Trading cards, sneakers, designer toys and other collectibles as a hobby and a flipping/side-hustle play.
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…
Short answer: The Pokémon TCG Deck Crafter’s Collection comes out October 23, 2026 at $9.99 MSRP (ICv2). Some stores still take preorders at $9.99. At least one is already asking $19.95. Don’t pay double for a product built for players, not collectors. Bought at MSRP, a sealed copy needs to resell for about $18 to…
Short answer: Buy the $799.99 Executor Super Star Destroyer (75457) because you want it, not as a quick flip. After sales tax and roughly 13.6% in eBay fees, a sealed copy has to sell about 25% above retail just to break even. The 2011 version took years to get there. The free Darth Vader lightsaber…
Short answer: CGC is offering live grading at New York Comic Con, October 8–11, 2026. Based on CGC’s latest published on-site comic prices, a Modern book costs $55 at a show versus $30 by mail. That’s a $25 premium per book. It pays off when you’d otherwise insure and ship a valuable book, or when…
Short answer: Three flagship boxes anchor October 2026: Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball ($139.99, Oct 7), Topps Heritage Football ($129.99, Oct 21), and Panini Donruss Football (roughly $224.95–$249.95, Oct 28). On a cost-per-hit basis, Heritage Football is the weakest value this month — Allen & Ginter and Donruss both beat it once you count guaranteed…
Quick answer: Panini’s NFL card license ends March 31, 2026, and Panini Prizm Football 2025-26 is the final NFL Prizm set — Fanatics, through Topps, takes over fully licensed NFL cards starting April 2026. Your existing Panini Prizm, Select, and National Treasures cards keep their collectible value; if anything, a closed, finite print run tends…
📌 Quick AnswerThe 2026 Bowman Chrome Mega Box releases September 23, 2026.Each box has 36 cards across 6 packs, split between a 50-card Chrome base subset and a 50-card Chrome Prospect subset.Presale listings on eBay are already running $100–$155 per box depending on bulk quantity — but no real post-release secondary market exists yet, since…
Quick answer: Topps Definitive Basketball boxes are priced at $7,499.99 each and went up for entry through Topps’ EQL raffle platform on September 17, 2026. You’re not buying a box outright — you’re entering a lottery for the right to buy one, and winning obligates you to pay in full. Each box holds one pack…
Quick answer: Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration launched worldwide today, September 16, 2026 — the franchise’s first-ever simultaneous global TCG release — but it’s only wave one of a 27-product rollout. A second wave of collections lands October 2, and the premium tier, including the $179.99 Ultra-Premium Collection, doesn’t ship until October 30–November 6. Pre-orders for…
Quick take: Preorders for 2026 Topps Update Series Baseball open September 14 at 12 p.m. ET, exclusively through Topps.com. The set gives Konnor Griffin, JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle, and a handful of other prospects their first true flagship rookie cards. Box pricing has not been officially announced. If you are flipping rather than collecting, the…