All articles tagged with #collectibles
A Meowth Illustration Rare from the 2025 Pokemon TCG set Phantasmal Flames is drawing collectors and fans due to nostalgic Kanto artwork and its relative ease to pull; it has seen notable on-site sales, but resale prices remain fairly stable as collectors scoop up copies.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen earned $168,421.39 by selling his personal items on eBay for about a week, including a Halo 2 Master Chief statue that fetched $15,100. The stunt accompanied Cohen’s unsolicited bid for eBay, which GameStop rejected, and the total represents a tiny fraction of the proposed deal, with Cohen’s eBay profile briefly suspended due to high-price listings.
Rare uncut sheets of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, including a Blue-Eyes Dragon variant, were allegedly found in a Dallas-area dumpster near a Cartamundi facility and have market chatter suggesting they could be worth as much as $1 million. The seller’s inconsistent stories and limited documentation have left collectors and a 404 Media report questioning provenance and legality, highlighting the volatility and potential misprints in the booming secondary market for collectible cards.
A Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo is using an anti-scalper policy for Ninja Spinner Mega Expansion Pokémon card packs: buyers must pass a quiz identifying Pokémon species, use a Bic Camera point card/app, and can purchase at most one box (30 packs); staff may refuse sales to suspected scalpers and will remove packaging to deter resale.
Rise, the Artemis II zero-g indicator flown to the Moon, is now sold as an official NASA collectible through the NASA Exchange to support employee morale activities. Designed by a 9-year-old winner and featuring an Earthrise motif, the plush is priced at $25 and accompanied by other Rise-branded items, though the official replica is manufactured and differs from the flown version.
Spring cleaning reveals 10 vintage kitchen items that could be worth serious cash, from rare Griswold/Wagner cast‑iron skillets and antique copper/brass tea kettles to CorningWare, fine china, jadeite, Pyrex, vintage KitchenAid mixers, barware, mason jars, and cookie jars—values range from tens to thousands depending on brand, age, and condition (with examples like a Griswold skillet around $8,000 and a Georg Jensen teapot near $19,000).
First 4 Figures announced two Sonic Adventure 2 statues—one of Sonic and one of Shadow—with pre-orders starting April 23, 2026, described as a tribute to the famous rivalry.
A FinanceBuzz piece highlights 10 vintage plates that can fetch significant sums on resale markets, including Kutani, Tiffany & Co. bone china, Kangxi-era Chinese porcelain, Meissen, Flora Danica, Sèvres, Minton, Moorcroft, Spode, and Lenox. Values range from roughly $120 for a Lenox Fountain plate to hundreds or thousands for rarer makers and older pieces; authenticity marks and back-stamps are key to determining value, and not all vintage pieces retain value.
Department 56 unveiled a Disneyland-inspired Haunted Mansion line, including a $353 Disneyland Haunted Mansion Figure, an $118 Gate Figure, and a $96.50 Visiting The Park Figure Set, letting fans build a Disneyland diorama; items are available online at Walmart and follow the earlier Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion release, with social posts and affiliate disclosures noting potential compensation.
Logan Paul sold a rare Pokémon card for over $16 million, underscoring how some collectors now treat these cards as alternative assets; trading-card indexes have outperformed the S&P 500 during the pandemic boom and a 2025 surge, according to Card Ladder.
Pokémon Pocket's Mega Shine set centers on shiny cards; to unlock the Shiny Mew Secret Emblem you must collect all 30 Mega Shine shinies (including Immersive Mew), a feat made extremely difficult because shinies are rare—packs have six cards and shinies appear in about 5% of packs (roughly 1 in 20). Completing the collection yields a cosmetic blue Mew emblem on your profile, signaling rarity rather than gameplay power; it's likely out of reach for free-to-play players, though joining a trading group to swap duplicates can make the goal more feasible. Mega Shine features sought-after shinies like Mega Charizard X ex and Mega Gengar ex, plus visually striking forms such as Phantump/Trevenant, Ponyta with blue flames, and Axew/Haxorus; all shiny forms are new to this set.
Global collectors spent more than $600 million on fine art and classic cars last week, as London art sales topped $550 million and Amelia Island posted a $111 million auction, signaling renewed demand for top-tier collectibles despite stock volatility and Middle East tensions. The strength is driven by tight supply, a return-to-quality in bidding, and a new generation of buyers—entrepreneurs and heirs—fueling interest in rare artworks and late-model hypercars.
Nintendo is shifting amiibo strategy toward premium, highly detailed figures with price tags of 24.99–34.99 (old stock up to 19.99), a move that prices out many collectors even as big lines—like Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby Air Riders—aim for higher quality and new in-game use. Some new releases sit unsold at the higher prices, while a few have sold out or seen discounts to around $20, signaling demand isn’t keeping up with cost, and fans debate whether to buy now, wait for sales, or prefer cheaper amiibo cards.
Three decades after its debut, Pokémon remains a cultural phenomenon, with fans celebrating the 30th anniversary at a California collectibles show and across games, films, and the ongoing Pokémon Go phenomenon, proving the franchise continues to captivate both new players and longtime fans.
Secret Lair announces the Totally TubuLair Superdrop, a March 2, 2026 MTG x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover featuring six drops with reimagined cards (VHS Villains, Mighty Mutanimals, The Last Ronin, and more) and artist participation from Kevin Eastman and Stan Sakai. Each drop is $29.99 non-foil or $39.99 foil, with bundled options including Totally TubuLair Everything ($399.99), Turtle Power Foil ($229.99), and Heroes in a Half Shell Non-Foil ($171.99). A pre‑queue opens at 8 a.m. PT, and the sale starts at 9 a.m. PT; adding to cart does not reserve items—checkout secures availability. Free shipping on single orders over $99, and sign-up is available to get notified when launches go live.