{"id":31516,"date":"2026-03-06T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=31516"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:16:18","slug":"a-major-milestone-for-manga-collecting-a-group-of-first-print-tankobon-graded-by-beckett-recently-sold-for-275000-marking-one-of-the-most-significant-private-manga-transactions-to-date-and-highlig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=31516","title":{"rendered":"A major milestone for manga collecting. A group of first-print tankobon graded by Beckett recently sold for $275,000, marking one of the most significant private manga transactions to date and highlighting the growing interest in graded manga within the broader collectibles market. The sale included: \u2022 One Piece Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.8 \u2022 Naruto Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.8 \u2022 Dragon Ball Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.4 These books represent the debut volumes of three of the most influential series in modern manga history. As the hobby continues to evolve, early print manga in high grade is increasingly being recognized alongside other cornerstone collectibles across comics, TCG, and p"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A major milestone for manga collecting.<\/p>\n<p>A group of first-print tankobon graded by Beckett recently sold for $275,000, marking one of the most significant private manga transactions to date and highlighting the growing interest in graded manga within the broader collectibles market.<\/p>\n<p>The sale included:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 One Piece Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.8<br \/>\u2022 Naruto Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.8<br \/>\u2022 Dragon Ball Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.4<\/p>\n<p>These books represent the debut volumes of three of the most influential series in modern manga history.<\/p>\n<p>As the hobby continues to evolve, early print manga in high grade is increasingly being recognized alongside other cornerstone collectibles across comics, TCG, and pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beckett Collectibles (@beckettcollect) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beckettcollect\/status\/2029978383078039717\">Mar 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major milestone for manga collecting. A group of first-print tankobon graded by Beckett recently sold for $275,000, marking one of the most significant private manga transactions to date and highlighting the growing interest in graded manga within the broader collectibles market. The sale included: \u2022 One Piece Vol. 1 (First Print) \u2014 BGS 9.8\u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":31518,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[51,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-31516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-grading","8":"tag-beckett","9":"tag-x"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31517,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31516\/revisions\/31517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}