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The PSA heist by the numbers

What was taken from a FedEx truck near PSA's facility in Santa Ana, California on , and what it is worth. Counts come from PSA's list of deactivated certs. Values come only from public sales we cite, so they cover the cards priced so far, and this page is rebuilt as more prices land.

Slabs on PSA's list
6,451
14 of them are PSA no-grade vouchers with no card details. They count here, and stand apart in the charts below.
Different cards
3,916
One for each PSA description on the list, 3 of them for the vouchers.
PSA's estimate
At least
$963,000
PSA's estimate given to police. It covers two of the three pallets.

Priced so far66%4,288 of 6,451 slabs

2,125 of 3,916 cards have an estimate from cited sales, checked . 16 more cards were checked and have no PSA 10, 9 or 8 sale on record.

Every slab on the list

One square for each of the 6,451 slabs, grouped by category. Lit squares have a SlabHeist estimate, counted first in each group; the rest light up as prices land.

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Stolen slabs and priced slabs by category
CategorySlabsPricedShare priced
Pokémon2,9782,16873%
Sports2,1701,21656%
One Piece89878287%
Other cards3257724%
Yu-Gi-Oh!583967%
No-grade vouchers1400%
Magic: The Gathering8675%

What was taken

Counted straight from PSA's list of stolen certs, so nothing in this part is an estimate.

By category, then sport or language

Each block is sized by stolen slabs. Pokémon alone is 46% of the list.

The 14 PSA no-grade vouchers (3 of PSA's descriptions) have no card details, so they are counted apart from every category, Other cards included.

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Stolen slabs by category, then sport or language
Category and partSlabsCardsShare of list
Pokémon2,9781,53546%
English1,44880222%
Japanese1,36868021%
Chinese91381%
Korean639<1%
Language not given86<1%
Sports2,1701,72634%
Basketball87962114%
Baseball63954810%
Football4324007%
Wrestling89771%
Soccer4338<1%
Tennis402<1%
Hockey2316<1%
Racing1313<1%
Golf66<1%
Other sports65<1%
One Piece89836814%
English5221998%
Japanese3541615%
Chinese197<1%
Language not given31<1%
Other cards3252445%
English2361834%
Japanese87591%
Korean22<1%
Yu-Gi-Oh!5832<1%
Japanese4621<1%
Korean87<1%
English44<1%
No-grade vouchers143<1%
Magic: The Gathering88<1%

Inside each category

The sets, sports and makers with the most stolen slabs. Shares are of the category.

Sets with the most slabs

  1. Ascended Heroes2026 · 63 cards2197%
  2. Mega Dream ex2025, Japanese · 44 cards1756%
  3. ME Black Star Promo2025 to 2026 · 33 cards1405%
  4. SV Black Star Promo2023 to 2025 · 25 cards722%
  5. Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition2021, Japanese · 18 cards672%
  6. Inferno X2025, Japanese · 16 cards632%
  7. SV-P Promo2023 to 2025, Japanese · 8 cards592%
  8. Terastal Fest ex2024, Japanese · 28 cards562%

By language

  1. English802 cards1,44849%
  2. Japanese680 cards1,36846%
  3. Chinese38 cards913%
  4. Korean9 cards632%
  5. Language not given6 cards8<1%

Every Pokémon card on the list

When the cards were made

The 2020s alone account for 72% of the slabs. 201 slabs were made before 1980, the oldest in the 1920s.

  1. 1920s10 slabs
  2. 1930s8 slabs
  3. 1940s7 slabs
  4. 1950s74 slabs
  5. 1960s67 slabs
  6. 1970s35 slabs
  7. 1980s110 slabs
  8. 1990s442 slabs
  9. 2000s513 slabs
  10. 2010s499 slabs
  11. 2020s4,669 slabs

17 slabs have no year on PSA's list and are left out, 14 of them no-grade vouchers.

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Stolen slabs by the decade the card was made
DecadeSlabsCards
1920s106
1930s86
1940s75
1950s7473
1960s6732
1970s3525
1980s110100
1990s442294
2000s513413
2010s499374
2020s4,6692,582

Copies of each card

3,012 of the 3,913 cards (77%) were taken once. The 13 cards taken 20 or more times add up to 412 slabs.

  1. Cards stolen once3,012 cards
  2. Cards stolen twice467 cards
  3. Cards stolen 3 times192 cards
  4. Cards stolen 4 times87 cards
  5. Cards stolen 5 to 9 times100 cards
  6. Cards stolen 10 to 19 times42 cards
  7. Cards stolen 20 or more times13 cards

The 14 no-grade vouchers are left out: they have no card details, so 3,913 of the 3,916 PSA descriptions count as cards here.

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Cards and slabs by how many copies of the card were stolen
Copies stolenCardsSlabs
13,0123,012
2467934
3192576
487348
5 to 9100609
10 to 1942546
20 or more13412

Most copies of one card

The cards with the most slabs on PSA's list. Each is one PSA description, so variants count apart.

  1. Michael Jordan1990 NBA Hoops #6551copies
  2. Magikarp2026 Pokemon Korean M-P Promo #04050copies
  3. Monkey D. Luffy2023 One Piece Awakening of the New Era #OP05-01247copies
  4. Fukuoka's Pikachu2025 Pokemon Japanese SV-P Promo #28939copies
  5. Enel2026 One Piece Japanese Promos #P-06039copies
  6. Mega Charizard X ex2025 Pokemon Japanese Mega Dream ex #22329copies
  7. Monkey D. Luffy2024 One Piece Premium Booster: One Piece Card The Best #PRB01-05527copies
  8. Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat2023 Pokemon SV Black Star Promo #08525copies
  9. Mega Charizard X ex2025 Pokemon Japanese Inferno X #11024copies
  10. Mega Greninja ex2026 Pokemon Chaos Rising #11621copies

What it is worth

Only the 2,125 cards (4,288 slabs, 66% of the list) with a SlabHeist estimate from cited public sales. PSA's list gives no grades, so these are what the priced slabs come to at a grade, not what the stolen copies are worth.

If every priced slab were one grade

What the 4,288 slabs we have priced come to if every one were a PSA 8, a PSA 9 or a PSA 10.

  1. PSA 81,464 of 2,125 cards with a cited PSA 8 sale, 661 at the nearest grade$2.3M
  2. PSA 91,814 of 2,125 cards with a cited PSA 9 sale, 311 at the nearest grade$3.6M
  3. PSA 101,851 of 2,125 cards with a cited PSA 10 sale, 274 at the nearest grade$15M

The low end counts each priced card at its PSA 8 estimate, or at its lowest priced grade when no PSA 8 sale is cited. The high end counts it at PSA 10, or at its highest priced grade when no PSA 10 sale is cited. The PSA 9 figure counts each priced card at its PSA 9 estimate, or at its PSA 8 estimate when no PSA 9 sale is cited, then at PSA 10.

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Priced slabs at PSA 8, PSA 9 and PSA 10
If every slab wereTogetherCards with a sale at itAt the nearest grade
PSA 8$2,295,2431,464661
PSA 9$3,646,0761,814311
PSA 10$14,509,5881,851274

Priced value by category

Each category's priced slabs at PSA 8, 9 and 10, on one scale from zero.

  1. Pokémon2,168 of 2,978 slabs priced (73%)$894K to $8.9M
  2. Sports1,216 of 2,170 slabs priced (56%)$1.1M to $5.2M
  3. One Piece782 of 898 slabs priced (87%)$158K to $306K
  4. Other cards77 of 325 slabs priced (24%)$70K to $81K
  5. Yu-Gi-Oh!39 of 58 slabs priced (67%)$19K to $68K
  6. Magic: The Gathering6 of 8 slabs priced (75%)$45K to $46K
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Priced value by category at PSA 8, PSA 9 and PSA 10
CategoryPriced slabsPSA 8PSA 9PSA 10
Pokémon2,168 of 2,978$894,083$1,488,154$8,855,626
Sports1,216 of 2,170$1,108,934$1,845,786$5,152,888
One Piece782 of 898$158,137$174,323$306,356
Other cards77 of 325$69,555$70,713$80,894
Yu-Gi-Oh!39 of 58$19,200$21,756$67,758
Magic: The Gathering6 of 8$45,334$45,344$46,066

Top 25 by total exposure

Copies stolen times the card's value estimate: PSA 10, or the nearest grade with a cited sale. It is how the list sorts by total exposure.

  1. Julius Erving / Larry Bird / Magic Johnson1980 Topps$2,160,0004 × $540,000 at PSA 10
  2. Rayquaza Gold Star2005 Pokemon EX Deoxys #107$1,365,0002 × $682,500 at PSA 10
  3. Gengar1999 Pokemon Japanese Vending #94$621,0003 × $207,000 at PSA 10
  4. Lugia · 1st Edition2000 Pokemon Neo Genesis #9$617,3823 × $205,794 at PSA 10
  5. Charizard · 1st Edition1999 Pokemon Base Set #4$579,0001 × $579,000 at PSA 10
  6. Babe Ruth1933 Goudey #144$304,4871 × $304,487 at PSA 8
  7. Umbreon2010 Pokemon Undaunted #86$298,2044 × $74,551 at PSA 10
  8. Blastoise · 1st Edition1999 Pokemon Base Set #2$252,0002 × $126,000 at PSA 10
  9. Charizard1999 Pokemon Base Set #4$225,0006 × $37,500 at PSA 10
  10. Charizard · Shadowless1999 Pokemon Base Set #4$210,0001 × $210,000 at PSA 10
  11. Michael Jordan · Gold1998 SP Authentic Sign of the Times #MJ$207,4001 × $207,400 at PSA 10
  12. Alakazam1999 Pokemon Japanese Vending #65$180,0002 × $90,000 at PSA 10
  13. Jerry Rice1986 Topps #161$180,0002 × $90,000 at PSA 10
  14. Charizard2007 Pokemon Secret Wonders #3$164,5202 × $82,260 at PSA 10
  15. Gengar2003 Pokemon Skyridge #H9$160,0001 × $160,000 at PSA 10
  16. Pikachu · Easily Understand How to Play Pokemon Cards1996 Pokemon Japanese Promo #025$160,0002 × $80,000 at PSA 10
  17. Pikachu EX2016 Pokemon XY Black Star Promo #XY124$155,5542 × $77,777 at PSA 10
  18. Umbreon2003 Pokemon Skyridge #H30$150,0001 × $150,000 at PSA 10
  19. Lionel Messi2004 Mundicromo Liga #617$120,0002 × $60,000 at PSA 10
  20. Pikachu · Corocoro Comic #223 November1996 Pokemon Japanese Promo #025$117,1203 × $39,040 at PSA 8
  21. Venusaur · 1st Edition1999 Pokemon Base Set #15$117,0082 × $58,504 at PSA 10
  22. Shohei Ohtani · Red Refractor2026 Bowman Chrome Anime #BA-26$109,6631 × $109,663 at PSA 10
  23. Regice Gold Star2006 Pokemon EX Legend Maker #90$106,2003 × $35,400 at PSA 10
  24. Dialga2015 Pokemon XY Black Star Promos #XY77$105,6002 × $52,800 at PSA 10
  25. Shining Mew2001 Pokemon Japanese Promo Corocoro Comics #151$100,8002 × $50,400 at PSA 10

PSA's list does not give the grades of the stolen slabs, so each figure is what those copies would come to at that grade, not what they are worth.

How concentrated the value is

The top 10 cards hold 46% of the priced value. The top card alone, Julius Erving / Larry Bird / Magic Johnson (1980 Topps), holds 15%.

  1. The top card15%$2.2M
  2. Cards 2 to 1031%$4.5M
  3. Cards 11 to 2515%$2.1M
  4. The other 2,100 cards40%$5.7M
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Priced value by rank of card, by total exposure
CardsHow manyExposureShare
The top card1$2,160,00015%
Cards 2 to 109$4,472,07331%
Cards 11 to 2515$2,133,86515%
Every other priced card2,100$5,743,65040%

What it could be worth

A value for the whole list comes at 80% priced

66% priced today. 873 more slabs need an estimate first.

Why we do not guess yet

Price research started with the most notable cards, so the cards priced so far are not a fair sample of the rest. Multiplying them out to the whole list would overstate it. Once most of the list is priced, the gap left to fill is small enough to estimate, and we will show that estimate here, labeled as a projection, with how it was made.

How much of the haul has a price

We record our totals each time we add prices from cited public sales.

Latest,

Slabs with a price
4,288of 6,451, 66%
Cards priced
2,125of 3,916
Value of the priced slabs
$2.3M to $15M

Share of stolen slabs with a price

66%

Value range of the priced slabs

$15M$2.3M

Tracking since . Each step is an update that added or changed prices. Tap the chart to read a step.Point at the chart to read a step.

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Our price check over time, newest first
DateCards pricedSlabs pricedValue, lowValue, high
2,1254,288 66%$2,295,243$14,509,588
2,1154,275 66%$2,293,890$14,505,351
1,8713,945 61%$2,199,882$14,065,592
1,3563,175 49%$1,963,830$12,970,915
9812,601 40%$1,862,538$12,363,664
8022,358 37%$1,819,780$12,227,954
5151,882 29%$1,444,076$10,303,671
163890 14%$1,109,312$7,889,679
73757 12%$932,463$7,268,177

The range counts only the 4,288 of 6,451 stolen slabs we have priced so far, each from PSA 8 to PSA 10, or the nearest grade with a cited sale. It grows mostly as more cards get a price, not because cards gained value. How we price cards

Video summary

A 16-second silent video of the basic facts: the date and place, PSA's count of stolen slabs, PSA's estimate, three cards with SlabHeist estimates and their source, and this site's address. Its figures are from October 24, 2026, when 2,125 of 3,916 cards were priced; the figures on this page may be newer.

What the video says
  1. October 13, 2026. Santa Ana, California.
  2. A FedEx truck near PSA's facility.
  3. 6,451 PSA slabs stolen.
  4. At least $963,000. PSA's estimate given to police. It covers two of the three pallets.
  5. Highest estimates so far: Rayquaza Gold Star, PSA 10 est. $682,500; Charizard · 1st Edition, PSA 10 est. $579,000; Julius Erving / Larry Bird / Magic Johnson, PSA 10 est. $540,000. SlabHeist estimates from cited public sales, not appraisals. 2,125 of 3,916 cards priced as of Oct 24, 2026.
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