Collectibles Market & Grading Watch

Why this is recommended

A grading fee window, a counterfeit alert for a card the member owns, a reprint announcement or an index move of 15 percent is a decision worth hundreds. The Tab watches the market so the collector can enjoy the collection.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Collectors who own more than a few graded items, and the parents suddenly holding a binder worth real money.

When it runs

Auction results settle on weekends and grading companies post changes on weekdays

Scope

Sports cards, Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, comics, coins and currency, vintage video games and vintage toys; Heritage, Goldin, PWCC, Fanatics Collect, Sotheby's and eBay results; Card Ladder, PSA, TCGplayer, GoCollect and PCGS indexes; PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC, NGC and TAG fees, turnarounds and policies; counterfeit and tampering alerts; eBay, Fanatics, TCGplayer and Whatnot fees, authentication and vaults; reprints and print runs

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Auction records and price index moves for sports cards, Pokemon and Magic, comics, coins and vintage toys, grading company fee, turnaround and policy changes, counterfeit and tampering alerts, marketplace fee and authentication changes at eBay and the auction houses and set reprints or print runs that move values, with the category or company first.

Track the US collectibles market for sports cards, Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, comics, coins and currency, vintage video games and vintage toys. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: auction records and notable results at Heritage, Goldin, PWCC, Fanatics Collect, Sotheby's and eBay; price index moves of 10 percent or more from Card Ladder, PSA, TCGplayer, GoCollect and PCGS; grading fee, turnaround, tier and policy changes at PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC, NGC and TAG; counterfeit, trimming and tampering alerts; marketplace fee, authentication and vault changes at eBay, Fanatics, TCGplayer and Whatnot; and reprint, print-run and set-list announcements that move values. Prefer company announcements, auction house results, index publishers and established hobby reporting; ignore pump posts and unverified sales. Put the category or company first in the title with the number. Use high severity for a counterfeit alert, a grading fee change, or an index move of 20 percent. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what happened, who it affects, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.