Fracture delays to five regions
Collector Boosters, Bundles and Commander decks run late while Play Boosters street on time everywhere.
Sep 17, 2026
Collins' hamstring lands on a thinly traded rookie card
Doctors call the hamstring injury not serious, but Sunday's Bengals game remains uncertain.
Wembanyama's entire jersey nameplate becomes trading cards
Topps cut the Spurs star's game-used nameplate into ten 1/1 patch cards, one letter per card.
Nix and Elway's 1/1 dual patch draws bids in the Goldin 100
The Broncos dual pairs Bo Nix with John Elway, live for bids ahead of Saturday's extended round.
The first Gold Logoman jersey bids at a fraction of its cards
Ohtani's Tokyo opener jersey sits at four figures; cards with the same patch have sold for seven.
Sep 16, 2026
Harper's Bowman Chrome SuperFractor draws bids in the Goldin 100
Goldin frames the 1/1 on-card autograph rookie as a run at a record for any Harper card.
Crow-Armstrong's Debut Patch 1/1 climbs as he homers again
Eight bids in two days moved the lot, with the close still twelve days away.
Dart's 1/1 Tecmo Bowl Superfractor turns up at a Wisconsin shop
Topps confirmed the Pewaukee find, a different 1/1 than the Chrome Superfractor already at Goldin.
Pete Crow-Armstrong's MLB Debut Patch auto gets its own auction
Goldin built a one-lot sale around the PSA 10 1/1 of the NL MVP front-runner.
Alonso rookie cards hold flat as he reaches 300 home runs
Mets fans gave the visiting Oriole a curtain call; his rookies trade in the teens.
Brady's Flawless Ruby patch auto draws bids in the Goldin 100
A four-color game-worn patch and on-card Brady ink in a PSA 9, one grade under the census top.
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.
Sep 15, 2026
Beckett reopens card grading submissions
Beckett says pricing is unchanged and estimated turnaround times will not be extended.
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.
Luzardo's rookie cards take an injury hit on the Phillies' IL
He's eligible to return Sept. 27, the regular season's final day, with the Phillies holding a wild card.
Ohtani's back-to-back Logoman joins cardboard's priciest sales
PSA says the 1/1 dual patch autograph drew a winning offer of $11 million USD.
Tatum and Flagg get a dual auto in Topps Pristine Basketball
Flagg pairs with veteran Tatum on one Duke autograph card.
Cisse and Bryant Debut Patch 1/1s surface, 52/99 and 51/99
VIP Rips pulled Cisse's; B&B Card Shop's Bryant pull came weeks before the photo did.
Citron and Iriafen's rookie cards get a playoff milestone
The Mystics are the youngest team ever to reach the WNBA playoffs, two years into a rebuild.
Cooper's rookie cards take an ankle hit in his Jets debut
Sources say the ankle sprain could sideline the first-round receiver for up to four weeks.
SPECULATIVE · The 30th Celebration Charizard streets worldwide
A simultaneous Japan and English launch skips the usual head start before a correction.
The 1952 Topps Mantle's original photo sells at a record price
A private buyer paid $3 million USD for the photo used to make Mantle's 1952 Topps card.
Walker's rookie card gets a look after a milestone Chiefs debut
A 173-yard, two-touchdown debut lands on a Prizm rookie priced as a Seahawk.
Sep 14, 2026
Mahomes is back from an ACL tear; his Prizm last sold at $6,900
A torn ACL and LCL ended his season in Week 15 last year, 274 days before Monday's opener.
Alvarez's rookies hold flat as he chases the Triple Crown
He leads the American League in average and trails in home runs and RBIs by two and four.
Harper's game-worn rookie patch auto lands in Topps Definitive
The set has no date, no print run and no serial yet.
Brooks Robinson's 1961 Dice Game card sets a record
The finest Dice Game card SGC has graded brought a record at Huggins & Scott.
Caleb Williams' rookie Prizm pulls big bids after 59-point night
He also ran for 65 yards and scored twice more in Sunday's rout of the Panthers.
Dart's 1/1 SuperFractor rookie goes up in the Goldin 100
The lot drew bids from its first day, ahead of extended bidding on Saturday, September 19.
Sullivan's Debut Patch 1/1 sets the MLS record at Alt
The lot closed after a 24-hour extension; only the Skenes and Kurtz Debut Patches have sold for more.
Flagg's Debut Patch 1/1 passes two million with nine days to go
Harper's and Knueppel's cards trail far behind it; Fanatics Collect closes all three on September 24.
A 1956 Topps Mantle in PSA 8.5 headlines REA's September auction
The catalog runs through the 20th and holds a Mays, a Brady rookie and five Jordans.
A PSA 9 Koufax rookie leads Memory Lane's Summer Rarities sale
The 1955 Topps card opens at $50,000 USD, with bidding through September 26.
Lawrence's rookies get a milestone touchdown against the Browns
His 100th career touchdown pass went to rookie Josh Cameron, who kept the ball.
Murray's rookies lose a second week to the concussion protocol
Carson Wentz keeps the Vikings job until Murray clears, after three touchdowns in relief.
Sep 13, 2026
Love's debut touchdown turns his Debut Patch into a 1/1 auto
Arizona's No. 3 pick scored in the first quarter at the Chargers, a month after a high ankle sprain.
Verlander's rookies get a farewell start to sell into
The Tigers plan a two-day send-off in the final series against the Pirates, one last start the target.
Flowers' rookies get a big half and a hamstring scare in one game
The Ravens signed him to a four-year, $140 million USD extension a month ago.
Garrett's rookies take an injury hit as the Rams put him on IR
Arthroscopic knee surgery sidelines the reigning Defensive Player of the Year for at least four games.
Henry's rookies get a milestone week as he passes Marcus Allen
Three scores against the Colts put him at 125 rushing touchdowns, behind only Smith and Tomlinson.
Murray's rookies lose their Vikings debut to a concussion
Carson Wentz took over against the Packers, with McCarthy dressed as the emergency third quarterback.
Sep 12, 2026
Manning's Bowman U cards get their comeback win over Ohio State
Texas erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit against the AP No. 1, the largest such rally on record.
Sep 10, 2026
Flagg, Harper, Knueppel NBA Debut Patch 1/1s open for bidding
Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction closes all three lots on September 24.
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.
Raridon's TD sends his patch off the jersey into a 1/1 card
Topps says it's the NFL's first touchdown scored while wearing a Debut Patch.
Ohtani's IL stint lands on rookies still rising into it
The Dodgers backdate a 15-day stint; De Paula takes his DH at-bats.
Sep 9, 2026
Bailey's Debut Patch 1/1 was pulled two weeks ago
TP35 Cards says a TikTok collector already pulled it, beating our last-unpulled call.
Flagg's Sapphire 1/1 auto reported found
A breaker posted the pull Sept 5; Topps has not confirmed it and no auction has listed it.
Goodwin Champions box pulls one of 23 Jordan redemptions
A Steel City Collectibles box held the Jordan-signed 1986-87 Fleer pack redemption.
Murakami's 1/1 Superfractor pulled on release day
Bowman Chrome's biggest possible hit surfaced within hours of the set's street date.
PSA reopens grading with a new Standard tier
The new tier is priced for volume, with a three-month queue and a value cap.
Sep 8, 2026
Judge's PSA 10 rookies rose on the IL; his raw copies slipped
Chrome #169 in PSA 10 sold a median $475 USD over 30 days, up 11% in the last 30 days.
Mendoza's cheapest rookies haven't moved a dollar in a month
Mendoza's base card market has been soft, with no playing time to start the season.
Ohtani's rookies haven't priced the end of his pitching year
His four biggest rookies held or rose over the past month, the #700 in PSA 10 leading.
Sep 7, 2026
Penix's rookie is a buy while he sits behind a stopgap
Penix's 2024 Prizm Silver rookie sells for $7.50 USD to $21.50 USD ungraded while his knee keeps him out.
Acuña's rookie card hasn't moved on the milestone
The homer was his 1,000th hit; only Hank Aaron has 1,000 hits, 200 homers and 200 steals as a Brave.
Sep 6, 2026
Sullivan's entry-level rookie is a buy after the MLS record
At 16, Sullivan's 11 goal contributions this season pass the record Freddy Adu set in 2005.
LeBron's 2003 Topps rookie sold for $1,901 USD in PSA 9
The same card and grade sold for $970 USD one day earlier, on September 4.
Ohtani sits a third straight game and his rookies do not move
Knee and biceps discomfort has the Dodgers weighing an injured-list stint.
Sep 5, 2026
McCarthy's Vikings rookie loses its premium as Murray starts
Minnesota benched its 2024 first-round pick to start a QB Arizona released in March.
Sep 4, 2026
Gronkowski's graded rookie refractor bids triple the raw price
His 2010 Topps Chrome rookie sells near $25 USD ungraded; a PSA 10 Orange Refractor is bid to $520 USD.
Sep 2, 2026
An Edgecombe 1/1 set his record at Alt
The BGS 9 Superfractor brought $59,100 USD at Alt; a Black /10 of the same card asks $5,000 USD.
PSA graded 12% fewer cards in August, but CGC set a record
GemRate counted 3.40 million cards graded in August, up 47% on the year, with PSA at 2.20 million.
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.
The Raiders start Cousins, so Mendoza's cards lose their clock
Cousins was signed in April to start while Mendoza develops; the rookie's first start still has no date.
Sep 1, 2026
A 1961 Mays sold for more than any live ask
Three copies of the same card and grade are listed for less than the one that just sold.
Schlittler's first Bowman is not a bargain any more
A Cy Young case built in one season has already repriced his 2025 first Bowman autos out of reach.
Aug 31, 2026
A free raccoon card just beat every stadium giveaway on record
The gold 1/1 from a 20,000-card Mariners giveaway closed at $20,100 USD on 100 bids on eBay.
Curry's Minions card just sold for a grail price
A Topps Chrome Minions crossover numbered 4 of 5 brought $71,100 USD on eBay, per Topps.
Donald's window to buy cheap is closing fast
One year at 20 million, with one random Topps Now base order getting the 1/1 autograph.
Mendoza autos are printing five figures before his first snap
A Topps Now auto /10 brought $10,400 USD on 86 bids while he sits behind Kirk Cousins.
Messi's tribute premium is a seller's window, buyers should wait
Goldin's two Messi auctions close September 19 and 26, inside the farewell news cycle.
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.
The Flagg 1/1 Debut RPA finally has an auction date
Fanatics Collect runs it September 10 to 24 after the owner turned down 3.6 million from Alt.
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.
Aug 30, 2026
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.
Donald's 2014 Prizm rookie is a sell on the comeback
Back with the Rams on a one-year contract, with his 2014 Prizm rookie the card that moves first.
Johnson's rookies spike on the depth chart alone
The Packers traded for Kaleb Johnson the same day, so his rookies price the touches Jacobs loses.
Aug 28, 2026
Mendoza's card gets cheaper if Cousins starts in Miami
Cousins took the starters' snaps in a preseason loss; Mendoza went 7 of 14 with another pick.
Signed Dragon Frontiers pack ask cut by two thirds
The Fukuda-signed PSA 8 pack's ask fell 64.3% in a single day.
Chrome MLS is a box to buy as Debut Patches go Topps-wide
2026 Topps Chrome MLS releases September 10, the third league to carry a Debut Patch in three weeks.
The Flagg 1/1 goes to auction after all
Twelve hours after saying he would keep it, the owner consigned the PSA 10 to Fanatics Collect.
Digital pack rips threaten Chrome Black sealed's premium
Instant Packs open Chrome Black Basketball in the Fanatics Collect app, where every card pulled is real.
Aug 27, 2026
Samurai Japan Chrome sold out before a single box shipped
The EQL lottery closed oversubscribed before a single box reached buyers.
Sapphire boxes carry a premium until the Flagg 1/1 is pulled
Chrome Update Basketball Sapphire holds the Flagg 1/1 auto, an hour after a Durant color-match reveal.
Aug 26, 2026
Donruss WNBA Rated Rookies are the cards to watch
Sales for the release opened August 26, a day after the league's biggest audience since 1997.
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.
Topps says the Anunoby Finals 1/1 still hasn't been redeemed
Its second tease in two days still leaves the Finals 1/1 Anunoby auto unclaimed.
College football players now get a first Bowman chase card
Topps names no checklist and no release date for the college half of the set.
WNBA card demand isn't topping out at a 29-year viewership high
Clark scored 37 as 3.31 million tuned in, the WNBA's biggest regular-season audience since 1997.
SPECULATIVE · Sellers are cutting ahead of the 30th Celebration
Past Pokemon street dates saw chase presales correct 35-44%.
Topps guarantees a 1/1 auto patch card for every NFL rookie
A Debut Patch leaves the jersey after the rookie's first game to become his own 1/1 auto.
Bueckers' thin-printed cards move on her first playoff run
Dallas clinched the WNBA's last playoff spot, sending Bueckers to her first postseason.
Aug 25, 2026
One seller is half of Pokemon's repricing again
One seller has been half of every Pokemon repricing for three straight intervals.
Reese's 2024 Prizm rookies are a buy while the record is new
Angel Reese set the WNBA's single-game and single-season rebounding records in one night.
Aug 24, 2026
A record weekend for vintage: Wagner, Mantle, Ruth
A Piedmont-back T206 Wagner sold for $5,856,000 USD at Heritage's Summer Platinum Night.
Buy Brandon's college autos before his first start
True freshman Faizon Brandon won Tennessee's starting quarterback job.
Sanders' 2025 Prizm autos don't hold backup-QB money
Cleveland named Deshaun Watson its starter over Shedeur Sanders, ESPN reports.
Collier's injury discount closes by her first game back
ESPN says Napheesa Collier's return could decide the Lynx's title run this season.
The Debut Patch chase is down to Bailey's card
The Knueppel Debut Patch redemption surfaced Saturday, leaving Bailey's as the only one still unpulled.
Aug 23, 2026
Browns' rookie class cools as injuries stack up
Cleveland's Alex Wright is out for the season; stacked injuries cool collectors on a team's rookie class.
Kittle's 2017 rookie discount closes on his first catch
Kittle is off the PUP list; the discount on his 2017 Prizm rookies usually closes by the first catch.
A Jordan jersey chases the auction record
Jordan's 1998 Finals Game 3 jersey heads to auction with an estimate near his $10.1 million USD record.
Anderson's 1st Bowman spike is due for a retrace
Kade Anderson debuted the same week ESPN's top-100 rankings named him among the risers.
Reese's milestone cards move the same day
It's Reese's best scoring and rebounding night yet; the Dream locked up their playoff spot.
Skubal's Topps Chrome rookies won't stay priced like a Tiger
Skubal struck out 11 for his first Dodgers win; a star in a bigger market gets his cards repriced.
Topps flagship football's release-week premium won't last
2026 Topps Football is the first licensed Topps flagship since 2015, with Mendoza on the cover.
Aug 22, 2026
A 1952 Topps pack brick tops REA's record summer catalog
A "brick" of eight unopened 1952 Topps packs sold for $1.1 million USD at REA, a new vintage comp.
Báez cards go vertical after a debut no one had ever seen
Joshua Báez homered in his first three MLB at-bats, a first; call-up spikes retrace when play cools.
Celebrini 1/1 sets the non-Gretzky hockey record
A Celebrini Young Guns 1/1 sold for $1.281 million USD at Goldin, the non-Gretzky hockey record.
Penix's rookies still wait on the depth chart call
Penix is cleared for full practice; the repricing event for his rookies is the depth chart call.
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.
Murray's Silver Prizms are the buy now that the job is his
Murray is Minnesota's starter and McCarthy left the preseason loss banged up; the Murray call firms up.
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