Trading cards, sneakers, designer toys and other collectibles as a hobby and a flipping/side-hustle play.
Short answer: eBay lowered its Authenticity Guarantee floor for single trading cards from $250 to $200. A card that sells at $200 or more is now checked by PSA before the buyer gets it. The seller ships it, insured and on their own dime. The buyer pays nothing extra. Price your listings with that in…
Short answer: Beckett’s website went offline on September 9, 2026. Its October 15 update says Phase 1 of the restoration is underway and lists BGS certificate lookup among the restored services. So you can check a slab’s cert number again before buying. The price guide and marketplace are still waiting for Phase 2. Base and…
Short answer: 2026 Donruss Football is the first Donruss NFL set with no team logos, helmets or uniforms, because the NFL card licence moved to Fanatics in April 2026. Retailers list the hobby box at $224.95 to $249.95 for an expected October 28 release. At $249.95, a sealed box has to resell for about $290…
Short answer: Double LEGO Insiders points run October 13 to 19, 2026. That’s worth about 10% back, but only as credit on a future LEGO purchase. On a full-price retiring set, the points don’t cover eBay’s 13.6% fee. You’d need to resell at about 104% of retail just to break even. On the retiring sets…
Short answer: Four non-sports card sales from 2026 tell the same story. Condition and grade did most of the work, not age. A 1966 Spider-Man card valued at $29 in 2013 sold for $175,100 as a PSA 9. A near-mint Mars Attacks set brought $268,400 when worn sets go for about $1,500. Before you sell…
The math in one box: PSA’s Value tiers are still paused as of October 10, 2026. The cheapest open PSA tier is Standard at $59.99 a card. After eBay’s 13.25% trading card fee, a graded copy has to sell for about $69 more than the raw card just to cover that fee. CGC’s Economy tier…
Delta Reign lands 6 November, Star Trek prerelease starts the same day and releases 13 November. The full calendar, where the collisions are, and how to sequence your spending.
Star Trek releases 13 November with prerelease from 6 November. Collector Boosters run $37.99, four Commander precons ship alongside, and it collides with the Pokémon release.
Delta Reign releases 6 November with prerelease from 24 October. Which products are actually supply-constrained, which cards to watch, and why sealed boosters are the wrong hold.
Short answer: If you sell under $15,000 every four weeks, Whatnot’s new tiers change nothing. You still pay 8% on sports cards and TCG. On a $10 card, Whatnot is still a little cheaper than eBay Live. From about $50 up, eBay Live keeps more in your pocket. Once a card passes about $1,550, eBay’s…