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Mainland China’s 1,510-copy Mew ex SV-P 003 leads the ranking after a ¥5.35 million PSA 10 sale, while scarce Taiwan and Hong Kong Pikachu promos reached ¥609,000.
PSA-graded first-print copies of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow sold privately for $2 million; Red and Yellow are reportedly the only top-graded examples known.
Eevee 755/742 leads SNKRDUNK’s PSA 10 Japanese AR ranking at ¥102,500 with a population of 1,038, followed by VSTAR Universe Pikachu at ¥99,000 and Triplet Beat Magikarp at ¥51,800.
A July 31 livestream showed Logan Paul damaging aged CoroCoro sticker cards after spending $2.7 million on the magazines, prompting ridicule and criticism of his grading claims.
Japan’s 30th-anniversary Happy Meals will feature toys of 30 Pokémon instead of TCG cards, following last year’s suspended promotion and nearly 300,000 PSA-graded Pikachu promos.
The 2010 Pokémon Daisuki Club Umbreon promo has just 41 PSA 10 copies; its lone PSA eBay listing asks $499,999, while PriceCharting estimates roughly $100,000.
Paul paid $400,000 for a CoroCoro Jigglypuff sticker that he estimated at about $150,000 in PSA 9 condition; a Pikachu sticker also showed poor centering and visible damage.
Nicholas Funk’s proposed nationwide RICO class action alleges PSA uses inconsistent standards and manages Gem Mint 10 populations to preserve scarcity, drive resubmissions and extract fees.
Paul is buying sealed CoroCoro issue 223 sheets to chase the first PSA 10 copy of its 1996 Pikachu card, with a live peel scheduled for July 30 at 9:30 p.m. EST.
The collection was last checked on June 5, with records identifying 116 missing cards valued at $7,556.10; two PSA certification numbers allegedly matched a Telegram resale listing.
Logan Paul plans to peel a pristine Corocoro 223 sheet during a July 30 livestream, seeking the earliest Pikachu card’s first PSA 10 after prior submissions graded PSA 2 and 5.
Rocket’s Snorlax ex leads the 2004 set at $52,500 in PSA 10, while Mewtwo ex is valued at $6,200; PSA 10 populations stand at 109 and 84, respectively.
Logan Paul spent an estimated $2.7 million acquiring rare CoroCoro uncut sheets, but PSA awarded low grades; he plans another public sheet peeling on July 30.
Japan’s trading card market reached ¥338 billion after 90% growth in four years, prompting lawmakers to examine rules addressing counterfeits, scalping and opaque high-value transactions.
Three Pokémon cards sold for $110,500–$156,000, led by a PSA 10 Snorlax LV.X; a BGS Black Label Poncho Pikachu fetched $120,000 on July 12.
SNKRDUNK ranked PSA 10 One Piece cards by trades from January 1 to June 30, with Monkey D. Luffy ST21-014 leading and listed from ¥17,000.
The dealer allegedly kept 33 vintage cards and a $1,484 grading payment, then sold the cards for personal gain. The $2,220 collection could have been worth up to $30,000 after grading.
Eight graded cards fetched $480,000 at Fanatics Collect, led by a PSA 10 Snorlax Lv.X at $156,000—940% above its prior record—and a Tekno Snorlax at $27,000.
The top 10 OP-16 chase cards show Gem Mint rates of 83.8%–98.6%; English Ms. All Sunday leads at 98.6% across 209 graded copies and recently sold for $1,725.
Onchain gacha spending reached $324 million in June 2026, up from roughly $50 million a year earlier, as users opened tokenized packs backed by vaulted physical cards.