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PSA's 2025 Big Bets with Ryan Hoge, President at PSA Nov 05, 2024

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Brett spoke with Ryan Hoge, President at PSA 6 months ago about how they're making decisions with a collector first mindset. This week, Brett and Ryan revisit the conversation through the lens of the big bets that PSA is making for collectors heading into 2025. Ryan discusses collector-centric bets, technology, the evolving collector landscape, and long-term vision for PSA. If you're looking to learn more about PSA's plans heading into next year this is a great conversation for you.

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The Michael Jordan Card Market in 2024 and Beyond with Bryan (@cajun_cardboard) Nov 01, 2024

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Bryan (@cajuncardboard) is a prolific content creator, collector, and investor of Michael Jordan cards. Recently, he created a 4 tier system of Michael Jordan cards with a system that describes each tier. This week on the collector conversation, Bryan discusses themes of Jordan collecting this year, the market, and talks about his personal collection. This is the first dedicated Michael Jordan collecting episode we've ever done.

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Auction Talk #36 with Nic (@thewharfsportscards) Oct 31, 2024

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In this week's episode of Auction Talk we discuss the performance of parallels in groups on the auction block. We dig into Precious Metal Gems, Superfractors, and Prizm Golds that ended in Fanatics Monthly Premier Auction and pull themes. As always, we cover current auctions and cool cards we're seeing.

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Exploring the Emotional Side of Collecting Oct 30, 2024

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In this week's flagship episode Brett digs into the emotional side of collecting. He discusses how nostalgia, personal moments, and connection with specific cards drives his collecting. He discusses how the mainstream of the hobby over indexes on the financial side of collecting and how finding a greater balance with emotional might lead to a more productive community.

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Turning Over Cards in Your Collection to Grab Grails with Drake (@drakes_pc) Oct 25, 2024

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Drake (@drakes_pc) has had a big year with his collection. He's added some of the biggest and baddest Peyton Manning cards that we've seen publicly. We have to work really hard to obtain grails, but that doesn't come without sacrifice. In this week's collector conversation Drake discusses his process for picking up some of his biggest cards this year and what he's learned from the experience.

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Auction Talk #35 with Nic (@thewharfsportscards) Oct 24, 2024

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In this week's episode of Auction Talk Brett and Nic discuss the results of 3 of the cards that ended from the SSP Weekly Spotlight, the growing gap between PSA 10's and BGS 9.5, and Caleb Williams' Select Gold XRC.

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The Power of Community in Private Deals Oct 23, 2024

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In this week's flagship episode Brett talks about the importance of community, relationship, and trust building in the acquisition of some of his favorite pickups from this year. He uses the Peyton Manning Collector Group as an example for how community can be established to shrink the hobby sea.

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Designing a Collection with Diversity in the High End with Steve (@diamond_card_collector) Oct 18, 2024

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Steve (@diamond_card_collector) has had an insane year of buying grails. He's picked up several Tom Brady cards that would make your head spin. Also, he's been focused at building out his high-end collection of WWE and discusses why that fits into the collection he's building. This is a fun conversation for anyone looking to move up a rung or two on the collecting ladder.

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Auction Talk #34 with Nic (@thewharfsportscards) Oct 17, 2024

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In this week's episode of Auction Talk Brett and Nic discuss what we've learned about auctions in 2024, spotlight the sale of the 1999 Skybox Premium Star Rubies Ken Griffey Jr. /50 BGS 9, hit Card Ladder headlines, and share the auctions that are most interesting to them for this week.

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The Importance of Jerseys on Sports Cards Oct 16, 2024

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In the weekly flagship episode Brett discusses the value he puts on the jerseys that players are wearing on sports cards. He shares the significance of jerseys in his life at an early age and how that translates over to the cards that he likes to collect.

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