Are you buying a card because you want it or because you feel obligated to keep a project going?

Pack and Brett talk about how fandom shapes a collection and what happens when your interests change. Brett shares why he’s reconsidering parts of his Colts collection while his Andrew Luck cards continue to mean something to him.

The conversation covers collecting players versus sets, keeping cards you’re willing to sell to fund purchases, and what they’d tell themselves upon returning to the hobby. They revisit the Larry Fitzgerald shield autograph sale and the confusion around event-worn versus game-worn patches, debate 2012 Prizm and 1997 Metal Universe, and compare inserts across eras.

Plus, Zack Martin and Art Donovan get the spotlight, followed by football card sales featuring Randy Moss, Barry Sanders, and Antonio Gates.

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