Markets Editor
Mira leads markets coverage at Gloomberg, tracking the singles, sealed, and graded segments across vintage and modern. Previously a quantitative analyst; now mostly looking at cardboard.
GameStop's June 2 release put collectibles at $348.9 million — 41.8% of revenue, past hardware for the first time in company history. The record $389.6 million profit owed more to its eBay position than to anything on a shelf.
Beneath May's $1.77 million Trophy Pikachu headline, the same Goldin sale rewrote the six-figure shelf: a $294,021 Pokémon Club Charizard, a $236,543 Mew ex printed in 2024, and a Gold Star Charizard at triple its December price.
The anniversary program's $14.99 starter box returns June 19 with Johto, Unova, and Galar. The March edition sold out on launch day; sealed copies now ask about $70, and its single promos clear the whole box's MSRP.
TPC's record fiscal year put hard numbers on both sides of the hobby's defining tension: the largest print run in TCG history, and a demand wave that jammed grading queues anyway.
The anniversary set arrives all-foil with a new rarity, a guaranteed Pikachu in every pack, and Base Set reprints — and for the first time in 30 years, Japan and the West open it the same day.
A PSA 10 1998 Kamex Mega Battle trophy card — the only copy graded above PSA 8 — set a public-sale record at Goldin on May 18. The 2026 ledger now reads five sales past $1 million.