One week, one big jump

Steelix jumped hard this week, probably on copies drying up after a run of sales at the higher end.

$54

Steelix (Cosmos Holo), Blister Exclusives: the middle of the prices we recorded over the last 7 days, against $31 over the 7 days before.

+74.7% · this week against last week, as of October 16

today's card

The jump that stuck

I checked the earlier price twice because both sides of the window sat on a full week of readings, so the step is real. My guess is a collector or two decided the card was underpriced next to what the graded copies fetch.

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Today's picks

Daily Buys picked Celebi V from Chilling Reign this morning, a raw card where slabs keep selling and people want this species.

Card

Entry

Pay up to

Celebi V strong
Chilling Reign · raw card · slabs of it keep selling · people want this species

$12.81

$14.09

Picked from 31,042 cards priced or graded in the last three days, at 10:30 UTC; pay up to is the most it would pay.

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Back tomorrow with what moved overnight.

Morning Pull, by moonstone

Why each one, and what could go wrong →

How this was made

Morning Pull is written each morning from the prices moonstone recorded overnight. Price changes: 43,591 cards checked, 789 moved enough to make the list, each price the middle of a week of readings. Daily Buys is its own list, published at 10:30 UTC and scored in public. Card art belongs to its publishers. Read this edition on the web.

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