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The Daily Tape — August 25, 2026

KLLKT ResearchAugust 25, 20264 min read

Daily Movers · August 25, 2026

Two kinds
of hot.

The market moves cards for a reason — and sometimes for no reason at all. Some climb on a catalyst. Others climb on nothing but collectors deciding they want in. Today's tape has both.

CATEGORIES 6MARQUEE MOVERS 88TOP TICKET $45,100

01 The catalyst

Joshua Baez isn't moving on vibes.

Joshua Baez
$1,733 PSA 105 / 7d · 5 / 30d
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Most of today's board is moving on collector demand alone. Joshua Baez's 2022 Bowman Chrome Prospects Baseball is the exception — there's a real event behind the price.

When a young player's situation shifts, the market repositions the card fast. We break down what happened and why it moved the card — in our own words.

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02 The vintage tape

No news. No rookie hype. The market's moving these anyway.

These players are retired or the sets are decades old — no headline is driving them. They're climbing on collector demand alone. On cards this established, that's not noise. It's the signal.

03 The board

What's hot in every category, right now.

The Daily Tape · generated by the KLLKT movers engine · prices: CardHedger completed-sales · as of August 25, 2026.
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