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Mickey's Wayward Sorcerer PSA 10 climbs while most Lorcana Enchanteds fall
A PSA 10 of the 2023 card sold for $2,025 after Hyperia City arrived, while 48 of 53 Enchanteds from this year's earlier sets sell for less than in September.
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Cardsmiths deserves to win the fight over its $2 Mantle card
Mantle's rights holders want at least $750,000 over it. The first court conference is Nov. 18.
Market
Erling Haaland's Bundesliga rookie is the Topps slab worth paying up for
The last Bundesliga #72 PSA 10 sold for $790 before his Leipzig winner, more than double the Champions League #74.
Market
OP-18 boxes are a pass at $300 until the first wave lands
I'd wait for $250 to $275 after the Nov. 20 release. English preorders already ask around $300, the same as an OP-17 box.
Market
Mega Rayquaza ex is a sell at $330 as Delta Reign opens
All 19 Mega chases from earlier regular sets with enough launch-week sales fell by day 90, 12 of them by at least 40%.
Market
Gundam's newest booster boxes fall hardest as Stardust Trails arrives
Freedom Ascension and Eternal Nexus, both released this summer, have fallen more since September than any other Gundam box.
Market
AJ Dybantsa's Flagship rookie is a great raw play before the slabs pile up
Sold for $8.00 USD on eBay. Before you mail that $8 Dybantsa to PSA, Cooper Flagg's 14,664 gems would like a word.
Market
Kevin McGonigle's 1st Bowman auto is a sell before Rookie of the Year
Sold for $830 USD on eBay. Last year's winner Nick Kurtz got hurt in year two and his PSA 10 now sells for $700 against McGonigle's $830.
Market
Mega Rayquaza's Japanese PSA 10 had a rough fall
Sold for $441 USD on eBay. Delta Reign brings the same chase to American shores on Friday, but keep in mind that its Japanese twin spent the fall sliding.
Market
Machamp Prime's PSA 10 still has room to cool after the Triumphant Prime run
Sold for $4,980 USD on Alt. One of only 141 PSA 10s of the four-armed 2010 card sold for $4,980 on Oct. 29.
Market
Hyper Battle Luffy is the 1999 One Piece card to buy after PSA's Zoro record
PSA threw a party for a $3,130 Zoro from 2000 while the 1999 vending-machine Luffy that started it all sits well under its August price.
Auction
Expedition Mew's PSA 9 is the $15,000 way into a $528,000 card
Sold for $15,100 USD on eBay. The Game Boy Advance e-Reader era of Pokemon is thriving for high-end collectors
Market
Kimi Antonelli's Chrome rookie sells at its September price after his F1 title
Sold for $710 USD on eBay. PSA 10s of his 2025 Topps Chrome card sold for $655 and $710 hours after he became F1's youngest champion, as if nothing had happened in Mexico City.
Release
Pokémon's first Valentine's Box is a $15 gift for kids, unless the Pikachu gets a love stamp
Pokémon's stamped holiday reprints sell for about $2 to $4 raw.
Market
Chet Holmgren's Prizm Silver is cheap enough to buy through his knee injury
His Silver PSA 10 sells for about $155, less than teammate Jalen Williams' at about $220.
Market
October card sales pass $1 billion on millions of small sales
Sold for $4,880,000 USD on Goldin. Pokémon set the pace, but most of the volume came from smaller sales.
Market
Stephen Curry's Prestige rookie is a PSA 10 nearly half the time it's graded
A raw 2009 Prestige #207 sells for about $145, against about $825 for one in a PSA 10 holder.
Market
Ty Jerome is scoring like a star on a $10 rookie card
He opened with 45 points, then scored 15 and 10 in his last two before sitting out with a sore back.
Release
One Piece Heroines vol. 2 chase cards arrive damaged, a Wisconsin shop says
Beckett Castle TCG's report says EB-05's cases now read "Packing in USA," with the chase cards printed in Japan and packed here alongside US-printed commons.
Auction
Luke Skywalker's 1977 rookie rarely grades high, even fresh from a sealed box
A pack-fresh Luke skips the wear but not the factory's off-center cuts.
Market
PrizePicks says a $25 pack hit Dylan Harper's $2,880,000 1/1, leaving two Debut Patch chases
If 9 of PrizePicks' 10 launch Grails are left and each is equally likely, our math puts a $25 pack at about 1 in 10.8 million for the Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel Debut Patch 1/1.
Market
Tom Brady's Upper Deck Victory rookie climbs while his Bowman rookies fall
Sold for $344 USD on eBay. The raw Upper Deck Victory has climbed since July, ahead of Brady ripping 2000 Bowman Chrome live from his house on Monday.
Price move
Shanks' OP-17 alt art is down 38% as One Piece players rank him C tier
Sold for $15 USD on eBay. Raw copies have fallen since late September, while the S-tier Black Luffy leader alt art slipped 8%.
News
Cooper Flagg rookies pay off in PSA's $40 Value tier while Caitlin Clark's barely do
30% of the Flagg Topps Chrome rookies PSA has graded came back 10s, against 19% for Clark's Prizm.
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