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Collecting Tips · May 25, 2026

The WNBA Card Boom Is Real: Caitlin Clark Drives the Fastest-Growing Category in the Hobby

WNBA card searches jumped roughly 1,670 percent in 2025 and are growing about three times faster than NBA cards, led by Caitlin Clark rookies that reset the women's sports market. …

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Collecting Tips · May 25, 2026

Pokemon Chaos Rising Pull Rates: What Your Odds Really Are on a Booster Box

Early data on Mega Evolution Chaos Rising, which launched May 22, puts Special Illustration Rares at roughly one in 86 packs. With 36 packs per box, that means a single booster box…

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Collecting Tips · May 22, 2026

2026 Bowman Baseball Is Here: Prospect Chases, the New Packfractor, and Boxes Climbing Toward 310 Dollars

2026 Bowman Baseball arrived May 13 with 76 first Bowman autographs led by Ethan Holliday, Eli Willits, and Charlie Condon. A new 1989-themed Packfractor parallel debuts, and hobby…

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Collecting Tips · May 22, 2026

2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball Pre-Orders Are Live With a 75th Anniversary Buyback Program

2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball pre-orders went live May 11 with hobby boxes shipping June 10. The brand's 75th anniversary run salts genuine vintage buybacks - including a 1953 Jacki…

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Collecting Tips · May 22, 2026

Pokemon Pack Prices Are Going Up in Japan as Creatures Inc. Moves Boosters to 200 Yen

Creatures Inc. has announced a price increase for Japanese Pokemon TCG product, lifting boosters from 180 to 200 yen and boxes from 5,400 to 6,000 yen. It is the second increase in…

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Collecting Tips · May 20, 2026

Goldin 2026 Spring Elite Auction Results: 1998 Trophy Pikachu Hits a Record $1,769,000

Goldin's 2026 Spring TCG and Manga Elite Auction closed May 17, and a 1998 Japanese Bronze 3rd Place Trophy Pikachu in PSA GEM MT 10 realized $1,769,000 - a public record for the c…

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Collecting Tips · May 20, 2026

2025-26 Topps NBA Hoops Lands May 14: The First Hoops of the Topps and Fanatics Era

2025-26 Topps NBA Hoops released May 14, the first Hoops ever printed under the Topps banner after Fanatics secured the exclusive NBA license. The 300-card set features hobby autos…

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Collecting Tips · May 19, 2026

Pokemon TCG Hot and Cold for the Week of May 12: Rayquaza V Climbs Past $325 and N's Zekrom Leads Percentage Gains

The Pokemon TCG secondary market for the week of May 11 has four cards heating up and one cooling off. Rayquaza V from Evolving Skies is now trading near $325, N's Zekrom from Asce…

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Collecting Tips · May 19, 2026

2025-26 Bowman University Best Basketball Drops Today With AJ Dybantsa, JuJu Watkins, and Three Autos Per Box

Bowman U Best Basketball hits hobby shelves Friday, May 15 with a 100-card base set, three autographs per box, and a freshman class led by AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, JuJu Watkin…

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Collecting Tips · May 19, 2026

Mega Lucario ex League Battle Deck Arrives May 22 With Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex and a Lunatone Energy Engine

The next Pokemon TCG League Battle Deck releases Friday, May 22 for $29.99 and includes three Mega Lucario ex, one Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex, and a Lunatone-Solrock energy engine built…

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Collecting Tips · May 19, 2026

2026 Bowman Baseball Three Days In: Hobby Boxes Climb to $310 as Caminero Patch Auto Hits $66K

2026 Bowman Baseball dropped May 13 at a $239.99 MSRP and secondary market pricing has already pushed hobby boxes near $310. A Junior Caminero patch auto has cleared $66K. Here is …

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Collecting Tips · May 19, 2026

Pikachu Crosses 200K Submissions in a Single Month as One Piece Luffy Outpaces Ohtani

April's GemRate report is out and the headline is historic: 201,100 Pikachu cards graded in a single month, the first time any character has cleared 200K. Meanwhile One Piece's Luf…

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