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.
From the CIA's Cold War art games to NFT wash trading and the latest card-auction shill scandal, a hard look at whether high-end collectibles are passion markets or money-movement machines.
On Sony's own stage, a maintenance-mode Destiny hijacked the Marathon segment while Bungie rolled out a free week and a 30% discount. The Collector's Edition is the part collectors should watch.
The candy industry's biggest US show hit Las Vegas for the first time in 2026, and PEZ brought an exclusive most collectors will never own. It opens into the wider world of tiny-mintage convention pieces and one-of-a-kind art PEZ.
OP-16 brings the Marineford war to the One Piece Card Game. The three original Marine Admirals are the chase. English releases June 12, the same week as Japan's afterglow.
Secrets of Strixhaven hit shelves April 24 with the first Mystical Archive since 2021. Force of Will and Vampiric Tutor are back in print, and six weeks in the cheapest playable copies are still settling.
Shamrock Capital led a growth investment in CardsHQ and merged it with Geoff Wilson's Sports Card Investor. Terms were not disclosed. The signal is institutional money, not a card sale.
Coins figured out universal grading in 1949. Cards graded 26.8 million units in 2025 across competing, incompatible scales. The hobby deserves better.
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.
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.
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