EXACT CARD PHOTO Lionel Messi 2025 Topps Chrome MLS Helix HX-1 exact card photograph

HX-1

SOCCER · Helix

Lionel Messi Helix HX-1

2025 TOPPS CHROME Major League Soccer · Hobby-exclusive short print

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ORIGINAL SALES REVIEWED 2026-10-10guide pending

Card code: HX-1
Format: Hobby
Official odds: 1:1,382 Hobby packs
Print run: Not announced

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2025 TOPPS CHROME Major League Soccer checklist ↗Helix cards and sales ↗PHOTO SOURCE · SportsCardsPro · exact Helix HX-1 photograph ↗

CARD EVIDENCE

What we know. What is missing.

WAIT FOR A THIRD SALE

2Exact raw sales · last 180 days

2Exact raw sales · all recorded dates

2Unverified raw sale reports

0Unverified graded sale reports

Original transaction review · checked October 10, 2026

Each row preserves its source report. Confirmed means the original listing shows a completed sale and its amount; it does not prove payment or delivery. Excellent-condition copies remain separate from near-mint comparisons.

CONFIRMED · 2026-09-06 · USD 663 · Excellent
Original shows SOLD, USD 663, 17 bids, Sep 6, 2026 18:46:30 PDT. SportsCardsPro displays Sep 7 without timezone. Preserve both dates. Excellent condition is excluded from near-mint raw comparison.
Original listing 377463267701 ↗ · Source report: USD 663 · 2026-09-07 ↗
CONFIRMED · 2026-07-25 · USD 850 · Near mint or better
Original shows SOLD Jul 25, USD 850 beside the prior USD 890 price, and Best offer accepted. The accepted amount is visible. Item specifics match 2025 MLS Helix HX-1, raw near mint or better.
Original listing 127979244825 ↗ · Source report: USD 850 · 2026-07-25 ↗
CONFIRMED · 2026-07-15 · USD 845 · Near mint or better
Original shows SOLD Jul 15, USD 845 and no accepted-offer flag. Item specifics match 2025 MLS Helix HX-1, raw near mint or better. Payment and delivery are not confirmed.
Original listing 198454207539 ↗ · Source report: USD 845 · 2026-07-15 ↗
ENDED ONLY · 2026-07-08 · Original amount unconfirmed · Unknown
Original summary shows ENDED and USD 949, without a sold confirmation or original-detail control. Retain the SportsCardsPro sale report; exclude from qualifying comps pending corroboration.
Original listing 206391559832 ↗ · Source report: USD 949 · 2026-07-08 ↗
ENDED ONLY · 2026-06-21 · Original amount unconfirmed · Unknown
Original summary shows ENDED and USD 649.99. SportsCardsPro reports USD 585. Neither the completed status nor accepted amount is confirmed by the original.
Original listing 336640477095 ↗ · Source report: USD 585 · 2026-06-21 ↗

Next research step: Verify one more exact raw sale in the 180-day window.

Calculated 2026-10-15 · Last evidence check 2026-10-10 · Latest exact raw sale 2026-07-25. Calculation date is not a new source check.

1 more recent exact raw sale needed
Print run not recorded

Exact identity and source trail

Release: 2025 TOPPS CHROME Major League Soccer
Insert / code: Helix / HX-1
Subject / variant: Lionel Messi / Standard insert · confirm against checklist
Record ID: lionel-messi-helix-hx1

Counts cover evidence retained by PULLED., not all marketplace sales. Observed sale counts and condition-comparable guide inputs are separate. Reports never qualify a guide; asking prices and hidden accepted prices remain separate. Three recent sales meet a minimum depth check, not a guarantee of comparable condition or value.

INVESTMENT-GRADE COLLECTING · RAW · 2026-10-15

Quality. Price. Evidence.

Investment Watchlist ↗

Q · Quality: 81/100
V · Valuation: —
L · Liquidity: —
E · Evidence: DATA GAP
F · Freshness: CURRENT

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DATA GAP · WAIT FOR THIRD SALE

Quality Value · LIMITED

Target entry: — · evidence does not support an entry range

Invalidation: Research remains open until exact raw evidence, comparable prices and condition can support an entry range.

2 verified exact raw sales in the last 180 days · 2 historical verified raw sales · latest 2026-07-25 · historical evidence DATA GAP. Unavailable scores are unknown, not zero.

Score inputs, sources and missing evidence

Scores are provisional editorial and historical comparisons. V has 0 scored inputs; no verified current purchase price or grading economics. Supply reserve: −0 points.

Q inputs

Subject durability: 98 · Editorial durability rubric: legend; subject identity in indexed checklist. No current performance forecast.
Insert franchise: 75 · Editorial franchise rubric; no price or insert-heat input
Card significance: 60 · Standard indexed insert; no first-issue or historic-premium claim
Verified scarcity: UNKNOWN · UNKNOWN: no qualifying official numeric odds/print run; SSP label is not a print run
Visual / collector appeal: 75 · Provisional design rubric for an exact photo in a recognized insert; subjective, not a buyer survey

V inputs

Own price history: UNKNOWN · Needs at least two exact sales in each chronological half
Same-athlete relative value: UNKNOWN · 1 quality-comparable raw inserts; at least two peers required
Same-insert relative value: UNKNOWN · 0 comparable subjects in exact release and cohort; at least two peers required
Legends vs prospects: UNKNOWN · Not applicable to this cohort
Raw vs graded economics: UNKNOWN · Insufficient exact PSA 10 history
Margin of safety: UNKNOWN · No fresh comparable fixed ask; no actionable price assessment

L inputs

Exact-sale frequency: 50 · Observed raw sales per 30 days; window at least 30 days; not total marketplace turnover
Transaction depth: 20 · 2 deduplicated raw transactions in 180 days; 10 reaches full depth
Spread: UNKNOWN · Unknown: fresh comparable fixed asks unavailable
Market depth: 20 · Distinct observed sale dates; unique buyers unknown

Official release evidence

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Marketplace evidence

Open inputs: Verified scarcity · Own price history · Same-athlete relative value · Same-insert relative value · Raw vs graded economics · Margin of safety · Unique buyer depth · Landed cost / taxes / fees · Fresh market verification. 0 excluded rows.

Same athlete across inserts Same insert · legends vs prospects · raw vs graded How Q/V/L/E/F works

MARKET CHECK · USD

Here’s what sold.

Guide prices and completed sales stay separate.

RAW GUIDENO GUIDE2026-10-10

PSA 10 GUIDE$2,374.042026-08-19

EXACT RAW MEDIANNO GUIDEDATA GAP · 2 raw sales · 3 required

LATEST SALE$850Raw · 2026-07-25

COMPLETED SALES2026-07-25Raw$850VIEW ↗2026-07-15Raw$845VIEW ↗

EVIDENCE NOTES

October 10 original audit supersedes the retained raw guide (USD 718.51). The retained graded guide was not rechecked. Two comparable near-mint raw sales qualify. NO GUIDE until a third comparable sale is verified. Other prices and original-check outcomes remain in the transaction review. Seller condition and marketplace sold labels do not confirm settlement or physical condition.

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PULLED. READ

Helix: the quick read.

Helix debuted in 2024 Topps Chrome Baseball as an SSP. PULLED. lists 75 checklist subjects and 25 card sale histories across basketball, Formula 1, tennis, UEFA and MLS. Each release has its own prices.

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Guide values orient the search; dated exact sales—and their depth—carry the evidence.

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