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A Woking decorator’s 42 Pokémon master sets, bought for his son and left in the attic for 15 years, sold for £1.56 million at Ewbank’s on Oct 21, six times the estimate; the Legendary Collection set made £100,000

Ewbank’s sold a retired Woking decorator’s 42 complete Pokémon master sets, bought from an eBay seller in Malaysia in the late 1990s and kept in binders in his attic for about 15 years, for £1.56 million (about $2.1 million) on Oct 21 against a £250,000 estimate, a house record, per the Farnham Herald and Dexerto. The Legendary Collection Complete Master Set with a near-mint Charizard made £100,000 on a £15,000 to £20,000 estimate, and a set bought for about £300 made £75,000. The estimate priced the sets on old comps and the room paid for condition: two UK houses cleared seven figures on Pokémon in October.

Konami’s full emergency Yu-Gi-Oh! list is out: 34 cards forbidden, 8 limited and 1 semi-limited from Oct 19, the largest list since September 2013

The five parts revealed at YCS Houston from Friday night to early Monday name 34 newly forbidden cards, Called by the Grave, Crossout Designator, Triple Tactics Talent, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier and Anti-Spell Fragrance among them, plus eight limited (Droll & Lock Bird, Branded Opening and Toon Table of Contents included) and Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage semi-limited, all effective Monday, Oct 19, per YGOrganization. YGOrganization calls it the largest list since September 2013’s 47 changes, and Perfectron Hydradrive Dragon is the first OCG-only card limited in the TCG since Sixth Sense in October 2013. The generic hand traps and floodgates had buyers in every deck, so they carry the widest exposure; Magnificent Maestros, the set the list clears room for, lands Nov 13 per ICv2.

Graded game auctions at Heritage and Goldin logged 61 sales for $41,353 in the 30 days to Oct 19, with a $2,125 top sale, after a $1.6 million week in September and a $2.8 million week in August, per What The Slab

What The Slab’s report (refreshed Oct 23) counts 61 graded game sales at the two houses for $41,353 in its last 30 days, a $525 median and a PSA 9.2 Donkey Kong Country at $2,125 on top; the week of Sep 7 did 304 sales for $1,623,540 and the week of Aug 24 did 191 for $2,763,772, led by the $450,000 Mario Bros. eBay carried the weeks between: The Graded Games Report tracked 698 graded game sales for Oct 6 to 13 at a $355 median, topped by a sealed PSA 9.8 Pokémon Sapphire at $35,100. The next dated burst is Heritage’s Video Games Signature Auction, Nov 20 to 21, with $689,483 in proxy bids on its sale page.

In October PSA voided 6,451 certs with one published list, Konami took 34 cards out of play over a weekend, and graded games at Heritage and Goldin sold $41,353 in a month after a $2.8 million week in August. None of those items changed; their value moved with the cert, the rulebook and the auction calendar around them. The Woking attic sets made £1.56 million, six times the estimate, on the same principle: 15 untouched years and a history a buyer could check were part of what sold.