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The TOP 50 Selling Players on eBay — 1H 2026 1) ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani — $85.67m (+125%) 2) 🏀 Michael Jordan — $68.89m (+65%) 3) 🏀 Victor Wembanyama — $50.57m (+204%) 4) 🏀 Cooper Flagg — $34.02m (+321%) 5) 🏀 LeBron James — $26.30m (+36%) 6) 🏀 Kobe Bryant — $25.93m (+43%) 7) 🏈 Tom Brady — $20.80m (+53%) 8) 🏀 Stephen Curry — $17.87m (+26%) 9) ⚾️ Mickey Mantle — $15.92m (+30%) 10) ⚾️ Aaron Judge — $15.69m (+56%) 11) 🏈 Drake Maye — $14.10m (+0%) 12) ⚾️ Ken Griffey Jr. — $13.96m (+59%) 13) 🏈 Patrick Mahomes — $13.70m (+23%) 14) 🏀 Kon Knueppel — $10.92m (+859%) 15) ⚽️ Lionel Messi — $10.87m (+34%) 16) ⚽️ Lamine Yamal — $10.34m (+75%) 17) 🏈 Jaxson Dart — $10.09m (+227%) 18) 🏈 Caleb Williams — $9.84m (+35%) 19) 🏀 Dylan Harper — $8.43m (+690%) 20) 🏀 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — $8.40m (+41%) 21) ⚾️ Paul Skenes — $8.15m (+18%) 22) 🏀 Caitlin Clark — $8.07m (-16%) 23) ⚾️ Konnor Griffin — $7.91m (+339%) 24) 🏀 Jalen Brunson — $7.77m (+450%) 25) 🏀 Luka Doncic — $7.40m (-13%) 26) 🏈 Josh Allen — $6.87m (+3%) 27) ⚾️ Nolan Ryan — $6.81m (+34%) 28) 🏀 Anthony Edwards — $6.34m (+31%) 29) ⚾️ Mike Trout — $6.14m (+67%) 30) ⚾️ Willie Mays — $6.02m (+21%) 31) ⚾️ Hank Aaron — $5.99m (+27%) 32) ⚾️ Bobby Witt Jr. — $5.63m (+61%) 33) 🏈 Bo Nix — $5.52m (-19%) 34) ⚾️ Nick Kurtz — $5.27m (+4%) 35) ⚾️ Babe Ruth — $5.09m (+29%) 36) 🏈 Jayden Daniels — $4.97m (-51%) 37) 🏈 Cam Ward — $4.80m (+389%) 38) ⚾️ Yoshinobu Yamamoto — $4.80m (-11%) 39) ⚾️ Roman Anthony — $4.73m (+105%) 40) 🏀 Shaquille O'Neal — $4.51m (+47%) 41) 🏈 Joe Burrow — $4.46m (+5%) 42) 🏒 Macklin Celebrini — $4.31m (+140%) 43) 🏀 Larry Bird — $4.18m (+27%) 44) ⚾️ Derek Jeter — $4.15m (+33%) 45) 🏈 Tyler Shough — $4.14m (+637%) 46) ⚾️ Jackie Robinson — $4.02m (+28%) 47) 🏀 Stephon Castle — $3.96m (+62%) 48) ⚾️ Roberto Clemente — $3.89m (+12%) 49) ⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo — $3.82m (+51%) 50) 🏀 Nikola Jokic — $3.75m (+11%)
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Two iconic MJ’s A debate that’s raged for decades Which side are you on? 👇👇👇 Data per @gemrate
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GemRate | September ’26 Grading Recap -- Overall grading activity increased to 3.52 million cards and was ⬆9% in September compared to August and ⬆62% YoY. (All numbers exclude Beckett) -- PSA graded 2.47m cards - ⬆12% vs August, ⬆58% YoY. -- CGC* graded 962k cards - ⬆3% vs August, ⬆90% YoY. [Record high] -- TAG graded 51k cards - ⬇13% vs August, ⬇4% YoY. -- SGC graded 46k cards - ⬆8% vs August, ⬇24% YoY. -- Beckett was not included in September results. *CGC added ~60k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in September. Note: There were 21 business days in September ’26, 21 in August ’26, and 21 in September ’25. Other Graders -- AGS graded 63k cards - ⬆15% vs August. -- PCG graded 34k cards - ⬆13% vs August.
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GemRate | August ’26 Grading Recap -- Overall grading activity decreased to 3.40 million cards and was ⬇6% in August compared to July and ⬆47% YoY. -- On a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬇1% compared to July. -- PSA graded 2.20m cards - ⬇12% vs July, ⬆32% YoY. -- CGC* graded 937k cards - ⬆9% vs July, ⬆114% YoY. [Record high] -- Beckett graded 159k cards - ⬇1% vs July, ⬆147% YoY. -- TAG graded 58k cards - ⬆2% vs July, ⬆76% YoY. [Record high] -- SGC graded 42k cards - ⬇3% vs July, ⬇64% YoY. *CGC added ~65k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in August. Note: There were 21 business days in August ’26, 22 in July ’26, and 21 in August ’25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬇8% in August vs July, CGC ⬆7%, Beckett ⬆5%, TAG ⬆2%, and SGC ⬆7%. Other Graders -- AGS graded 55k cards - ⬇30% vs July. -- PCG graded 30k cards - ⬆43% vs July.
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Quick correction: On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬇8% in August vs July, CGC ⬆15%, Beckett ⬆3%, TAG ⬆7%, and SGC ⬆1%.
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Weekly Grading Recap: 8/10/26-8/16/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 464.6k (-11%) CGC -> 217.6k (+5%) Beckett -> 18.1k (-24%) TAG -> 12.3k SGC -> 12.0k (+29%) #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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Michael Jordan and Shohei Ohtani still sold more than any other player, but @gemrate says an aging star who changed teams and some top soccer players pushed another big month of sales on eBay >>> sportscollectorsdaily.com/jo…
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The TOP 25 Selling Players on eBay in July 2026 1) 🏀 Michael Jordan — $19.39m (+16%) 2) ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani — $16.48m (-2%) 3) 🏀 LeBron James — $8.54m (+51%) 4) 🏀 Kobe Bryant — $6.04m (+7%) 5) 🏈 Tom Brady — $5.93m (+24%) 6) ⚽️ Lionel Messi — $5.89m (+47%) 7) 🏀 Victor Wembanyama — $5.31m (-62%) 8) ⚽️ Lamine Yamal — $5.03m (+62%) 9) 🏀 Cooper Flagg — $4.00m (-16%) 10) 🏀 Stephen Curry — $3.63m (+25%) 11) ⚾️ Ken Griffey Jr — $3.24m (+6%) 12) ⚾️ Mickey Mantle — $3.01m (+9%) 13) 🏈 Patrick Mahomes — $2.63m (-2%) 14) ⚽️ Erling Haaland — $2.55m (+239%) 15) ⚾️ Aaron Judge — $2.00m (+3%) 16) ⚽️ Kylian Mbappe — $1.85m (+104%) 17) ⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo — $1.82m (+53%) 18) 🏀 Dylan Harper — $1.76m (-54%) 19) 🏈 Jaxson Dart — $1.70m (-5%) 20) 🏈 Caleb Williams — $1.64m (-2%) 21) 🏀 Shaquille O’Neal — $1.45m (+42%) 22) ⚾️ Nolan Ryan — $1.42m (+14%) 23) 🏀 Caitlin Clark — $1.41m (+5%) 24) 🏈 Drake Maye — $1.33m (+11%) 25) 🏈 Josh Allen — $1.32m (+8%)
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Total graded population of 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards across all 4 major grading companies: 50,943. PSA 8 is the grade awarded most often to submissions at 9,387. PSA 7 - 5,171 PSA 9 - 3,083 PSA 10 - 341 Data per @gemrate
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Weekly Grading Recap: 8/3/26-8/9/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 520.1k (-4%) CGC -> 207.0k (-5%) Beckett -> 23.8k (-18%) SGC -> 9.3k (-1%) TAG -> 3.6k #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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GemRate | July ’26 Grading Recap -- Overall grading activity increased to 3.61 million cards and was ⬆3% in July compared to June and ⬆54% YoY. On a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬇2% compared to June. -- PSA graded 2.49m cards - ⬆0% vs June, ⬆49% YoY. -- CGC* graded 856k cards - ⬆12% vs June, ⬆115% YoY. [Record high] -- Beckett graded 161k cards - ⬆10% vs June, ⬆115% YoY. [Record high] -- TAG graded 57k cards - ⬆6% vs June, ⬆17% YoY. [Record high] -- SGC graded 44k cards - ⬆13% vs June, ⬇71% YoY. *CGC added ~60k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in July. Note: There were 22 business days in July ’26, 21 in June ’26, and 22 in July ’25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬇5% in July vs June, CGC ⬆7%, Beckett ⬆5%, TAG ⬆2%, and SGC ⬆7%. Other Graders -- AGS graded 78k cards - ⬆132% vs June
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Weekly Grading Recap: 7/20/26-7/26/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 539.7k (-6%) CGC -> 202.9k (+5%) Beckett -> 48.5k (+5%) TAG -> 13.2k (-5%) SGC -> 10.3k (+3%) #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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Jalen Brunson’s NBA Finals run sparked the biggest jump in eBay card sales during June, while a familiar name once again led all athletes in total sales, according to new data from @gemrate >>> sportscollectorsdaily.com/ja…
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Weekly Grading Recap: 7/6/26-7/12/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 618.1k (+25%) CGC -> 186.1k (+32%) Beckett -> 27.7k (+47%) SGC -> 10.7k (+26%) TAG -> - #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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The TOP 25 Selling Players on eBay in June 2026 1) 🏀 Michael Jordan — $16.78m (+29%) 2) ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani — $16.76m (+8%) 3) 🏀 Victor Wembanyama — $13.98m (-17%) 4) 🏀 Kobe Bryant — $5.66m (+18%) 5) 🏀 LeBron James — $5.65m (+11%) 6) 🏀 Jalen Brunson — $5.32m (+296%) 7) 🏈 Tom Brady — $4.80m (+13%) 8) 🏀 Cooper Flagg — $4.74m (-14%) 9) ⚽️ Lionel Messi — $4.00m (+97%) 10) 🏀 Dylan Harper — $3.79m (+86%) 11) ⚽️ Lamine Yamal — $3.10m (+37%) 12) ⚾️ Ken Griffey Jr — $3.05m (+21%) 13) 🏀 Stephen Curry — $2.91m (-8%) 14) ⚾️ Mickey Mantle — $2.76m (-3%) 15) 🏈 Patrick Mahomes — $2.68m (+1%) 16) ⚾️ Aaron Judge — $1.94m (-40%) 17) ⚾️ Jacob Misiorowski — $1.80m (+140%) 18) 🏈 Jaxson Dart — $1.78m (-14%) 19) 🏈 Caleb Williams — $1.67m (+21%) 20) 🏀 Caitlin Clark — $1.35m (-10%) 21) ⚾️ Nolan Ryan — $1.24m (+3%) 22) 🏀 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — $1.22m (-46%) 23) 🏈 Josh Allen — $1.22m (+4%) 24) ⚾️ Nick Kurtz — $1.22m (+76%) 25) 🏈 Drake Maye — $1.19m (+14%) instagram.com/p/Datn95_FhWh
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Weekly Grading Recap: 6/29/26-7/5/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 492.9k (-18%) CGC -> 140.6k (-32%) TAG -> 19.1k (+55%) Beckett -> 18.8k (-51%) SGC -> 8.5k (-35%) #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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GemRate | 1H 2026 Grading Recap Total All Graders = 17.5m (⬆23% vs 2H 2025) -> PSA = 12.74m (⬆23% vs 2H 2025) -> CGC = 3.60m (⬆31% vs 2H 2025) -> Beckett = 650k (⬆42% vs 2H 2025) -> TAG = 284k (⬆6% vs 2H 2025) -> SGC = 269k (⬇42% vs 2H 2025) Sports All Graders = 5.0m (⬆1% vs 2H 2025) -> PSA = 3.96m (⬆0% vs 2H 2025) -> CGC = 557k (⬆61% vs 2H 2025) -> SGC = 252k (⬇42% vs 2H 2025) -> Beckett = 206k (⬆16% vs 2H 2025) -> TAG = 20k (⬆5% vs 2H 2025) TCG/Non Sport All Graders = 12.5m (⬆34% vs 2H 2025) -> PSA = 8.77m (⬆37% vs 2H 2025) -> CGC = 3.04m (⬆27% vs 2H 2025) -> Beckett = 444k (⬆57% vs 2H 2025) -> TAG = 264k (⬆6% vs 2H 2025) -> SGC = 17k (⬇41% vs 2H 2025) Market Share Breakdown for 1H 2026 Sports -> PSA 79%, CGC 11%, SGC 5%, Beckett 4%, TAG 0% TCG/Non Sport -> PSA 70%, CGC 24%, Beckett 4%, TAG 2%, SGC 0% Total -> PSA 73%, CGC 20%, Beckett 4%, TAG 2%, SGC 2% Other Graders AGS = 267k Arena Club = 40k (⬇2% vs 2H 2025)
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GemRate | June ’26 Grading Recap -> Overall grading activity jumped to 3.5 million cards, smashing the previous record of 3.1 million, and was ⬆19% in June compared to May and ⬆65% YoY. -> On a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬆13% compared to May. -> Grading activity totaled 3.5 million cards in June, up ~555k compared to May. -> PSA graded 2.50m cards - ⬆21% vs May, ⬆74% YoY. [Record high] ->CGC* graded 763k cards - ⬆19% vs May, ⬆78% YoY. [Record high] ->Beckett graded 146k cards - ⬆1% vs May, ⬆132% YoY. [Record high] ->TAG graded 54k cards - ⬆4% vs May, ⬆45% YoY. [Record high] ->SGC graded 39k cards - ⬇19% vs May, ⬇75% YoY. *CGC added ~45k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in June. Other Graders -> AGS graded 33.8k cards - ⬇6% vs May. -> Arena Club graded 8.2k cards - ⬆44% vs May, ⬆72% YoY. Note: There were 21 business days in June ’26, 20 in May ’26, and 20 in June ’25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬆15% in June vs May, CGC ⬆13%, Beckett ⬇4%, TAG ⬇1%, and SGC ⬇22%.
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Weekly Grading Recap: 6/22/26-6/28/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 603.4k (+22%) CGC -> 206.7k (+18%) Beckett -> 38.6k (+31%) SGC -> 13.0k (+61%) TAG -> 12.3k (+14%) #sportscards #tradingcards #pokemonCards
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Daily Grading Update -> June 27, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 93.7k (-16%) CGC -> 29.8k (-33%) Beckett -> 9.2k (+64%) TAG -> 2.4k (-6%) SGC -> 1.8k (-20%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards
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