Hottest Sales of the Week: Mew Claims the Crown

We spent the weekend watching one auction, and it did not disappoint. A PSA 10 Mew Gold Star closed at $192,000, the biggest Pokemon sale we tracked all week.

And it had company. Gengar showed up for a fourth straight week, a Crystal Charizard cleared $85,000, and the sealed side gave us boxes from four different eras. Here's what caught our eye, June 29 to July 5.

The graded grails

Start with the headliner. The Dragon Frontiers Mew Gold Star barely ever surfaces, and when this one did, bidders took it to $192,000.

What we love here is the pattern. The Gold Stars are waking up. The POP 5 Umbreon brought $168,000 and the Espeon $90,000 on last Monday's board, and now Mew tops them both. That corner of the market sat still for months while we watched vintage run, and this makes three monster Gold Star sales for us in two weeks.

The early 2000s filled in the middle for us: a Skyridge Crystal Charizard at $85,400 and an Unseen Forces Celebi ex at $78,000, both PSA 10s.

And of course, Gengar. Four weeks in a row now, this time a Skyridge holo in a TAG 10 at $60,700. At this point we just assume a Gengar makes the board and wait to see which one it'll be.

One more we can't skip: the Legendary Collection Pikachu. A week after a PSA 10 reset the record at $264,000, a BGS 9.5 copy went for $50,100. Same card, one grade lower, about a fifth of the price. That's the low-pop game in a single comp.

On the sealed side

The sealed board gave us a little bit of everything this week. A Japanese 15th Anniversary box from 2013 led at $27,100, and behind it came Black & White boxes, an artset of WOTC Legendary Collection packs, and a factory case of Celebrations.

That's two Mondays in a row the top five has come from four different eras, and honestly, we think that's the healthiest thing on this board. Buyers keep spreading out across the out-of-print shelf, and boxes this scarce only need one of them to show up.

The read

Last Monday it was Pikachu. This week it was Mew, and the Gold Stars came with it. That's three of them clearing serious money in two weeks, out of a corner that barely moved all spring, and it's the trend we're watching closest right now. The top of this market keeps clearing whatever surfaces, and if you're sitting on something low-pop, weeks like this are the comps we'd be writing down.