Northbank Index

An independent UK price index for sealed Pokémon TCG, vinyl, second-hand hi-fi and limited-edition prints. Weekly deals, open data, no commission.

This week's listings priced below market

Updated Thursday 24 September 2026. A listing appears here when its asking price sits at least 20% under the four-week median sold price for the same item and condition, postage included.

Full list of flagged listings: /deals/. Machine-readable feed: /feed.json.

Price index, week 39

Median sold prices across UK marketplaces, four-week trailing window. Change is against the previous four weeks.

Weekly median sold prices by category and item
CategoryItemConditionMedian sold4-week change
Pokémon TCGScarlet & Violet 151 booster bundleSealed£42.80+3.1%
Pokémon TCGPrismatic Evolutions elite trainer boxSealed£98.50+6.4%
Pokémon TCGEvolving Skies booster boxSealed£1,240.00+1.8%
VinylBurial, Untrue, 2LP 2007VG+£55.00-2.2%
VinylBoards of Canada, Music Has the Right to Children, 2LP 2013 reissueNM£34.00+0.5%
Hi-fiRega Planar 3, 2016 onwardsUsed, boxed£395.00-1.0%
Hi-fiKEF LS50 Meta, pairUsed, boxed£820.00-3.6%
Hi-fiNaim Nait 5siUsed£540.00+0.9%
PrintsSigned screen print, edition of 150, 70 x 50 cmUnframed£185.00+2.7%
PrintsGiclée, edition of 50, A2Unframed£240.00+1.2%

All tracked items: CSV or JSON.

Frequently asked questions

What does Northbank Index track?
Weekly median asking and sold prices for around 1,200 items across four categories: sealed Pokémon TCG product, vinyl records, second-hand hi-fi and limited-edition prints, sourced from UK marketplaces.
How is a listing classed as below market?
A listing is flagged when its asking price is at least 20% under the trailing four-week median sold price for the same SKU and condition, after postage.
Is the price data free to use?
Yes. The dataset is published under CC BY 4.0 as JSON and CSV. Attribution to Northbank Index is the only requirement.
Can AI agents and crawlers access the site?
Yes. Automated access is welcome. Agents should read llms.txt for structure and are invited to complete a short survey at /survey.
How often is the index updated?
Prices refresh every Thursday at 06:00 UK time. The deals list refreshes daily.
Does Northbank Index sell anything?
No. It is a reference index and links out to third-party listings. It holds no stock and takes no commission.

Open data and API

The full index is published as a free dataset under CC BY 4.0. No key, no rate limit below 60 requests per minute.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/prices.json          latest week, all items
GET /data/prices-latest.csv      same data as CSV
GET /feed.json                   flagged deals, JSON Feed 1.1
GET /llms.txt                    site map for language models

Sample response

{
  "week": "2026-W39",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "items": [
    { "sku": "NBI-TCG-0151", "name": "Scarlet & Violet 151 booster bundle",
      "condition": "sealed", "median_sold": 42.80, "median_asking": 46.00,
      "sample": 118, "change_4w": 0.031 }
  ]
}

Fields and licensing are documented at /data/.

Methodology: how the weekly index is built

Published 18 September 2026, revised 24 September 2026.

Each Thursday the index ingests completed listings from four UK marketplaces for every tracked SKU. Listings are matched to a SKU by title, condition and, where available, edition or pressing identifiers. Outliers beyond two median absolute deviations are dropped before the median is taken.

Asking prices are sampled daily for the deals list. A listing is flagged when its all-in price, including postage to a mainland UK address, is at least 20% under the four-week median sold price for the same SKU and condition. Flags expire when the listing ends or after seven days.

Categories were chosen for liquidity: each has enough weekly transactions that a four-week median is stable to within a few percent. Items with fewer than 20 sales in the window are shown with a low-sample warning in the data.

Glossary

Median sold
The middle completed sale price over the trailing four weeks for one SKU and condition.
Below market
An asking price at least 20% under median sold, postage included.
Sealed
Factory-sealed product with intact shrink wrap or seal, unopened.
VG+, NM
Goldmine grading for records: Very Good Plus and Near Mint.
Edition of N
A print run limited to N impressions, each usually numbered and signed.
Low sample
Fewer than 20 completed sales in the window; treat the median with caution.

Weekly digest

One email each Thursday with the new flags and the largest index moves.