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TCGOCT 26, 2026PSA publishes the full list of 6,451 items stolen from the FedEx truck, deactivates every cert and brings in the FBIPSA has put a count and a list on the October 13 theft.Read → TCGOCT 26, 2026The 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box fell to $123, its low, as Pokémon's in-print shelf lost 6% in a month and finished runs heldThe 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).Read → Video GamesOCT 26, 2026Graded 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 AugustThe auction houses' graded video game market runs in bursts, and the 30 days to October 19 were the quiet between them.Read → TCGOCT 23, 2026A 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 £100,000Ewbank'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).Read → TCGOCT 23, 2026Alt'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 8The 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).Read → AnimeOCT 23, 2026Twelve 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 7Mandarake's Big Web Auction No.Read →

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Issue 009 OCT 26, 2026PSA lists all 6,451 stolen items as the FBI joinsRead → Issue 008 OCT 23, 2026Attic Pokémon sets sell for £1.56 millionRead → Issue 007 OCT 21, 2026Police put the PSA FedEx theft at $963,000Read → Issue 006 OCT 19, 2026A PSA 10 Magikarp sells for $1,056,000 at AltRead →