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Jul 28 – Aug 4, 2026
PS2 Leads Graded Sales This Week
Explore this week's graded video game sales trends, featuring PS2 and SNES titles leading in prices and activity.
How grading works, condition tiers, and how to read the market.
View all →Auction results, records, and shifts across the graded-game market.
View all →Deep dives on the grails — the stories behind the market’s trophy titles.
View all →Buying, authenticating, storing, and protecting a serious collection.
View all →Stadium Events: The Story Behind the NES Holy Grail
How a discontinued 1987 Bandai fitness game became the most fabled rarity in NES collecting — the recall, the survivors, and the sales that shocked the hobby.
Read the spotlight →WATA vs CGC vs VGA vs PSA: Which Grading Company Should You Use?
A practical comparison of WATA, CGC, VGA, and PSA game grading — scales, cost, turnaround, and how the market prices the same title across holders.
The Sealed Nintendo Boom: How the Market Went From $100k to Seven Figures
A data-driven retrospective on the 2019–2021 sealed graded game boom, the record-sale chain, the 2022 cooling, and where collectors should focus now.
Sealed, CIB, or Loose: What Each Condition Really Means for Value
Precise definitions of sealed, CIB, and loose games — seal types by era, why cardboard-box titles command premiums, and how condition meets grade.
Super Mario Bros. and the Sealed Copies That Redefined the Hobby
How sealed Super Mario Bros. became the bellwether of graded-game collecting — the seal variants, the record sales chain, and how experts date a copy today.
Label Eras and Reholders: A Field Guide to Reading a Graded Game's History
How grading-company label designs evolved, why reholders exist, and what a slab's label era tells you about a graded game's provenance and price.
How to Spot a Resealed Game Before You Spend Five Figures
A practical, era-by-era guide to telling factory shrink wrap from a reseal — seams, tension, texture, and the pre-purchase checks that protect your money.
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