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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.