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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.
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.
Collectors can pick up Chaos Rising preorders, open and trade packs at participating GameStop stores, with attendees entered to win three free PSA submissions.
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.
The retrospective highlights Generations’ Radiant Collection, $20,000-plus Poncho Pikachu boxes, a nearly $30,000 Mario Pikachu promo, and Seismitoad EX’s 2015 Worlds win.
Pokémon represents 99 of the PSA app’s 100 most-scanned cards, while Card Ladder’s Pokémon index has risen more than 85% amid several recent sales records.
PSA says Pokémon holds all five of its app’s most-scanned card spots, while Card Ladder’s Pokémon index has risen more than 85% amid recent record sales.
A PSA 10 Mewtwo GX #78 sold through PSA Vault on eBay for over $10,000 on May 14, after two recent sales at $8,900 and $8,200.
PSA now grades 90,000 cards daily versus 15,000 in 2021, prompting turnaround-time increases of 43% to 100% and a $200 million expansion that includes over 1,000 new hires.
Bulbasaur #37 jumped from roughly $20 to $70 after collectors spotted a hidden Pikachu silhouette, while Ascended Heroes’ Pikachu ex #276 sells above $1,000 raw and $4,000 in PSA 10.
Ungraded Ooyama’s Pikachu rose from about $250 in May 2025 to $900, while PSA 10 copies sold for $8,200 in May and more than $9,300 in April.
Bulbasaur #37 jumped from about $20 to $60 after collectors spotted a tiny Pikachu silhouette in its background, while daily TCGplayer sales surged from roughly 100 to 700.
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.
GameStop’s Power Packs range from $25 to $5,000; in a 60-pack sponsored opening, most pulls were worth under $100, while the top Rayquaza was valued at $7,000.
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator reportedly sold for $16 million in 2026, while a PSA 10 Boundaries Crossed Squirtle reached $15,000 after a 5,900% rise from 2023.
TCGplayer’s Q1 report ranks purchases across 2026 releases; highlighted prices range from $0.28 for Boss’s Orders—Ghetsis to $30 for Dawn’s Special Illustration Rare.
PSA recorded a 407% increase in altered Pokémon card submissions during 2025, with modern Japanese cards dominating its 10 most-counterfeited list.