A PSA 8 1999 CoroCoro Best Photo Bulbasaur sold for $809,943 at Goldin, topping the previous Bulbasaur record by over $600,000; PSA has graded only seven copies.
A PSA 10 Legendary Collection reverse-holo Charizard sold for $122,000 at Goldin, edging past two recent records; three other graded Charizards brought $28,060 to $109,800.

A PSA 10 Expedition Dragonite Holo #9 sold for $55,224 in Goldin’s Spring Pop Culture Auction, nearly doubling its previous record of just under $30,000.
Pre-bids reached $843,750 each for a PSA 8.5 Pikachu Illustrator and a complete PSA 10 first-edition Base Set, while a PSA 10 Charizard hit $450,000.
Goldin sold the 2002 Expedition Dragonite Holo #9 for $55,000, topping its previous $30,000 record by $25,000.
A PSA 10 Expedition Dragonite Holo #9 sold for $55,224 in Goldin’s Spring Pop Culture Auction, nearly doubling its previous record of just under $30,000.
A PSA 10 Legendary Collection Reverse Holo Gengar sold for $408,000 through Fanatics Collect, eclipsing its previous $12,706.05 record and an April Gengar promo sale of $101,260.
Goldin’s auction closed at a $1.45 million bid, reaching $1.769 million with buyer’s premium for the sole PSA GEM MT 10–MBA Gold Diamond example among five graded copies.
A Beckett Black Label Paldean Fates Mew ex #232 sold for $236,000 at Goldin on May 18, while PSA 10 copies trade near $3,000 and raw copies once cost just over $100.
The Paldean Fates #232 “Bubble Mew” BGS Black Label 10 sold for $236,543 at Goldin; only two copies hold the grade, and the price topped the prior Mew record by about $80,000.
A PSA 10 1998 Trophy Pikachu No. 3 drew a $1.45 million Goldin bid, reaching $1.769 million with the 22% buyer’s premium; PSA reports it as the only copy graded above 8.
Five graded-card sales stood out from April to mid-May, including a $350,000 PSA 10 Base Set Charizard and a record $32,940 PSA 8 Rayquaza Gold Star.
A BGS Black Label 10 Bubble Mew sold for $236,543 at Goldin; one of only two at that grade, it exceeded the previous Mew record by more than $80,000.
Tilt Rips launched in beta with $25–$3,000 pack tiers as Pokémon’s Card Ladder Index rose 116% year over year and the trading-card market approached a projected $52 billion.
A BGS Black Label 10 Mega Gengar ex SIR sold on eBay for $85,000 on May 9, topping Ascended Heroes' previous record by nearly $34,000; another copy fetched $49,460 at Goldin.