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The TOP 25 Selling Players on eBay in April 2026 1) ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani — $16.58m (-5%) 2) 🏀 Michael Jordan — $11.38m (+9%) 3) 🏀 Victor Wembanyama — $7.26m (+29%) 4) 🏀 Cooper Flagg — $6.03m (+5%) 5) 🏀 LeBron James — $4.28m (+6%) 6) 🏀 Kobe Bryant — $4.17m (+1%) 7) ⚾️ Aaron Judge — $3.28m (-6%) 8) 🏈 Tom Brady — $3.24m (+10%) 9) 🏀 Stephen Curry — $2.88m (-4%) 10) ⚾️ Mickey Mantle — $2.47m (-8%) 11) ⚾️ Ken Griffey Jr — $2.35m (+3%) 12) 🏈 Patrick Mahomes — $2.35m (-12%) 13) ⚾️ Konnor Griffin — $2.23m (+22%) 14) 🏈 Jaxson Dart — $2.20m (+32%) 15) 🏀 Kon Knueppel — $1.97m (-40%) 16) ⚽️ Lamine Yamal — $1.86m (+44%) 17) 🏈 Caleb Williams — $1.45m (+3%) 18) ⚾️ Mike Trout — $1.40m (+25%) 19) ⚽️ Lionel Messi — $1.39m (+6%) 20) 🏀 Caitlin Clark — $1.39m (-1%) 21) 🏀 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — $1.37m (-12%) 22) ⚾️ Paul Skenes — $1.24m (-36%) 23) 🏀 Luka Doncic — $1.22m (-15%) 24) 🏈 Drake Maye — $1.18m (-9%) 25) ⚾️ Nolan Ryan — $1.14m (-10%)

Daily Grading Update -> May 14, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 102.2k (+3%) CGC -> 36.8k (+13%) Beckett -> 3.4k (+13%) TAG -> 1.8k (+65%) SGC -> 1.7k (-23%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> May 13, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 99.6k (+5%) CGC -> 32.5k (-19%) Beckett -> 3.0k (-1%) SGC -> 2.2k (-5%) TAG -> 1.0k (+79%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> May 12, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 94.5k CGC -> 40.2k Beckett -> 3.0k SGC -> 2.3k TAG -> 0.6k #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Sports card singles sales on eBay totaled $227 million in April, according to new data from @gemrate. Total is slightly down from $233 million in March. Shohei Ohtani was the most popular athlete in April with more than $16.5 million in sales.

@PeakHobby Thanks! Moving too fast it seems. Good catch. The post text is incorrect.

@gemrate You have TAG and SGC numbers switched between your text vs. the graphic. You actually did that a few times previously as well. Which one is right?

Weekly Grading Recap: 5/4/26-5/10/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 473.9k (-14%) CGC -> 142.2 (-12%) Beckett -> 24.8k (-3%) TAG -> 18.0k (+28%) SGC -> 6.7k (-59%) #sportscards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> May 8, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 114.4k (+33%) CGC -> 27.3k (-5%) Beckett -> 6.1k (+13%) SGC -> 1.7k (-37%) TAG -> 1.4k (+207%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> May 7, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 85.8k (+14%) CGC -> 28.7k (+1%) Beckett -> 5.4k (+116%) SGC -> 2.7k (+125%) TAG -> 0.5k (-40%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> May 5, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 72.2k CGC -> 24.2k SGC -> 2.0k Beckett -> 1.1k TAG -> 1.2k #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Weekly Grading Recap: 4/27/26-5/3/26 Total items graded: PSA -> 549.5k (+24%) CGC -> 161.3k (+11%) Beckett -> 25.5k (-6%) TAG -> 16.4k (+93%) SGC -> 14.0k (+30%) #sportscards #tradingcards

@nonexpertt Charts below have the correct YoY change

@gemrate Glad I’m not the only one confused by how the cgc data is presented.

GemRate | April ’26 Grading Recap ---------------- -- Overall grading activity crossed the 3 million card mark and was ⬆4% in April compared to March and ⬆43% YoY. -- Grading activity set another record in April, with 3.10 million cards graded, ⬆~120k compared to March. ---------------- -- PSA graded 2.21m cards - ⬆2% vs March, ⬆42% YoY. [Record high] -- CGC* graded 690k cards - ⬆15% vs March, ⬆102% YoY. [Record high] -- Beckett graded 97k cards - ⬇8% vs March, ⬆70% YoY. -- SGC graded 50k cards - ⬆6% vs March, ⬇70% YoY. -- TAG graded 48k cards - ⬆2% vs March, ⬆27% YoY. ---------------- *CGC added ~35k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in April, primarily tied to its Fanatics partnership. Note: There were 22 business days in April ’26, 22 in March ’26, and 22 in April ’25. ---------------- Category Notes -- TCG grading was ⬆7% MoM; baseball grading was ⬇3% MoM. ---------------- Other Graders -- AGS graded 50.5k cards - ⬇13% vs March. -- Arena Club graded 5.0k cards - ⬇15% vs March, ⬇59% YoY.

@ZiggyWumpus Here's the correct charts for reference. Thanks again for flagging the error.

@ZiggyWumpus Good catch. Thank you!

On the 75th anniversary of his first home run, we’re ranking the entire graded populations of Mickey Mantle cards with a lift from @gemrate. Even if you’re not into grading, it offers some insight into Mantle pops as a whole >>> sportscollectorsdaily.com/ranking-the-gr…

Daily Grading Update -> April 30, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 101.3k (+5%) CGC -> 32.8k (+16%) Beckett -> 4.7k (+9%) SGC -> 1.9k (+20%) TAG -> 1.0k (-28%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> April 29, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 96.1k (-23%) CGC -> 28.3k (-11%) Beckett -> 4.3k (-7%) SGC -> 1.6k (-62%) TAG -> 1.3k (+7%) #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards

Daily Grading Update -> April 28, 2026 Items graded yesterday: PSA -> 125.3k CGC -> 31.7k Beckett -> 4.6k SGC -> 3.7k TAG -> 1.2k #sportscards #baseballcards #tradingcards