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.
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.
Bungie ends active Destiny 2 development June 9 with one last update. The gaming press is covering the layoffs. Collectors should be checking the secondary market on the ~20 Funko Pops and Numskull statues tied to a franchise that just hit pause.
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.
The Royal Pop dropped May 16. Eight pocket watches at $400-$420. Police in four cities, tear gas in Paris, India cancelled. The product worked. The launch failed. The flip may be next.
PSA's first public fraud report dropped May 7. Counterfeit Pokemon submissions jumped 125% YoY. Altered Pokemon cards jumped 407%. Charizard is the most-counterfeited collectible on earth.
The only PSA 10 of the 1998 3rd Place Trophy Pikachu hammered $1,450,000 at Goldin yesterday. Three days earlier, a CGC 8 Pikachu Illustrator did $204,000 at PWCC. Vintage Japanese trophy and promo cards are running.
A CGC 7.0 Conserved Action Comics #1 sold for $1.4 million at Heritage's May auction. It's the first Conserved-label comic to break seven figures, more than doubling the prior record of $528,000.
Collectors announced a $200M expansion of PSA on the same day PSA stretched turnaround times across every tier and doubled the Value Bulk minimum. It landed in the middle of the #NoPSAMay boycott.
Phillips Geneva XXIII closed at $96.3M, the highest-grossing watch auction ever. A Patek 2523 ran $10.2M, but Akrivia at $3.9M and Journe at $6.3M wrote the actual headline.
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