Collector Recon https://collectorrecon.xyz/ Know the market. Collect with conviction. Graded TCG, video games and anime art: big sales, auctions and news. en-us Newsletter Catch-up issue: PSA lists all 6,451 stolen items as FBI joins https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/catch-up-2026-10-27/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/catch-up-2026-10-27/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: Ewbank’s £1.56M attic Pokémon sale, Konami’s 34-card Yu-Gi-Oh! list and a quiet month for graded games. Newsletter Issue 009: PSA lists all 6,451 stolen items as the FBI joins https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: the 30th Celebration ETB falls to a $123 low, and graded game auctions logged 61 sales in the 30 days to Oct 19. PSA publishes the full list of 6,451 items stolen from the FedEx truck, deactivates every cert and brings in the FBI https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/psa-full-stolen-list-6451-fbi-2026-10-24.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/psa-full-stolen-list-6451-fbi-2026-10-24.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG PSA has put a count and a list on the October 13 theft. The 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box fell to $123, its low, as Pokémon's in-print shelf lost 6% in a month and finished runs held https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/pokemon-30th-etb-123-low-in-print-down-6pct-2026-10-23.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/pokemon-30th-etb-123-low-in-print-down-6pct-2026-10-23.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box tracked at $123 on October 21, its lowest mark since release and five weeks to the day after it came out, lower every week since its first, per Chase Society (October 23). Graded game auctions logged 61 sales for $41,353 in the 30 days to October 19, after weeks of $1.6 million and $2.8 million in September and August https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/anchor-graded-games-quiet-stretch-2026-10-23.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-26/articles/anchor-graded-games-quiet-stretch-2026-10-23.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Games The auction houses' graded video game market runs in bursts, and the 30 days to October 19 were the quiet between them. Newsletter Issue 008: Attic Pokémon sets sell for £1.56 million https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: Alt’s five seven-figure cards are all paid, and Miyazaki’s own Castle in the Sky genga stands at ¥3.6 million at Mandarake. A Woking decorator's 42 Pokémon master sets sold for £1.56 million at Ewbank's, six times the estimate, with the Legendary Collection set at £100,000 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/ewbanks-pokemon-decade-of-masters-1-56m-2026-10-21.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/ewbanks-pokemon-decade-of-masters-1-56m-2026-10-21.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Ewbank's Auctioneers in Send, Surrey, sold a single-owner collection of 42 complete Pokémon master sets on Wednesday, October 21, for £1.56 million, more than six times the £250,000 estimate, per the Farnham Herald (October 22). Alt's five seven-figure Pokémon sales all read paid, while 34 six-figure Fanatics Collect lots sit unpaid and 59 results have been deleted since Oct 8 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/alt-seven-figure-sales-all-paid-fanatics-unpaid-counts-2026-10-21.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/alt-seven-figure-sales-all-paid-fanatics-unpaid-counts-2026-10-21.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The five Pokémon cards that cleared $1 million at Alt this month all showed paid as of October 21, per Chase Society's Pick of the Week (October 21). Twelve sheets of Castle in the Sky rough genga, listed as corrected by Hayao Miyazaki, stand at ¥3.6 million at Mandarake with bidding open to Nov 7 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/anchor-mandarake-zenbu-136-laputa-genga-2026-10-22.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-23/articles/anchor-mandarake-zenbu-136-laputa-genga-2026-10-22.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Anime Mandarake's Big Web Auction No. Newsletter Issue 007: Police put the PSA FedEx theft at $963,000 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: three seven-figure Pokémon cards in one Alt night, and UltraBall counts 525 six-figure sales this year. Santa Ana police put the PSA FedEx truck theft at $963,000 so far, with about 250 packages of graded cards taken on Oct 13 and no arrests https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/psa-fedex-theft-police-santa-ana-2026-10-20.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/psa-fedex-theft-police-santa-ana-2026-10-20.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Santa Ana police estimate the graded cards stolen from a FedEx truck outside PSA's shipping site at $963,000, per CBS Los Angeles (October 19), and say the exact value cannot be set until the remaining boxes are scanned. Alt's Oct 15 sale closed three PSA 10 Pokémon cards over $1 million in one night, every one of them payment pending https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/alt-oct-15-two-more-million-dollar-pokemon-2026-10-19.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/alt-oct-15-two-more-million-dollar-pokemon-2026-10-19.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Alt ran one sale on Thursday, October 15, and three cards left it above $1 million, per Chase Society's weekly report (October 19, covering October 12 to 18). UltraBall counts 525 Pokémon card sales of $100,000 or more in 2026, $162.3 million through Oct 16, with two venues handling three quarters of them https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/ultraball-six-figure-pokemon-sales-2026-ytd-2026-10-17.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-21/articles/ultraball-six-figure-pokemon-sales-2026-ytd-2026-10-17.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG UltraBall Research's study of this year's Pokémon card sales (published October 17, data fixed as of October 16) counts 525 cards sold for $100,000 or more between January 1 and October 16, $162,319,302 in all with the buyer's premium included. Newsletter Issue 006: A PSA 10 Magikarp sells for $1,056,000 at Alt https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: Fanatics marks its $8.4M Pikachu sale paid, and Konami’s full Yu-Gi-Oh! list takes effect today. A PSA 10 Tamamushi University Magikarp sold for $1,056,000 at Alt, 5.7 times the last public PSA 10 sale in February https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/magikarp-tamamushi-psa10-alt-1056000-2026-10-17.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/magikarp-tamamushi-psa10-alt-1056000-2026-10-17.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG A 1998 Japanese Tamamushi University Prize Magikarp, graded PSA Gem Mint 10, sold for $1,056,000 at Alt, per Collectibles News (October 17). Fanatics Collect's $8.4 million Pikachu sale read unpaid for 16 days, was deleted on October 14 and came back flagged paid on October 15 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/fanatics-8-4m-pikachu-sale-deleted-then-paid-2026-10-17.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/fanatics-8-4m-pikachu-sale-deleted-then-paid-2026-10-17.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The $8.4 million PSA 10 Art Academy "Raincoat" Pikachu, cert 24753376, closed in Fanatics Collect's weekly auction on September 27 at 11:24 PM ET after 64 bids, per Chase Society (published October 16, updated October 17). Konami's emergency Yu-Gi-Oh! list is complete: 34 cards forbidden, 8 limited and 1 semi-limited from today, the largest list since September 2013 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/ygo-fl-list-final-ycs-houston-2026-10-19.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-19/articles/ygo-fl-list-final-ycs-houston-2026-10-19.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The five-part Forbidden & Limited list Konami announced on October 14 is out in full. Newsletter Issue 005: Konami’s emergency ban list hits 34 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: the Sword & Shield boxes the market skipped, PSA’s 2.64M grades in 30 days, and a thin month for Pokémon sealed. Konami is forbidding 34 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and limiting 8 more in an emergency list revealed in five parts at YCS Houston this weekend https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/ygo-emergency-fl-list-ycs-houston-2026-10-14.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/ygo-emergency-fl-list-ycs-houston-2026-10-14.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! The market skipped Sword & Shield: a booster box from every set in the era costs $8,022, down 9% since June, while the same run of Sun & Moon boxes costs $33,868, up 7% https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/chase-society-sword-shield-era-2026-10-14.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/chase-society-sword-shield-era-2026-10-14.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Chase Society priced one booster box from every set in each Pokémon era on June 24 and again on October 14. PSA graded 2.64 million items in 30 days, up 16%, while its backlog fell from a 12.4 million peak to 8.2 million https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/psa-30day-grading-2633421-gemrate-2026-10-14.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-16/articles/psa-30day-grading-2633421-gemrate-2026-10-14.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG GemRate's PSA Grading Trends panel, updated October 15, shows 2,642,498 items graded in the trailing 30 days, up 16% from 2,259,876 in the 30 days before. Newsletter Issue 004: Christie’s anime sale returns after a $1.44M debut https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: the $1,037,000 Art Academy Pikachu, the $1,549,690 red-dot Typhlosion, and cels vs genga explained. Christie's second anime sale is live through Oct 22. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/christies-anime-sale-2-live-2026-10-14.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/christies-anime-sale-2-live-2026-10-14.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Anime A collector's guide to what is on the table: cels, genga, and why the cel supply stopped growing. The second PSA 10 Art Academy Pikachu sold for $1,037,000 at Goldin. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/raincoat-pikachu-2-goldin-1037k.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/raincoat-pikachu-2-goldin-1037k.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Bidders priced it off the paid comp, not the $8.4 million headline. A PSA 10 red-dot Typhlosion sold for $1,549,690 at Alt. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/typhlosion-red-dot-psa10-alt-1549690.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/typhlosion-red-dot-psa10-alt-1549690.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The dot carried the premium, and PSA's label doesn't record it. A sealed early-print Famicom Zelda sold for $32,500 at Heritage. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/famicom-zelda-yellow-disk-system-cgc92-heritage-32500.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-14/articles/famicom-zelda-yellow-disk-system-cgc92-heritage-32500.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Games The yellow text on the box is the premium. Newsletter Issue 003: Four e-Reader Pokémon 10s sell for $780,000 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter Also: the $156,000 Zorua promo a six-year-old drew, and Pokémon games led the graded-game charts five weeks of six. Four e-Reader-era Pokémon 10s sold for $780,000 at Fanatics Collect. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/ereader-psa10-records-fanatics.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/ereader-psa10-records-fanatics.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The smallest populations jumped the most. A Zorua promo drawn by a six-year-old sold for $156,000. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/zorua-design-contest-psa10-156k.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/zorua-design-contest-psa10-156k.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Its last reported PSA 10 sale was $8,700. Pokémon games took the top graded-game sale in five of the last six weeks https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/anchor-graded-games-pokemon-weeks-2026-10-10.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-12/articles/anchor-graded-games-pokemon-weeks-2026-10-10.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Video Games The Graded Games Report, which tallies settled graded video game sales on eBay each week, counted 728 sales for September 29 to October 6, up 12% from 648 the week before. Newsletter Issue 002: A PSA 8 Trophy Pikachu is bid to $2.35M before live bidding opens https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter A one-copy Trophy Pikachu is bid to $2.35M before Goldin’s live bidding. Plus the convicted hacker who spent about $3M on Magic and Pokémon cards, and the $8.4M Raincoat Pikachu. A PSA 8 Trophy Pikachu is bid to $2.35M, past the record for any Trophy Pikachu https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/trophy-pikachu-passes-record-prebid.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/trophy-pikachu-passes-record-prebid.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG One day into pre-bidding, the top lot in Goldin's 2026 Pokémon 30th Anniversary auction stood at $1,925,000, or $2,348,500 with the buyer's premium. Prosecutors say a convicted crypto hacker spent about $3M on Magic and Pokémon cards https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/spalletta-conviction-cards.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/spalletta-conviction-cards.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG On October 7, a federal jury in Manhattan convicted Jonathan Spalletta, 36, of Rockville, Maryland, of computer fraud and money laundering after a six-day trial, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced. A PSA 10 "Raincoat" Pikachu sold for $8.4M. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/raincoat-pikachu-8-4m.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-09/articles/raincoat-pikachu-8-4m.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG The last public high was $156,250. Newsletter Issue 001: One copy. Seven figures. Auction not open yet. https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/ https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Newsletter A census-of-one Trophy Pikachu passes $1M before Goldin’s auction opens. Plus Christie’s anime round two and Delta Reign’s date. One copy, seven figures, and the auction hasn't opened yet https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/goldin-trophy-pikachu.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/goldin-trophy-pikachu.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Goldin's 2026 Pokémon 30th Anniversary auction opens on October 15. Christie's runs it back: anime and manga, round two https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/christies-anime-sale-2.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/christies-anime-sale-2.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Anime Christie's second anime and manga sale goes live online on October 9 and runs through October 22. Delta Reign lands November 6 https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/delta-reign-release.html https://collectorrecon.xyz/issues/2026-10-08/articles/delta-reign-release.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 TCG Delta Reign, the next English Pokémon TCG expansion, releases on November 6.