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The Football Card Podcast #60: Josh Allen, $1.7 Million and the Value of Belief
A reported private sale valued Josh Allen’s 2018 National Treasures Platinum NFL Shield autograph rookie card at $1.7 million.The reaction focused on what Allen has no...
Hobby Jobs: Stay Close to the Problem with Josh Johnson, CTO of Card Ladder
Technology has made it easier to build a product. It has not made it easier to know what deserves to be built.Brett sits down with Josh Johnson, CTO of Card Ladder, at...
The National Isn’t Over: What Did You Really Bring Home?
The cards are unpacked. The pickup posts have slowed down. That does not mean The National is over.In this episode, Brett looks at the return that does not fit inside ...
The WNBA Card Podcast: Collecting A'ja Wilson and the Aces with Carter (mcbasketballpc)
Check out Card Ladder the official data partner of The WNBA Card Podcast Follow the WNBA Card Podcast on Instagram Get your free copy of Collecting For Keeps: Finding...
Passion to Profession: From a Card Shop at 13 to Building DT Sportscards with Dave Thimesch
Dave Thimesch wanted a 1987 Topps Mark McGwire card. That card started an obsession.At 13, Dave opened a card shop. He returned to the hobby during the Stephen Strasbu...
Hobby Jobs: Build Before the Validation Arrives + Chat with Collect Talent Co-Founder Danny Mosse
Most people do not have an idea problem. They have a permission problem.In this episode of Hobby Jobs, Brett explains why operators need to build before the market giv...
Booked to Last: The Week Wrestling Cards Took Over The National
Wrestling Card Takeover filled a room with nearly 400 collectors at The National.The shirts disappeared. The room hit capacity. Deals took shape. One-of-ones surfaced....
The Football Card Podcast #59: The National Aftermath As The Sun Sets On Linebacker Summer
Pack and Brett return from The National to process what they saw across the show floor.Cards priced between $100 and $500 moved at a fast rate. Dealers struggled to ke...
Hobby Jobs: When Doing the Right Thing Costs Millions with Noah Dock of BCW Supplies
Most collectors know BCW through penny sleeves, top loaders, magnetic holders, and storage boxes. Behind those products sits a company with more than 100 employees ser...
The Most Valuable Thing You Take Home Isn’t a Card
After my first 24 hours at The National, I returned to my hotel with more energy than I had when the day began. It wasn’t because of a card, a sale, or a booth. It cam...
Hobby Jobs: Passion is the Entry Fee with Chris McGill of Card Ladder
Passion gets you into sports cards. It does not build a product people trust.Brett sits down with Card Ladder co-founder Chris McGill at The National to discuss the wo...
Passion to Profession: From College Football Cards to Working at Card Collector 2 with Gabe (@gabeycardstacks)
Gabe did not follow a career path into sports cards.He created one.His interest in college football led him to Bowman University, player research, value boxes, and con...
Hobby Jobs: When the Collection Becomes Capital Building + Hiring, and Serving Collectors Steve Sloan of Heystack
What happens when a collector starts looking at cards as a source of funding for a business?Brett examines the tension between the collector who wants to keep the card...
Booked to Last: Why Wrestling Cards Have Never Felt Bigger
Adam is joined by Brett for a collector-focused conversation during the biggest week of the year.They discuss why Fanatics Fest increased their confidence in wrestling...
The Football Card Podcast #58: What Changes for Collectors When Football Returns?
Football season reconnects cards to the games, players, and moments that made collectors care in the first place.Pack and Brett examine what changes when the NFL retur...
Collect the Card, Not the Stamp: Understanding One-of-One Culture
More collectors are moving away from quantity and toward concentration.Brett is one of them.One-of-one cards offer something most cards cannot. Finality. There is no ...
When One Card Creates a New Standard
Some cards enter your collection.Other cards change how you see everything you own.Brett explores what happens after a major acquisition raises the standard for your c...
Shrink the Hobby Sea: Why Collectors Need Rooms of Their Own
The National shows you how large the hobby has become. It can also make you feel lost inside it.This episode explores why collectors gain clarity when they narrow thei...
Passion to Profession: From One Million Cubs to a Full-Time Card Business with Beau Thompson
Beau Thompson started One Million Cubs with a goal: trade one million non-Cubs cards for one million Cubs cards.The project took seven and a half years. It also create...
Hobby Jobs: The Hobby Cannot Grow Without Collector Trust
The National brings the sports card industry under one roof.For collectors, the week centers on cards. For people working in the industry, it offers access to the comp...