TRADING CARDSYesterday
THE SPORTS CARD MARKET IS ON PACE TO SHATTER EVERY RECORD IN 2026. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
7,025 sales over $10K in two months. On pace for 41,000+ by year end. The slump is over. The numbers say so.
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October 2026.Tabletop GamingUpper Deck Series 2 Hockey Drops Today. Matthew Schaefer Just Passed Bobby Orr. Here Are the Young Guns to Chase.Trading CardsA Babe Ruth Rookie Card Is Approaching $1 Million at Goldin. The Auction Closes Friday.AuctionsCLYW and One Drop Just Teased a New Collaboration. The Yo-Yo Community Thinks It's Summit 2.Yo-YosPokemon Card Prices Reversed Course. Umbreon ex Up $141. Charizard ex Up $85. The Bounce Is Real.Trading CardsTopps John Cena Commemorative Collection Sold Out in Hours. Resellers Already Flipping at 2x.Trading CardsBandai Card Games Fest Hits Tokyo March 20. The $2 Billion TCG Empire You're Not Watching.Trading CardsPokemon TCG Perfect Order Drops March 27. Can It Hold Value or Is It More Modern Overprint?Trading CardsPanini's NFL Run Ends March 31. Prizm, Select, and National Treasures Go With It.Trading CardsFunko's ECCC 2026 Exclusives: 11 Pops, a 500-Piece Bat-Manga, and a Drawing That Closes TomorrowAction FiguresThe Sports Card Market Has Split in Two. One Side Is Thriving. The Other Is Drowning.Market ReportKevin O'Leary Wore a $20 Million Trading Card Around His Neck at the SAG AwardsTrading CardsRetro Gaming Just Crossed $4 Billion. The Collectors Driving It Aren't Who You Think.Video GamesLorcana's 2026 Bet: 4 Sets, Pixar's Debut, and a Shot at RelevanceTrading CardsHot Toys Drops Avengers: Age of Ultron 2.0 Figures and a Dark Knight Returns Batman for the 40th AnniversaryAction FiguresThe Pokemon Card Market Is Crashing. Sort Of. Here's What's Actually Happening.Trading CardsScottie Pippen Is Selling Everything. Jordan's Olympic Sneakers Could Hit $2.5 Million.Sports MemorabiliaDetective Comics #27 Sells for $2.3 Million at Heritage. Golden Age Comics Keep Climbing.ComicsLEGO Just Dropped 43 New Sets. Here Are the Ones Collectors Should Care About.Building ToysA Billion Dollars of Rock History Hits the Auction Block. Inside the Jim Irsay Collection.Music MemorabiliaOne Piece TCG OP-15 Drops Today: Enel, Skypiea, and a $530 Manga RareTrading CardsBatman #1 and Superman #1 Sell for a Combined $13 Million in Private DealComicsBatman's First Appearance Just Sold for $2.3 Million. It Went for $1.5 Million Six Years Ago.ComicsA UCS Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter Might Be Coming for May the 4th. Here's What We Know.LEGOMcFarlane Toys Buys QMx, Brings Back Q-Figs This SummerAction FiguresMcFarlane Toys Lands Massive Sony PlayStation License. God of War, Helldivers 2, Bloodborne, and More Coming.Action FiguresPEZ Launches Minecraft Dispensers: Steve, Creeper, Alex, and Pig Hit Shelves in MarchPEZ & CandySealed Games Are a $4 Billion Market Now. Here's What That Actually Means.Video GamesThe Turtles Are in Magic: The Gathering Now. The Set Drops March 6.Trading Cards2026 Topps Series 1 Just Dropped and Ohtani Is Already Running Away With ItTrading CardsLEGO Pokemon Sets Sell Out Instantly. The $650 Trio Set Now Hits $1,000 on eBay.LEGOGretzky's Last Game Produced Four Jerseys. The Cheapest One Just Sold for $449K.Sports MemorabiliaAction Comics #1 Sells for $15 Million. It Was Stolen from Nicolas Cage's House.ComicsCGC Is Coming for the Video Game Grading Market. The Timing Isn't an Accident.Video GamesPSA Just Killed Its Cheapest Grading Tier. Here's What That Means.Market ReportA Family Kept a Honus Wagner Card for 117 Years. It Just Sold for $5.12 Million.Trading CardsPokemon Turns 30 Today. Here's Everything That Dropped.Trading CardsThe Guy Who Paid $16.5M for a Pokemon Card Says Collectibles Are the New Asset Class. Is He Right?Market ReportToy Fair 2026: TMNT x G.I. Joe, NECA DuckTales, and the Nostalgia Economy in Full SwingAction FiguresSuperman Prototype PEZ Sells for $7,320 at Goldin Pop Culture Elite AuctionPEZ & CandyPSA and CGC Keep Raising Grading Prices. Collectors Have No Choice But to Pay.Market ReportAn NFL Defensive Lineman and an Olympic Figure Skater Both Play Magic: The Gathering. That Tells You Everything.Trading CardsLogan Paul's Illustrator Pikachu Sells for $16.49M. The Story Behind It Is Wilder Than the Price.Trading CardsArmed Robberies, Tunnel Heists, and $2M Theft Rings. Trading Cards Have a Crime Problem.Trading CardsPokemon Turns 30 Tomorrow. Its Biggest Collecting Problem Is the Collectors.Trading CardsJAKKS Pacific Locks Up Attack on Titan and Gachiakuta Through Kodansha. Their Anime Portfolio Keeps Growing.Action FiguresDarren Rovell's cllct Just Partnered With a NWSL/WNBA Owner to Build Women's Sports Collecting From ScratchTrading CardsHeritage Just Had the Biggest Comics Auction in Its History. Five Lots Cleared $1 Million.ComicsA 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 3 Just Sold for $240,000. That's $80K Above the Grade Record.AuctionsTCGPlayer Built a Robot That Sorts 1,800 Cards an Hour. It Costs $799.Trading Cards44 Ditto Plushies Just Dropped at Pokemon Center. Some Are Already Gone.Toys & CollectiblesA Berkshire Hathaway Exec Just Paid $275,000 for Three Manga. It's 13x the Previous Record.AuctionsThe Sports Card Market Is on Pace to Shatter Every Record in 2026. Every Single One.Trading CardsPSA Raised Prices. CGC Grew 95%. Congress Called the FTC. The Grading Wars Are Here.Trading CardsBandai Just Dropped 10 SKUs for a Gundam Tabletop Miniatures Game. $35 to Start. October 2026.Tabletop GamingUpper Deck Series 2 Hockey Drops Today. Matthew Schaefer Just Passed Bobby Orr. Here Are the Young Guns to Chase.Trading CardsA Babe Ruth Rookie Card Is Approaching $1 Million at Goldin. The Auction Closes Friday.AuctionsCLYW and One Drop Just Teased a New Collaboration. The Yo-Yo Community Thinks It's Summit 2.Yo-YosPokemon Card Prices Reversed Course. Umbreon ex Up $141. Charizard ex Up $85. The Bounce Is Real.Trading CardsTopps John Cena Commemorative Collection Sold Out in Hours. Resellers Already Flipping at 2x.Trading CardsBandai Card Games Fest Hits Tokyo March 20. The $2 Billion TCG Empire You're Not Watching.Trading CardsPokemon TCG Perfect Order Drops March 27. Can It Hold Value or Is It More Modern Overprint?Trading CardsPanini's NFL Run Ends March 31. Prizm, Select, and National Treasures Go With It.Trading CardsFunko's ECCC 2026 Exclusives: 11 Pops, a 500-Piece Bat-Manga, and a Drawing That Closes TomorrowAction FiguresThe Sports Card Market Has Split in Two. One Side Is Thriving. The Other Is Drowning.Market ReportKevin O'Leary Wore a $20 Million Trading Card Around His Neck at the SAG AwardsTrading CardsRetro Gaming Just Crossed $4 Billion. The Collectors Driving It Aren't Who You Think.Video GamesLorcana's 2026 Bet: 4 Sets, Pixar's Debut, and a Shot at RelevanceTrading CardsHot Toys Drops Avengers: Age of Ultron 2.0 Figures and a Dark Knight Returns Batman for the 40th AnniversaryAction FiguresThe Pokemon Card Market Is Crashing. Sort Of. Here's What's Actually Happening.Trading CardsScottie Pippen Is Selling Everything. Jordan's Olympic Sneakers Could Hit $2.5 Million.Sports MemorabiliaDetective Comics #27 Sells for $2.3 Million at Heritage. Golden Age Comics Keep Climbing.ComicsLEGO Just Dropped 43 New Sets. Here Are the Ones Collectors Should Care About.Building ToysA Billion Dollars of Rock History Hits the Auction Block. Inside the Jim Irsay Collection.Music MemorabiliaOne Piece TCG OP-15 Drops Today: Enel, Skypiea, and a $530 Manga RareTrading CardsBatman #1 and Superman #1 Sell for a Combined $13 Million in Private DealComicsBatman's First Appearance Just Sold for $2.3 Million. It Went for $1.5 Million Six Years Ago.ComicsA UCS Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter Might Be Coming for May the 4th. Here's What We Know.LEGOMcFarlane Toys Buys QMx, Brings Back Q-Figs This SummerAction FiguresMcFarlane Toys Lands Massive Sony PlayStation License. God of War, Helldivers 2, Bloodborne, and More Coming.Action FiguresPEZ Launches Minecraft Dispensers: Steve, Creeper, Alex, and Pig Hit Shelves in MarchPEZ & CandySealed Games Are a $4 Billion Market Now. Here's What That Actually Means.Video GamesThe Turtles Are in Magic: The Gathering Now. The Set Drops March 6.Trading Cards2026 Topps Series 1 Just Dropped and Ohtani Is Already Running Away With ItTrading CardsLEGO Pokemon Sets Sell Out Instantly. The $650 Trio Set Now Hits $1,000 on eBay.LEGOGretzky's Last Game Produced Four Jerseys. The Cheapest One Just Sold for $449K.Sports MemorabiliaAction Comics #1 Sells for $15 Million. It Was Stolen from Nicolas Cage's House.ComicsCGC Is Coming for the Video Game Grading Market. The Timing Isn't an Accident.Video GamesPSA Just Killed Its Cheapest Grading Tier. Here's What That Means.Market ReportA Family Kept a Honus Wagner Card for 117 Years. It Just Sold for $5.12 Million.Trading CardsPokemon Turns 30 Today. Here's Everything That Dropped.Trading CardsThe Guy Who Paid $16.5M for a Pokemon Card Says Collectibles Are the New Asset Class. Is He Right?Market ReportToy Fair 2026: TMNT x G.I. Joe, NECA DuckTales, and the Nostalgia Economy in Full SwingAction FiguresSuperman Prototype PEZ Sells for $7,320 at Goldin Pop Culture Elite AuctionPEZ & CandyPSA and CGC Keep Raising Grading Prices. Collectors Have No Choice But to Pay.Market ReportAn NFL Defensive Lineman and an Olympic Figure Skater Both Play Magic: The Gathering. That Tells You Everything.Trading CardsLogan Paul's Illustrator Pikachu Sells for $16.49M. The Story Behind It Is Wilder Than the Price.Trading CardsArmed Robberies, Tunnel Heists, and $2M Theft Rings. 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AUCTIONSYesterday
A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY EXEC JUST PAID $275,000 FOR THREE MANGA. IT'S 13X THE PREVIOUS RECORD.
Jeremy Padawer bought the highest-graded Dragon Ball Vol 1, Naruto Vol 1, and One Piece Vol 1 for $275,000. He's spent over $1.25 million on manga in six months.
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JAKKS PACIFIC LOCKS UP ATTACK ON TITAN AND GACHIAKUTA THROUGH KODANSHA. THEIR ANIME PORTFOLIO KEEPS GROWING.
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DARREN ROVELL'S CLLCT JUST PARTNERED WITH A NWSL/WNBA OWNER TO BUILD WOMEN'S SPORTS COLLECTING FROM SCRATCH
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COMICS
HERITAGE JUST HAD THE BIGGEST COMICS AUCTION IN ITS HISTORY. FIVE LOTS CLEARED $1 MILLION.
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TRADING CARDSYesterday
PSA RAISED PRICES. CGC GREW 95%. CONGRESS CALLED THE FTC. THE GRADING WARS ARE HERE.
One month after PSA's February price hikes killed the cheapest grading tier, CGC posted 95% year-over-year growth. Congressman Pat Ryan wants the FTC to investigate. The grading monopoly is cracking.
TABLETOP GAMING3 days ago
BANDAI JUST DROPPED 10 SKUS FOR A GUNDAM TABLETOP MINIATURES GAME. $35 TO START. OCTOBER 2026.
Gundam Assemble turns 5cm Gunpla miniatures into a competitive hex-grid wargame. Designed by the creator of Ascension. 30+ products planned in year one.
TRADING CARDS3 days ago
UPPER DECK SERIES 2 HOCKEY DROPS TODAY. MATTHEW SCHAEFER JUST PASSED BOBBY ORR. HERE ARE THE YOUNG GUNS TO CHASE.
The most anticipated hockey card release of the year hits shelves today. An 18-year-old defenseman with 20 goals leads a deep Young Guns class. Hobby boxes are 57% cheaper than last year.
AUCTIONS3 days ago
A BABE RUTH ROOKIE CARD IS APPROACHING $1 MILLION AT GOLDIN. THE AUCTION CLOSES FRIDAY.
A 1916 M101-5 Sporting News Babe Ruth blank-back rookie card, PSA 7, is past $760K with three days left. The rest of the Goldin 100 reads like a museum catalog.
YO-YOS3 days ago
CLYW AND ONE DROP JUST TEASED A NEW COLLABORATION. THE YO-YO COMMUNITY THINKS IT'S SUMMIT 2.
Two of the most respected names in competitive yo-yo manufacturing posted a joint tease on Instagram. The original Summit was designed in four days and became an instant classic. 13 years later, the sequel might be coming.
TRADING CARDS3 days ago
POKEMON CARD PRICES REVERSED COURSE. UMBREON EX UP $141. CHARIZARD EX UP $85. THE BOUNCE IS REAL.
Two weeks after TCGPlayer reported major drops across the Pokemon market, five cards are posting triple-digit dollar gains. The scarce side of the market is climbing. Here's the data.
TRADING CARDS4 days ago
TOPPS JOHN CENA COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION SOLD OUT IN HOURS. RESELLERS ALREADY FLIPPING AT 2X.
The $100 retirement tribute set sold out same day. Topps site crashed under demand. Boxes are already hitting $175-$250 on eBay.
TRADING CARDS4 days ago
BANDAI CARD GAMES FEST HITS TOKYO MARCH 20. THE $2 BILLION TCG EMPIRE YOU'RE NOT WATCHING.
Bandai's card business pulled in $1.99 billion last year. One Piece TCG is now #3 globally. Gundam and Digimon are quietly building. The Tokyo fest March 20-22 is where the next wave starts.
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