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Market

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.

News

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.

Market

Anthony Edwards' Silver Prizm could cool after his knee surgery

Sold for $1,297 USD on Fanatics Collect. ESPN reported he could miss up to two months, hours after that PSA 10 sale.

Trade

DeForest Buckner's cards are a sell while the 49ers reunion has collectors looking

His Prizm Silver rookie sold for $1 the night before the reunion, the same $1 to $4 it has gone for since May 2025.

News

Wembanyama Kapture seller says he's a theft victim too

He says the flagged PSA 9 came from his own submission, which lost more than 100 cards in the FedEx truck theft.

Auction

EX Team Rocket Returns box sells for $384,300 as the whole set runs

Sold for $384,300 USD on Goldin. The sealed 2004 box went for nearly five times its last eBay sale.

Market

Jackson Chourio's Topps Chrome rookie is a sell before new PSA 10s hit eBay

His four hits in Game 3 left the Brewers one win from their first World Series title.

Auction

Gold Star Umbreon still has room to run after Goldin's $738,100 sale

Sold for $738,100 USD on Goldin. A PSA 10 sold there for $104,920 in April.

Release

McDonald's Pokémon cards land Nov. 10: save them for the kids

Plastic Pokémon toys come back for the first time since 2018, with two random reprint cards in every Happy Meal.

Award

Harry Kane's Prizm Alter Ego card holds after his Ballon d'Or

Sold for $40 USD on eBay. The first raw copy to sell after Monday's ceremony went for $40, about where it has sold since August.

Release

Uta's manga alt art keeps sliding ahead of the next Heroines Edition

Sold for $1,111 USD on eBay. Collectors have bought 13 PSA 10s of Uta's manga alt art this month, more than in any month since May, with none going for more than $1,200.

Auction

Jordan Finest Refractor returns to eBay at $8,250 two weeks after selling for $9,700

Bid at $8,250 USD on eBay. The buyer who paid $9,700 for the PSA 9 on Oct. 13 starts the bidding at $8,250.

Roster move

Bronny stays a Laker as Knecht joins the Knicks, but I wouldn't buy either's Kaboom

Sold for $226 USD on eBay. Knecht agreed to a two-way deal four days after the Lakers cut him, while Bronny got the last seven minutes of the opener.

Auction

Gold Star Torchic PSA 5s sell for nearly PSA 8 money

Bid at $20,000 USD on eBay. The PSA 5 closing on eBay tonight sold for $18,950 two weeks ago and already has bids past $20,000.

Auction

Masaki Gengar closes on eBay tonight while another copy sits on PSA's stolen list

Bid at $35,300 USD on eBay. That bid sits between the two copies that sold on Thursday.

Jacob Misiorowski brings Charizard power to Game 1 tonight

Sold for $3,300 USD on eBay. He told a kid at his World Series press conference he'll bring flame energy against the Rays on Friday.

News

1st Edition Charizard makes PSA's list of 6,451 items stolen from a FedEx truck

PSA published every stolen cert from the Oct. 13 theft, with values by grade for about half.

Auction

Dark Dragonite PSA 10s sell for about half of $384,000 four days later

Sold for $384,000 USD on Fanatics Collect. The card is the 2002 Legendary Collection reverse holo, and the first copy sold on Oct. 18.

Auction

Michael Jordan's PSA 2 Fleer rookie bids near PSA 3 money tonight

Bid at $5,400 USD on eBay. The 1986-87 Fleer rookie closes at 5:18 p.m. ET after nearly doubling since last fall.

Grail Break's $1,000 pack turns up a $45,000 1st Edition Flareon

Sold for $25,800 USD on Fanatics Collect. One collector turned it into a $42,000 buyback offer.

Kessler's Silver rookie made a round trip before his perfect Lakers debut

Sold for $95 USD on eBay. Nobody has sold a PSA 10 of his 2022 Prizm Silver since he made all 12 of his shots for 26 points in Wednesday's 127-105 win over the Warriors.

Auction

Luffy's Two Legends Treasure Rare is back to its spring price

Bid at $422 USD on eBay. A PSA 10 closes on eBay tonight after one sold for $1,895 in June.

Game

Drake Maye collectors still haven't forgiven him for the Super Bowl

Sold for $128 USD on eBay. Collectors have paid less for his PSA 10 Prizm rookie every month since the Patriots lost the Super Bowl, heading into Thursday night's game in Chicago.

Sale

Luka promised LA a title run as his Prizm rookie stayed flat all year

Sold for $200 USD on Fanatics Collect. A PSA 10 of his 2018 Prizm rookie sold for $200 on the day of the Lakers' opener against the Warriors, against around $209 last October.

Sale

LeBron's Chrome rookie got cheaper right before his Sixers debut

Sold for $4,200 USD on eBay. Four PSA 9 copies of his 2003 Topps Chrome rookie sold for less than $3,850 at Fanatics Collect on Oct. 18, two days before he beat the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

Release

Hancock's manga rare heads into the new Heroines set below its June price

Sold for $2,580 USD on Alt. A PSA 10 of Boa Hancock's manga rare from 500 Years in the Future sold for $2,580 on Alt on Oct. 15, against $3,750 at its June high.

Promo

Naruto's Gen Con Chakra Card has recovered after October's pullback

Sold for $4,200 USD on eBay. Bandai is handing out the same card at Spiel Essen and Paris Games Week from Oct. 22 to 25, without the Gen Con mark collectors have been paying up for.

Release

Lorcana's first Enchanted Mickey has held above $1,000 since June

Sold for $1,650 USD on eBay. Hyperia City, the Disney Lorcana set that adds Pixar's Coco, reaches stores Oct. 23 with a PSA 10 of the first set's Enchanted Mickey selling for $1,650 on Oct. 7 against around $430 a year ago.

Angel Reese's Silver Prizm rookie has doubled on the Dream's Finals run

Sold for $35 USD on eBay. She had 30 points and 16 rebounds on Monday as the Dream evened the Finals heading home to Atlanta for Game 3.

Auction

Kimi Antonelli's $878,400 rookie auto is F1's second-biggest card sale

Sold for $878,400 USD on Goldin. His base Topps Chrome rookie has been climbing all season as he heads to Austin with a chance to clinch the title.

Market

Junior Caminero's PSA 10 rookie has tripled while raw copies still sell for $2

Sold for $118 USD on eBay. With the Rays playing for the pennant, all the gains in Junior Caminero's rookie have gone to the graded copies.

Market

Puka Nacua's record week hasn't moved his rookie card

Sold for $63 USD on eBay. Collectors have paid the same for Nacua's PSA 10 Prizm rookie for a year straight, catch record included.

Market

LeBron's rookie card cooled off before his first Sixers game

Sold for $5,951 USD on eBay. Collectors paid up after he chose the Sixers in July, then started selling his 2003 Topps rookie well before Tuesday's debut at Madison Square Garden.

Jalen Hurts collectors are already dumping his rookie card

Sold for $330 USD on eBay. The Eagles said Monday that Hurts has blood clots in both lungs and is expected to miss the season. A PSA 9 of his 2020 Prizm Silver rookie sold for $92 hours after the diagnosis, below the $109 it was going for earlier in October.

Market

30th Celebration Mew ex PSA 10 sells for $203, six weeks after a $2,063 sale

Sold for $203 USD on eBay. Graded copies of the Pokémon card now sell on eBay several times a day while raw copies go for about $40.

Market

Lawrence Taylor's rookie card just had its best year even though he retired in 1993

Sold for $12,386 USD on eBay. A PSA 10 of his 1982 Topps rookie sold for $12,386 on Oct. 14. Over the last year, PSA 10s sold around $8,865, more than in any year since 2020.

Market

Denzel Boston's Bowman Chrome rookie auto sells for about $60 as the Offensive ROTY favorite

Sold for $58 USD on eBay. His on-card Bowman Chrome rookie autograph has sold 35 times since Oct. 1. Kalshi traders make him the Offensive Rookie of the Year favorite.

Market

Bryce Young's Prizm Silver rookie is up 50% since mid-September

Sold for $333 USD on eBay. A PSA 10 of his 2023 Prizm Silver sold around $202 in Sept. and around $318 in Oct.

Price move

Neo Genesis Lugia has doubled in PSA 9 since February

Sold for $4,800 USD on eBay. A PSA 9 of the 2000 holo sold for $4,800 on Oct. 17 after selling for around $2,050 in January and February.

Demand

Pete Crow-Armstrong card sales halved once his NL MVP looked certain

Sold for $320 USD on eBay. His cards sold most in the week his MVP odds passed 90 percent. Weekly sales have since fallen 61 percent.

Demand

Tetairoa McMillan's rookie card doesn't budge after his 14-catch game

Sold for $185 USD on eBay. Collectors bought his cards three times as fast after his 14-catch game against the Lions. His Optic Uptown rookie still sells raw for around $177.

Price move

Joao Fonseca's $2 Topps Chrome rookie costs less than a can of tennis balls

Sold for $2.00 USD on eBay. His 2026 Topps Chrome #23 rookie has sold raw for $1 to $8 since the set came out on Sept. 30. Fonseca, ranked No. 29, won't play again until 2027.

Milestone

Jacob Misiorowski rookie card cools before the World Series

Sold for $270 USD on eBay. Jackson Chourio's Topps Chrome rookie went from about $40 to $80 in PSA 10 on the pennant run.

Auction

Brady's autographed Championship Ticket rookie is bid to $650,000

Bid at $650,000 USD on Goldin. The last PSA 8 without an autograph grade sold in February.

Auction

Tom Brady's 2018 Kaboom in PSA 10 sells for $50,400

Sold for $50,400 USD on Fanatics Collect. PSA has graded 47 copies of the Panini insert a 10.

Auction

Daisuki Club Umbreon in PSA 10 is bid past $500,000

Bid at $526,603 USD on Alt. Members of Japan's Daisuki Club earned the 2010 promo by collecting 7,200 points.

Auction

Gold Trophy Pikachu in PSA 8 draws bids past $2.4 million

Bid at $2,425,000 USD on Goldin. It opened at $250,000 at Goldin on Oct. 5 and has drawn 31 bids.

Auction

Hunt says Jordan's 1998 Finals Game 2 jersey sold for $14 million

Sold for $14,000,000 USD on Hunt Auctions (private sale. Hunt calls the signed red road jersey a record for any piece of basketball memorabilia.

Release

Topps says its Messi Final Farewell pack passed 450,000 copies

Listed at $20 USD on Topps. The two-card Topps NOW pack was listed at $20 until Friday, Oct. 16.

Auction

1952 Topps Mantle in PSA 3.5 sells for $268,400 at Goldin

Sold for $268,400 USD on Goldin. That's 10% more than the PSA 4 high Goldin set on Thursday.

Auction

Orlando Cepeda's signed PSA 9 rookie sells for over $90,000

Sold for $90,280 USD on Goldin. Cepeda inscribed it HOF 99, marking the year the Veterans Committee elected him to the Hall of Fame.

Auction

Babe Ruth's signed U.S. Caramel sells for nearly $1 million

Sold for $976,000 USD on Goldin. Goldin says PSA has authenticated no other signature on a card from the 32-card 1932 set.

Auction

Jackie Robinson's 1949 Bowman sells for over $500,000 in PSA 9

Sold for $518,500 USD on Goldin. Goldin says PSA has graded 13 copies a 9 and none a 10.

Auction

LeBron's orange Chrome auto sells for nearly $150,000 in PSA 10

Sold for $148,840 USD on Goldin. Topps made 25 orange copies of the autograph and 5 red ones.

Auction

Jordan's Star Gatorade card sells for nearly $117,000 in PSA 9

Sold for $116,815 USD on Goldin. The Gatorade Slam Dunk set first went to fans at the 1985 NBA All-Star Weekend banquet.

Obituary

Mike Ditka, Hall of Fame tight end and Bears coach, dies at 86

Sold for $3,000 USD on eBay. He won titles as a player with the 1963 Bears and the Super Bowl VI Cowboys.

Auction

Murakami's 1/1 Chrome rookie Superfractor tops $40,000

Sold for $40,687 USD on Goldin. Goldin's bidders placed 85 bids on the 1/1, which PSA graded a 7.

Auction

1952 Topps Mantle in PSA 4 tops $240,000, a high for the grade

Sold for $244,000 USD on Goldin. It's the second time in two weeks a PSA 4 copy has set the grade's high.

Auction

Bidding on a PSA 9 1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson passes $300,000

Bid at $350,000 USD on Goldin. The CGC 9 copy in the same sale is bid at under a quarter of the PSA 9's bid.

Auction

Southern Islands Mew sells for over $800,000 in PSA 10

Sold for $840,000 USD on Fanatics Collect. PSA has graded only 20 copies of the English 2001 promo a 10.

Auction

Gold Star Charizard PSA 10 prices have nearly doubled since May

Bid at $40,000 USD on Goldin. Goldin has one of 98 PSA 10s live in its Pokemon 30th Anniversary Auction.

Release

Pokemon Center lists Delta Reign boxes a month before release

The Mega Evolution set comes out November 6, with prerelease events from October 24.

Auction

Four Steph Curry Minions cards are up for bid at Goldin

Bid at $14,000 USD on Goldin. The red parallel, numbered 5/5 and graded PSA 8, shares the sale with three PSA 9s of the base card.

Milestone

Gavin McKenna scores his first NHL goal for the Maple Leafs

Sold for $152 USD on eBay. He beat Nashville's Juuse Saros on a pass from Auston Matthews in his fourth NHL game.

Auction

Mile High's SGC 9 Sport Kings Ruth draws six-figure bids

Bid at $140,713 USD on Mile High Card Company. Mile High calls it the only copy SGC has graded a 9.

Auction

Ohtani's 2025 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor sells at Goldin

Sold for $58,560 USD on Goldin. One of five copies, it sold before Ohtani's slow start to the NLDS.

Release

Series One hockey cards reach hobby shops Wednesday

Porter Martone and Cole Hutson are among the set's Young Guns rookies.

Auction

Ben Rice's Dynasty patch auto sold before his two-homer game

Sold for $6,900 USD on Fanatics Collect. The numbered rookie sold at Fanatics Collect while his base rookie held near $2.

Injury

Ja'Marr Chase leaves the Bengals' loss with a concussion

Sold for $36 USD on eBay. He left in the second quarter and enters the NFL concussion protocol.

Injury

Lamar Jackson leaves the stadium in a boot

Sold for $124 USD on eBay. He sat out the second half with an ankle injury.

Release

Wizards changes Magic boosters starting with Nauctis

God Packs arrive and foil commons and uncommons leave Booster Packs.

Milestone

Ovechkin's rookie card enters his final season

Sold for $3,700 USD on eBay. His Young Guns PSA 10 sold at auction five days before the news.

Legal

Panini gets a minor league baseball card license

A new deal with MLB Players, Inc. covers active minor leaguers.

Release

Topps prices nine boxes for release week

Cosmic Chrome Baseball lists autographs without a count per box.

Price move

Murakami's Spotlight Red 5/5 finds a buyer

Sold for $8,500 USD on eBay. It's the rarest parallel from his rookie Bowman Chrome release.

Price move

Sanders' White Sparkle 1/1 PSA 10 finds a buyer

Sold for $6,666 USD on eBay. It's his rarest rookie parallel, graded Gem Mint.

Milestone

Reese wins DPOY; her 2024 Prizm #147 rookie sells under $2

The Dream center set single-season records for rebounds and double-doubles.

Release

Mendoza's Red RC sells under what Fanatics pays if he wins ROY

The Bowman Football short print redeems for FanCash on Rookie of the Year, an MVP or the Hall of Fame.

Price move

Shaq's 2015 Kaboom in PSA 10 more than doubles since June

Its last three sales all came on Fanatics Collect, the newest a Buy It Now.

Auction

Gold Star Mudkip sells for over $1 million in PSA 10

The 2004 Team Rocket Returns card went in a Fanatics Collect weekly Sunday auction.

Auction

Goldin sets a six-figure opening price on a 1997 Trophy Pikachu

Goldin says it was a first-place prize at Pokemon's first official TCG tournament.

Auction

Mahomes's NFL Shield autograph 1/1 draws six figures at Goldin

The Panini card is lot 1 of Goldin's Monthly Sports Elite auction, closing mid-October.

Release

Garbage Pail Kids of Allen and Mahomes sell in the thousands

Both went on best offers under their asks, the Allen on the eve of the official release.

Legal

Judge dismisses collectors' antitrust suit against Fanatics

The ruling turned on standing and leaves Panini's own case against Fanatics open.

Milestone

Ben Rice's base rookie trades busier, not higher, after Game 1

He drove in six runs in the Yankees' wild-card opener against Boston.

Auction

Crow-Armstrong's Debut Patch 1/1 passes $1 million at Goldin

The lot sold after bidding ran past its scheduled 7 PM Pacific close.

Price move

Garrett Wilson's Purple Kaboom sells for nearly 12 times the base

The Jets receiver's horizontal parallel went to a best offer on eBay.

Injury

Judge misses the wild card; his raw Chrome rookie fell this month

The Yankees left him off their wild-card roster against Boston.

Milestone

Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles's base Prizm rookie stays near $3

The Lynx guard won the WNBA award unanimously on Monday.

Auction

Sandy Koufax's PSA 9 rookie sells for more than $600,000

The 1955 Topps card led Memory Lane's Summer Rarities sale, which topped $7.5 million.

Milestone

Verlander's 2006 Topps rookie runs up on his farewell weekend

He went 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts before Detroit beat Pittsburgh 4-3 on a walk-off.

Redemption

Knicks starting-five 1/1 redemption tops $300,000

Topps packed a single redemption for the gold-ink card into its Knicks champions sets.

Auction

Chef Curry 1/1 sells for more than $650,000

The Chef Curry card in PSA 8 outsold every printed card in Goldin's Monthly Sports Elite sale.

Redemption

Ohtani's unprinted Gold Logoman 1/1 sells for $2.8 million

The dual Ohtani and Judge redemption from the same Goldin sale sold above its September bid.

Auction

Cooper Flagg's debut patch 1/1 sells for more than $8 million

Dylan Harper's and Kon Knueppel's debut patches each cleared $2 million in the same sale.

Injury

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.

Auction

Illustrator Pikachu tops the Goldin 100

A CGC 9 Illustrator Pikachu outsold Ohtani's rookie autograph and the Black Lotus.

Injury

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.

Auction

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.

Redemption

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Release

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.

Auction

A signed Babe Ruth caramel card leads Goldin's vintage sale

Five lots carry six-figure bids with nineteen days still to run.

Redemption

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.

Redemption

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.

Injury

Daniels dislocates an elbow as Williams pulls a hamstring

Neither rookie market has traded since the two quarterbacks left Sunday's games.

Redemption

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

First look

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

Flagg, Harper and Knueppel all take new bids at Fanatics

The smallest of the three debut patches climbed furthest in three days.

Auction

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.

Distribution

Wizards widens Reality Fracture delays to five regions

Collector Boosters, Bundles and Commander decks run late while Play Boosters street on time everywhere.

Injury

Collins' hamstring lands on a thinly traded rookie card

Doctors call the hamstring injury not serious, but Sunday's Bengals game remains uncertain.

First look

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

First look

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.

Auction

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.

Milestone

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.

Auction

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.

Release

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.

Grading

Beckett reopens card grading submissions

Beckett says pricing is unchanged and estimated turnaround times will not be extended.

Auction

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.

Injury

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.

Auction

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.

First look

Tatum and Flagg get a dual auto in Topps Pristine Basketball

Flagg pairs with veteran Tatum on one Duke autograph card.

Redemption

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.

Milestone

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.

Injury

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.

Release

SPECULATIVE · The 30th Celebration Charizard streets worldwide

A simultaneous Japan and English launch skips the usual head start before a correction.

Auction

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.

Debut

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.

Injury

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.

Milestone

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.

First look

Harper's game-worn rookie patch auto lands in Topps Definitive

The set has no date, no print run and no serial yet.

Auction

Brooks Robinson's 1961 Dice Game card sets a record

The finest Dice Game card SGC has graded brought a record at Huggins & Scott.

Price move

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Auction

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.

Milestone

Lawrence's rookies get a milestone touchdown against the Browns

His 100th career touchdown pass went to rookie Josh Cameron, who kept the ball.

Depth chart

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.

Redemption

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.

Milestone

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.

Injury

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.

Injury

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.

Milestone

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.

Injury

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.

Milestone

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.

Auction

Flagg, Harper, Knueppel NBA Debut Patch 1/1s open for bidding

Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction closes all three lots on September 24.

Auction

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.

Redemption

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.

Injury

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.

Redemption

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.

Redemption

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.

Redemption

Goodwin Champions box pulls one of 23 Jordan redemptions

A Steel City Collectibles box held the Jordan-signed 1986-87 Fleer pack redemption.

Release

Murakami's 1/1 Superfractor pulled on release day

Bowman Chrome's biggest possible hit surfaced within hours of the set's street date.

Grading

PSA reopens grading with a new Standard tier

The new tier is priced for volume, with a three-month queue and a value cap.

Injury

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.

Demand

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.

Injury

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.

Depth chart

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.

Milestone

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.

Milestone

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.

Injury

Ohtani sits a third straight game and his rookies do not move

Knee and biceps discomfort has the Dodgers weighing an injured-list stint.

Depth chart

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.

Demand

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.

Auction

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.

Grading

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.

Depth chart

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.

Demand

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.

Auction

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.

Demand

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.

Release

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.

Demand

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.

Milestone

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.

Price move

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.

Auction

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.

First look

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.

Price move

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.

Depth chart

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.

Depth chart

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.

Depth chart

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.

First look

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.

Auction

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.

Distribution

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.

Release

Samurai Japan Chrome sold out before a single box shipped

The EQL lottery closed oversubscribed before a single box reached buyers.

First look

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.

Release

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.

Demand

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.

Redemption

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.

Release

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.

Milestone

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.

Release

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.

Milestone

Bueckers' thin-printed cards move on her first playoff run

Dallas clinched the WNBA's last playoff spot, sending Bueckers to her first postseason.

Milestone

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.

Auction

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.

Depth chart

Buy Brandon's college autos before his first start

True freshman Faizon Brandon won Tennessee's starting quarterback job.

Depth chart

Sanders' 2025 Prizm autos don't hold backup-QB money

Cleveland named Deshaun Watson its starter over Shedeur Sanders, ESPN reports.

Redemption

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.

Injury

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.

Auction

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.

Milestone

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.

Release

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.

Auction

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.

Debut

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.

Auction

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.

Depth chart

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.