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The Grading Wars Are Here.Trading CardsHeritage Just Had the Biggest Comics Auction in Its History. Five Lots Cleared $1 Million.ComicsTCGPlayer Built a Robot That Sorts 1,800 Cards an Hour. It Costs $799.Trading CardsThe Sports Card Market Is on Pace to Shatter Every Record in 2026. Every Single One.Trading CardsA 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 3 Just Sold for $240,000. That's $80K Above the Grade Record.Auction WatchDarren Rovell's cllct Just Partnered With a NWSL/WNBA Owner to Build Women's Sports Collecting From ScratchTrading CardsBandai Just Dropped 10 SKUs for a Gundam Tabletop Miniatures Game. $35 to Start. October 2026.Action FiguresUpper Deck Series 2 Hockey Drops Today. Matthew Schaefer Just Passed Bobby Orr. Here Are the Young Guns to Chase.Trading CardsPokemon Card Prices Reversed Course. Umbreon ex Up $141. Charizard ex Up $85. The Bounce Is Real.Trading CardsCLYW and One Drop Just Teased a New Collaboration. 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The Collectors Driving It Aren't Who You Think.Vintage Video GamesHot Toys Drops Avengers: Age of Ultron 2.0 Figures and a Dark Knight Returns Batman for the 40th AnniversaryAction FiguresKevin O'Leary Wore a $20 Million Trading Card Around His Neck at the SAG AwardsTrading CardsLEGO Just Dropped 43 New Sets. Here Are the Ones Collectors Should Care About.LEGOScottie Pippen Is Selling Everything. Jordan's Olympic Sneakers Could Hit $2.5 Million.Sports MemorabiliaThe Pokemon Card Market Is Crashing. Sort Of. Here's What's Actually Happening.Trading CardsDetective Comics #27 Sells for $2.3 Million at Heritage. Golden Age Comics Keep Climbing.ComicsA Billion Dollars of Rock History Hits the Auction Block. Inside the Jim Irsay Collection.Sports MemorabiliaSealed Games Are a $4 Billion Market Now. Here's What That Actually Means.Vintage Video GamesOne Piece TCG OP-15 Drops Today: Enel, Skypiea, and a $530 Manga RareTrading CardsCGC Is Coming for the Video Game Grading Market. 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TRADING CARDSMay 28
PSA JUST PAUSED HALF ITS SERVICE TIERS. THE $200M FIX ANNOUNCEMENT IS WHAT BROKE IT.
PSA is pausing new submissions on all four Value tiers effective June 2. The backlog hit 10 million cards after the $200M expansion announcement triggered a 20% submission spike.
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THE UCS MILLENNIUM FALCON IS RETIRING. HERE'S THE LEGO SECONDARY-MARKET PLAYBOOK.
LEGO's May retirement update added 90-plus items, and the $849.99 UCS Millennium Falcon is finally on the list. Here's why retirement moves prices, with the real numbers and the sober hedges.
AUCTION WATCH6 days ago
ORIGINAL COMIC ART JUST CLEARED $12M AT HERITAGE. THE PAGES ARE OUTRUNNING THE BOOKS.
Heritage's May Signature Auction moved $22.38 million. The original art half outsold the graded books half, led by a $656,250 John Romita Sr. Spider-Man cover.
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LORCANA'S PIXAR BET IS LIVE. TWO WEEKS IN, HERE'S WHAT'S HOLDING VALUE.
Wilds Unknown put Pixar in Lorcana for the first time. Two weeks later the Buzz Lightyear Iconic is holding four figures while sealed boxes sit at or below MSRP.
ACTION FIGURES6 days ago
FUNKO'S NFT ERA ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DIGITAL POPS.
Funko permanently shuts down Droppp and Digital Pop on May 31 at 11:59:59 PM PST. Your tokens survive on the WAX blockchain if you move them out first. The physical redemption right might not. Act now, don't assume.
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TRAVIS SCOTT'S NEW AIR JORDAN 1 LOW DROPS TODAY, AND NIKE FLOODED THE MARKET ON PURPOSE
The Travis Scott Pink Pack hits SNKRS today at $155 a pair. The headline isn't the shoe, it's the stock. This is reportedly the most heavily stocked Travis Scott Jordan ever, and deep supply is exactly what compresses a resale premium.
TRADING CARDSMay 28
CHAOS RISING SIX DAYS IN: THE POKEMON CENTER ETB CALL LANDED. MEGA GRENINJA EX SIR HIT $470+. CINCCINO WAS THE SURPRISE.
Our May 12 preview called the Pokemon Center ETB at $120-$180 resale. Six days post-launch, listings sit $160-$225. Mega Greninja ex SIR is asking $470-$583. Cinccino ex SIR is the climber nobody saw coming.
TRADING CARDSMay 28
MTG ARENA DEVS ARE UNIONIZING. HASBRO HIRED THE UNION-BUSTING FIRM AND STARTED SENDING LETTERS HOME.
Over 100 MTG Arena workers filed to form UWOTC-CWA, the first union in Wizards of the Coast history. WOTC let the May 1 voluntary recognition deadline pass, hired Fisher Phillips, and is sending daily anti-union emails and physical letters to workers' homes. NLRB election is June 2.
MARKET REPORTMay 28
MATTEL CUTS ANOTHER 65 AT EL SEGUNDO HQ. THIRD ROUND IN A YEAR. MARKETING AND BRAND TEAMS TAKE THE HIT.
Mattel filed a WARN for 65 more layoffs at its El Segundo headquarters, effective May 22. Marketing, design, and brand management. The third HQ round since spring 2025 brings the running total to 274.
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