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Collecting Tips · Jun 2, 2026

2025 Topps Chrome Platinum '55 Baseball Drops June 5 With 36 Parallels and an Auto Per Hobby Box

Topps reimagines the iconic 1955 design on premium Chrome stock with a 500-card base set, X-Fractor Prism hobby exclusives, and one autograph per hobby box. Here is the full box co…

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Collecting Tips · Jun 2, 2026

Pokemon TCG June 2026 Drop Schedule: Chaos Rising Build and Battle Box, World Championship Decks, and First Partner Illustration Series 2

The Pokemon Company has confirmed June's full TCG lineup: a Chaos Rising Build and Battle Box, replicas of the 2025 World Championship decks, new booster tins, and the second wave …

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Collecting Tips · May 27, 2026

Victor Wembanyama's 1/1 Prizm Black Rookie Sells for a Reported $5.11 Million During the Spurs' Playoff Run

As the Spurs push toward their first NBA Finals since 2014, a 1-of-1 Victor Wembanyama 2023-24 Panini Prizm Black rookie has reportedly sold for about 5.11 million dollars in a pri…

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Collecting Tips · May 27, 2026

One Piece Card Game Goes Simultaneous Worldwide in 2026: Bandai Ends the Japan-First Window

Starting in 2026, Bandai is releasing One Piece Card Game products simultaneously worldwide, ending the window in which Japan got new sets up to three months ahead of the West. OP-…

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Collecting Tips · May 26, 2026

Cooper Flagg's Rookie of the Year Cards Set a Topps NOW Record and Surge on the Secondary Market

Cooper Flagg, the Mavericks rookie and 2026 NBA Rookie of the Year, now drives one of the hottest markets in basketball. His Topps NOW ROTY card set a program-record print run of 2…

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Collecting Tips · May 26, 2026

Spring 2026 Hobby Market Snapshot: Pokemon Up 116 Percent, Soccer Up 91 Percent, and a Choosier Buyer

The spring 2026 market is large, still growing, and increasingly selective. Pokemon cards are up roughly 116 percent year-over-year and soccer about 91 percent, with gains concentr…

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Collecting Tips · May 25, 2026

Chaos Rising One Week In: Mega Greninja ex Leads the Chase as the Painted Art Outsells the Gold

A week after launch, Mega Evolution: Chaos Rising prices have settled. The Mega Greninja ex Special Illustration Rare leads the set near 590 dollars, edging out the gold Mega Hyper…

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Collecting Tips · May 25, 2026

Yu-Gi-Oh Blazing Dominion: The 1/1 Quarter Century Chase Cards Driving eBay Bidding Wars

Blazing Dominion launched May 8 as a 100-card Yu-Gi-Oh core booster at 4.49 dollars a pack, but the real story is the 1/1 serialized Quarter Century chase cards now driving bidding…

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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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