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The Staging Area #18: First to Market, First to Matter
January set a record. $445M in online sales across the hobby. Tory from dcsports87 felt it firsthand with $14M in sales in one month and no slowdown in sight.This epis...
Passion to Profession: Trust Is the Operating System of a Hobby Business with Sharon (BlackJadedWolf)
Trust is not a marketing tactic. It is the foundation.In this episode of Passion to Profession, I sit down with Sharon of BlackJadedWolf to talk about what it takes to...
The WNBA Card Podcast: The WNBA Finds Its Icons — Bird, Taurasi, and the Superstar Era with Elodie (@egintz5)
This episode moves the WNBA Card Podcast into the early 2000s, when Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi reshaped how fans connected to the league and how collectors thought abo...
Booked to Last: Royal Rumble Reactions and What the Moment Means for Wrestling Cards
Royal Rumble season is the moment when wrestling and collecting collide. Storylines sharpen. Careers tilt. And the card market reacts in real time. What happens in the...
The Football Card Podcast #33: Drake Maye Win a Super Bowl and What This Really Means for Football Cards
This episode is about how collectors actually think when the noise gets loud.Pack and Brett work through the week that sits right on top of the Super Bowl and right in...
MEGA EPISODE: Inside PSA’s Spotlight Auction and a 90s Collector’s Conviction with Andy (@byebyebabycards)
This is a two-part episode about conviction in a hobby that rarely slows down. I start with Justin Wickizer, Director of Marketplace at PSA, to unpack the thinking beh...
The Hobby Is Changing. Your Collection Does Not Have To.
The hobby is in the middle of a real transition. Licenses are moving. Logos are changing. Timelines feel unclear. And a lot of collectors feel uneasy without knowing w...
The Panini Era: What It Gave Us and What It Trained Us to Chase
We are standing at a turning point in the hobby.Before we rush into what comes next, this episode slows things down and looks back at the Panini era. Not to praise it....
Passion to Profession: How MC Sports Cards Built a High-End Consignment Brand on eBay
Trust does not come from volume. It comes from choices made over time.In this episode of Passion to Profession, I sit down with Mike from MC Sports Cards to talk about...
The WNBA Card Podcast: A League without a Blueprint — The First WNBA Cards with Annemarie @women.on.topps
Before parallels.Before hype cycles.Before anyone talked about value.This episode goes back to where WNBA card collecting began.Katelyn sits down with Anne Marie of Wo...
Booked to Last: Royal Rumble Moments and the Cards We Chase
Royal Rumble week always brings noise. This one brings signal.Adam and Ryan are joined by Brett for a wide-ranging conversation that sits right at the intersection of ...
The Football Card Podcast #32: Prizm Iron Men, Broken Accolades, and Super Sam Darnold
In this episode of The Football Card Podcast, Pack Nicholson and Brett McGrath start with the story no one predicted but everyone is now reacting to — Super Sam Darnol...
Built for the Hobby #5: The Real Impact of AI on Collectors and Hobby Businesses
In this episode of Built for the Hobby, Brett sits down with Scott Lock, CEO and Co-founder of InfernoRed Technology, for an unscripted conversation on AI and its impa...
Collecting Sports Cards in a 40-Second World
Over the last two decades, the average human attention span dropped from two and a half minutes to forty seconds.That reality is reshaping how collectors think, buy, a...
The Staging Area #17: Topps Chrome, Real Demand, and What Liquidity Actually Means
On this episode of The Staging Area, presented by dcsports87, I’m back with Tory to break down what’s really happening in the market right now.We start with the $45,10...
Passion to Profession: Trust Is the Business with Josh from PC Sportscards
Trust decides who stays and who leaves in this hobby.In this episode of Passion to Profession, Brett sits down with Josh from PC Sportscards to talk about what it take...
The WNBA Card Podcast: Before the WNBA — Building the Foundation with Cindy Dick (@giantlegends)
Before the WNBA existed, women were already playing.Competing. Traveling. Winning.In this episode of the WNBA Card Podcast, Katelyn sits down with Cindy Dick (@giantle...
Booked to Last: Road to the Rumble and the Reality of Wrestling Card Markets
The road to the Royal Rumble always brings noise. Storylines shift. Favorites emerge. Markets react.Adam Gellman and Ryan from RBICru7 break down what actually matters...
The Football Card Podcast #31: Fernando Mendoza Is the Future and Antonio Cromartie Is a Lifestyle
Somewhere between those two truths is where football card collecting lives.This episode moves through the chaos of championship football and the chaos of the hobby. Bi...
Taking a Peek At The Hobby You Do Not See
Most of the hobby never shows up on your feed.This episode focuses on the part of collecting that lives outside social media, marketplaces, and public sales. The cards...