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Sealed Pokémon had its thinnest month in a year and a half.

Seven of the 124 sealed products it tracks rose 5% or more in 30 days. Fifty-one fell.

The 30th Celebration ETB hit a new low of $134 on Oct 9. It listed at $173.

Report: https://t.co/aglW4mVwvz

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@PeakHobby fave art

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@VintagePokeCard Love some good card lore

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@NotTheGrok Investor crash, collector boom?

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Pokémon cards are getting a bigger printing plant.

Millennium Print Group leased 1.27M sq ft in Morrisville, NC. A new building is due in 2027. Full output starts late 2028.

That means more sealed supply and more modern cards to grade.

Per PokéBeach: https://t.co/2Q1ZD8OESB

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Something to watch... 1989 Topps Nintendo cards jumped.

A PSA 10 Mario Madness card sold for $7,700 on Oct 2. The last one sold for $372 in May 2025.

A PSA 10 Super Mario Bros. brought $900 the same day. January to May sales averaged $184.

Per Collectibles On SI: https://t.co/nbJPOlDH6X

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Sources: https://t.co/0MSswzMSZs (What The Slab Pokémon auction report, updated Oct 14, Goldin only, prices incl. buyer's premium: week ending Oct 12, 2026, 336 lots, $2,036,444, median $491; prior week 395 lots, $1,148,817, median $207, top sale $292,800; top five, all closed Oct 12 in the 2026 TCG Weekly Auction Sep 30-Oct 11: PSA 10 2015 Japanese XY Promo Art Academy Pikachu $1,037,000, TAG Pristine 10 2003 Skyridge holo Gengar #H9 $268,400, CGC Pristine 10 2002 Legendary Collection reverse holo Psyduck #88 $86,620, PSA 10 2002 Japanese Wind From The Sea 1st Edition holo Crystal Lugia #090 $65,884, TAG Pristine 10 2003 Skyridge holo Vaporeon #H31 $56,120; excludes eBay, Heritage, PWCC and private sales) · Image: Goldin, via What The Slab
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This week, @GoldinCo sold $2,036,444 of Pokémon across 336 lots. The week before, $1,148,817 across 395 lots.

The median sale rose from $207 to $491. A $1,037,000 PSA 10 Raincoat Pikachu was the top giga chad.

Results: https://t.co/6XDxCjqdEM

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Let's be honest, the texture foiling doesn't hit the same on a dvd-style case compared to an OG cardboard game box.

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Un vistazo a la carátula especial de Zelda Ocarina of Time en su versión de lanzamiento.

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Sources: https://t.co/l1qX3w0HOX (GemRate PSA Grading Trends, updated Oct 14: Graded Yesterday 122,993, day prior 90,638; trailing 7-day grades 604,081, down 3% from 627,539; trailing 30-day grades 2,633,421, up 21% from 2,159,972; daily average past 30 days 87,780 vs 71,999; recent pace 31.8 million items a year; PSA across all categories, not Pokémon alone) · https://t.co/ex5prVe3ty (Sports Collectors Daily, Oct 7: PSA reported 8.2 million units awaiting grading as of Oct 6, down from 9 million on Sept 22; phased reopening from Sept 14 with a $59.99 Standard tier, Value tiers still paused) · Image: none (no single item)

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PSA is picking up their grading speeds compared to a month ago.

It graded 2,633,421 items in the past 30 days, up 21% from 2,159,972. Yesterday alone it graded 122,993.

PSA put its backlog at 8.2 million on Oct 6.

Tracker: https://t.co/SoVh6OM4He

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Sources: https://t.co/Htz7vFAXn2 (PokéBeach, Dec 31, 2025: MPG confirmed the Spark campus by email to the press; 1.27M sq ft, about 400,000 sq ft existing plus a planned 866,000 sq ft building, completion 2027, full-scale operations late 2028) · https://t.co/zaEnDBAMSJ (developer release, Dec 16, 2025: upfit of existing buildings early 2026, new building delivery 2027, full-scale operations late 2028, largest U.S. manufacturing lease of 2025; tenant unnamed) · https://t.co/EocEmci2Uz (WRAL, Dec 18, 2025: MPG is a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company International; no job or dollar figures given)

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@NintendoAmerica You know we can't resist

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That's No. 004, out Mon, Wed and Fri. The full issue has the cels vs genga explainer, every big sale and the auction calendar.

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It's Wednesday, so you know what that means! Collector Recon day.

Anime art leads today's issue.

Christie's second anime sale is live online through Oct 22, about 130 lots estimated at $344,350 to $523,200. The March debut made $1.44M, over four times the low estimate, and 36% of buyers were new to the house.

Read: https://t.co/dRHCXT5sXX

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10/ Cels stopped. Paper didn't.

Studios painted cels until they went digital around 2000, so the supply is fixed and shrinking. The genga and douga under them are still drawn on paper, so for anything made since, paper is the only production original.

Image: Christie's