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Pokemon's August 2026 TCG calendar now has six Mega Evolution tin choices in view, split between the Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes Tin and the Mega Forces Tin that launched on August 28.
Read article →A one-of-one 2026 Shohei Ohtani Topps Chrome Back to Back Gold Logoman Autograph Relics card has sold for $11 million in a private sale, securing its place as the third-highest public trading card transaction in history.
Read article →Victor Wembanyama's 2023-24 Panini Prizm Black 1/1 parallel rookie card has sold for $5.11 million in a private sale, establishing a new benchmark for modern basketball cards and highlighting the continued strength of the sports card market.
Read article →Pre-orders for 2025-26 Topps Pristine Basketball open Tuesday, August 25 at 12 p.m. ET, and they will not work like a normal Topps drop. Topps' product page directs buyers to EQL, a draw-based commerce platform that collects entries, verifies each one, and selects who actually gets to buy. A hobby box runs $779.99 for six packs of seven cards, and the set releases September 3.
Read article →2026 Topps Football hit shelves on Friday, August 21, ending an eleven-year gap since Topps last printed a flagship football set. Panini held the NFL trading card license from 2016 onward, and Topps, which regained the license in April 2025, skipped the 2025 season entirely before bringing flagship back.
Read article →The top lot in Goldin's Monthly Sports Elite #7 auction was not a single card. It was a factory-sealed bag containing all twelve cards of the 1984-85 Star Chicago Bulls team set, Jordan rookie included, and it sold for $111,020 after drawing 58 bids, the most of any lot in the sale.
Read article →Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction, which ran August 21 through 23 in Dallas, shows $62,963,254 realized on its sale page across 1,518 lots. That puts this year's edition ahead of the $61.9 million 2024 summer event that stood as the all-time record for any sports auction, and it did it with a Honus Wagner card rather than a jersey leading the way.
Read article →Collector Crypt, the Solana platform that sells tokenized graded Pokemon and One Piece cards through randomized gacha pulls, has taken in more than $622 million in stablecoins since early December, and blockchain analytics firm Bitquery's wallet-level review found that 78 percent of the 17,544 wallets that bought pulls came out behind in cash. The median player ended down $50, the cost of one standard 50-USDC pull.
Read article →Pokemon TCG: 30th Celebration adds its next product wave Friday, October 2, with six-pack Booster Bundles and Mini Tins giving collectors a new pack-focused choice after the September 16 global launch.
Read article →The 2026 World Championships Pikachu promo is available at retail starting today, and the window is short. From August 24 through August 30, select GameStop, Best Buy, and Hot Topic stores hand out the card with a qualifying Pokemon TCG purchase, while Pokemon League Worlds Celebration tournaments offer it as a participation prize during the same stretch.
Read article →Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution-Delta Reign launches November 6 with retailer-specific anniversary promo cards for customers spending at least $15 on Pokemon TCG products. Pokemon's October 23 announcement separates the cards by store, so where you buy matters if you want a particular promo.
Read article →Pokemon card authenticity checks are no longer just about spotting a blurry Charizard in a childhood binder. A new Cardlines restoration guide pushed the argument into a sharper place this week: buyers now have to separate ordinary card care from restoration, altered stock, fake slabs and sealed-product risk before money changes hands.
Read article →Pokemon's August TCG release calendar has one more sealed-product date for collectors to circle: the Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution-Ascended Heroes Tin is listed for August 28, with Mega Meganium ex, Mega Emboar ex, and Mega Feraligatr ex versions.
Read article →Topps MLB x KAWS is scheduled for September 28, giving baseball collectors a 60-card artist-collaboration checklist built around KAWS artwork, MLB stars, short prints, parallels, and autographs.
Read article →Arena Club and the Philadelphia Eagles announced a multi-year partnership on August 3, making the trading-card marketplace and grading platform a Proud Partner of the team and giving Arena Club its first official NFL club collaboration.
Read article →Round1's One Piece Card Game Promotion Pack campaign is in its third U.S. purchase window, with Phase 3 pickup running from August 17 through August 23, 2026, at designated Round1 venues.
Read article →A 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner certified by CGC as Authentic - Restored sold for $1,337,263 through Love of the Game Auctions on August 9, setting a record for the highest price paid for a CGC-certified sports card.
Read article →Topps' Chrome Golden Boot Buyback page now identifies Erling Haaland as the 2025/26 Premier League Golden Boot winner and lists store-credit values for eligible 2026 Topps Chrome Premier League cards.
Read article →Arena Club launched a national ad campaign called "The Chase" on August 6, putting Derek Jeter, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joe Burrow in the same collector-facing push ahead of a Golden Slabs promotion planned for September through December.
Read article →A 2005 Pokemon EX Deoxys Rayquaza Gold Star graded CGC Gem Mint 10 sold for $168,000 through Fanatics Collect on July 19, giving TCG collectors another six-figure comp to watch outside the usual Charizard headline lane.
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