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NewsletterOCT 14, 2026Christie’s anime sale returns after a $1.44M debutAlso: the $1,037,000 Art Academy Pikachu, the $1,549,690 red-dot Typhlosion, and cels vs genga explained.Read → AnimeOCT 14, 2026Christie's second anime sale is live through Oct 22.A collector's guide to what is on the table: cels, genga, and why the cel supply stopped growing.Read → TCGOCT 14, 2026The second PSA 10 Art Academy Pikachu sold for $1,037,000 at Goldin.Bidders priced it off the paid comp, not the $8.4 million headline.Read → TCGOCT 14, 2026A PSA 10 red-dot Typhlosion sold for $1,549,690 at Alt.The dot carried the premium, and PSA's label doesn't record it.Read → Video GamesOCT 14, 2026A sealed early-print Famicom Zelda sold for $32,500 at Heritage.The yellow text on the box is the premium.Read → NewsletterOCT 12, 2026Four e-Reader Pokémon 10s sell for $780,000Also: the $156,000 Zorua promo a six-year-old drew, and Pokémon games led the graded-game charts five weeks of six.Read → TCGOCT 12, 2026Four e-Reader-era Pokémon 10s sold for $780,000 at Fanatics Collect.The smallest populations jumped the most.Read → TCGOCT 12, 2026A Zorua promo drawn by a six-year-old sold for $156,000.Its last reported PSA 10 sale was $8,700.Read → Video GamesOCT 12, 2026Pokémon games took the top graded-game sale in five of the last six weeksThe 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.Read → NewsletterOCT 9, 2026A PSA 8 Trophy Pikachu is bid to $2.35M before live bidding opensA 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.Read → TCGOCT 9, 2026A PSA 8 Trophy Pikachu is bid to $2.35M, past the record for any Trophy PikachuOne 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.Read → TCGOCT 9, 2026Prosecutors say a convicted crypto hacker spent about $3M on Magic and Pokémon cardsOn 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.Read → TCGOCT 9, 2026A PSA 10 "Raincoat" Pikachu sold for $8.4M.The last public high was $156,250.Read → NewsletterOCT 8, 2026One copy. Seven figures. Auction not open yet.A census-of-one Trophy Pikachu passes $1M before Goldin’s auction opens. Plus Christie’s anime round two and Delta Reign’s date.Read → TCGOCT 8, 2026One copy, seven figures, and the auction hasn't opened yetGoldin's 2026 Pokémon 30th Anniversary auction opens on October 15.Read → AnimeOCT 8, 2026Christie's runs it back: anime and manga, round twoChristie's second anime and manga sale goes live online on October 9 and runs through October 22.Read → TCGOCT 8, 2026Delta Reign lands November 6Delta Reign, the next English Pokémon TCG expansion, releases on November 6.Read →