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Passion to Profession: Finding the Unfindable — How Grant Slayton Built His Business
Grant Slayton has built Waldorf Stories by finding cards most collectors never see and connecting them with people who value them. That reputation took years to earn. ...
Hobby Jobs: The $911.75 Million Test — Who Supports the Collector?
Card Ladder tracked $911.75 million in online card sales during August 2026. That total exceeded the prior monthly record by more than $200 million. The demand is clea...
Booked to Last: The Collector Behind the Rhea Ripley WrestleMania Patch Auto 1/1
A $115 break spot turned into the pull of a lifetime. Darius, known as @ihitbig2, joins Adam and Ryan to share the full story behind pulling the Rhea Ripley WrestleMan...
The Football Card Podcast #63: Who Decides a Player's Defining Card?
What makes one card the defining card of a player? The rookie label? Market value? Recognition? Rarity? Pack and Brett challenge the belief that a player’s rookie card...
One Sale Is Not the Market: How Collectors Should Read Thin Markets
A landmark card sale creates attention. It also creates assumptions. The 2025 Topps Royalty John Cena WrestleMania Patch Autograph 1/1 has reached six figures with tim...
The Hobby You Have Now Rewards the Proactive Collector
The hobby has changed. Prices have risen. More cards compete for your attention. Every sale becomes content. It is fair to miss what collecting used to feel like. But ...
The WNBA Card Podcast: Collecting the Washington Mystics’ New Era with Matthew (@dynastysportscards_)
Matthew (@dynastysportscards_) followed Georgia Amoore from college basketball to the Washington Mystics. That connection grew into season tickets, a family business, ...
Passion to Profession: Building a 20-Year Sports Card Business with Leighton Sheldon
Leighton Sheldon has spent more than 20 years building Just Collect by asking questions, studying the market, and treating each collection as part of someone’s story. ...
Hobby Jobs: The Collector Is the Business Model
Every company in the sports card industry says it supports collectors. The question is whether the collector has power inside the business. In this episode of Hobby Jo...
Booked to Last: Buying Wrestling Cards When the Market Runs Hot
The wrestling card market has attention. That does not mean every card has value. Adam and Ryan examine the John Cena and Rhea Ripley WrestleMania patch auctions, the ...
The Football Card Podcast #62: This Is Bigger Than Quarterbacks
Football Cards Are Up 380% since 2020. This Is Bigger Than Quarterbacks. When many collectors returned to football cards in 2020, the message was clear: only buy quart...
Built for the Hobby: What The National Revealed About the Future of Hobby Tech
Technology has a larger role in the hobby than it did a year ago. The question is whether it solves problems collectors care about. Scott Lock and Ed Snider of Inferno...
What the $1.47 Million Jordan PMG Red Is Telling Us
A 1997 Metal Universe Michael Jordan Red PMG /100 BGS 8 sold for $1,473,988.80. The same copy sold for $480,000 in 2021 and $360,000 in 2023. This episode is not about...
The WNBA Card Podcast: The Cards That Keep a Chicago Sky Collector Coming Back with Josh (@luvdadubs)
What keeps you collecting when your team tests your loyalty? Katelyn talks with Josh (@luvdadubs) about his connection to the Chicago Sky and the cards that preserve i...
Passion to Profession: What a Card Shop Buyer Sees That Collectors Miss with Shane Walls of Indy Card Exchange
Shane Walls spent almost 16 years at GameStop before taking a year away from work and turning his life as a collector into a career at Indy Card Exchange. Today, Shane...
Hobby Jobs: Scale Without Losing the Collector
CardVault by Tom Brady has grown from three stores to 17, with a stated goal of more than 100. The investor list draws attention. The operating plan matters more. In t...
Booked to Last: New Money Is Changing Wrestling Cards with Chad Weldon of Sports Card Junction
More money is entering wrestling cards. That does not mean every card is rising. Adam Gellman and Ryan Bannister welcome Chad Weldon from Sports Card Junction to expla...
The Football Card Podcast #61: Paper Football Cards Are Back
2026 Topps Football Is Back: Which Cards Will Still Matter? Topps flagship football returns with an NFL license for the first time in more than a decade. Pack and Bret...
Card Ladder Confidential #22: The Best Cards Aren’t for Sale — What The National Revealed About Collecting
What does The National show us that sales data cannot? Brett sits down with Chris McGill and Josh Johnson to examine the forces shaping today’s card market. They discu...
The Hobby Needs More Collecting Lanes, Not More Pressure
The hobby grows when more collectors find a reason to care and a reason to stay. In this episode, Brett explains why categories such as wrestling, WNBA, Disney, Pokémo...