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Welcome to the Stacking Slabs, a podcast for sports cards collectors. There's been a tremendous amount of change to our Hobby over the last few years and the one constant has been the passion from the collecting community. Stacking Slabs is built by the collector and lives to tell stories for the collector.
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- The Football Card Podcast #73: The $5,850 Vince Young Superfractor Rookie · 1 h 39 min · Episodio 1139Where were you when Vince Young beat USC in the Rose Bowl? Pack Nicholson remembers watching from a friend’s basement. Brett streamed the game in the middle of the night from a…
- The One of One Sports Card Show: Connor McDavid’s $30K Gold PMG and Joe Montana’s $12K Black Finite · 37 min · Episodio 1138If a 1/1 you’re watching sells tonight, what will you wish you’d done? I asked myself that before I spent $675 on a 2005 Topps Turkey Red Philip Rivers Wood Border 1/1. In…
- What Makes Collectors Come Back? · 23 min · Episodio 1137A set comes out. For a week, it’s all the hobby talks about. Months later, someone is looking for the card that finishes their rainbow. Who’s making something for that collector?…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: The WNBA Card Insert Draft · 1 h 21 min · Episodio 1136Katelyn and Mark each draft five WNBA card inserts. Katelyn opens with Impeccable Timeless Moments autographs. Mark answers with Select Color Wheel and Prizm Color Blast. Then…
- Passion to Profession: From Sharing Packs to Building a Business with Steve and Nick Summers of Sports Cards Grading · 45 min · Episodio 1134Steve Summers introduced his son Nick to collecting by opening packs together. Today, they’re building Sports Cards Grading as a family. In this episode of Passion to Profession…
- Hobby Jobs: Be There When They Come Back · 21 min · Episodio 1135A collector gives your business another visit. What can they count on? This week on Hobby Jobs, Brett explores the work behind earning that return. From Dick’s House of Sport…
- Booked to Last: Where We See Opportunity in Wrestling Cards · 1 h 16 min · Episodio 1133What keeps bringing you back to a set, a wrestler, or a card that the rest of the hobby seems to pass over? Brett joins Adam to make their cases for 2019 Topps Transcendent…
- The Football Card Podcast #72: Dez Bryant, Superfractors, and Knowing What to Sell · 1 h 20 min · Episodio 1132You want the card. But are you willing to sell what you own to get it? Pack and Brett discuss a 2011 Topps Finest Dez Bryant Superfractor 1/1 PSA 10 and why collectors chase…
- Hobby Jobs: What Brings Collectors Back? With Bert Ryan of Grand Salami Sports Cards · 38 min · Episodio 1131Bert Ryan wants to open a card shop in Seattle where collectors can meet, talk sports, and trade. He’s building the business that can pay for it through breaks. On Hobby Jobs…
- Building a System Around Your Collecting Lane · 28 min · Episodio 1130You know what you collect. How do you stay connected to it between purchases? In this episode, Brett explores building a system around your collecting lane. A conversation with…
- One of One Pilot: What Makes a 1/1 Worth Pursuing? · 37 min · Episodio 1129You own the only copy. What made you want it? The athlete? The product? The season? The feeling of knowing another copy won’t come up for sale? Brett is testing a show about one…
- Passion to Profession: Building a Business to Keep Collecting with Bryan Denison of Cajun Cardboard · 52 min · Episodio 1127Bryan Denison spent years teaching collectors about Michael Jordan cards before leaving his career in law to run Cajun Cardboard. His goal remains the same: keep building his…
- Hobby Jobs: Owning a Business Changes What You Keep · 23 min · Episodio 1128Believing in a card and believing in a business can mean competing for the same money. On this episode of Hobby Jobs, Brett examines what happens when collecting becomes part of…
- Booked to Last: What Makes a Wrestling Card Worth Chasing? Stadium Club, Goldin, and Pricing 1/1s · 1 h 4 min · Episodio 1126You collect the wrestler. But that doesn’t mean you need every card with their name on it. Adam and Ryan break down what makes a wrestling card worth pursuing, from the…
- The Football Card Podcast #71: When Your Team Moves On, Does Your Collection? · 1 h 34 min · Episodio 1125You bought the card because you believed in the player. Then the trade happens. Do you want to keep it? Pack and Brett discuss what happens to team collections when players leave…
- Card Ladder Confidential #24: Why 1/1s Changed What We Want From Collecting · 1 h 4 min · Episodio 1124Brett joins Chris and Josh from Card Ladder to discuss why they collect 1/1s and how those purchases changed what they want from the hobby. Brett shares how a 2014 Andrew Luck…
- How Availability Shapes Your Collection · 28 min · Episodio 1123You opened the app without a plan to buy. Five minutes later, you’re figuring out how to pay for a card. What changed? In this episode, Brett explores how availability shapes…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: The Cards You Sold, the Ones You Missed, and the Joy of Collecting | S6 E3 [Halloween Edition] · 1 h 11 min · Episodio 1122What’s the card you sold that you wish you still owned? Katelyn and Mark celebrate Halloween with collecting regrets, hobby nightmares, and a question about what keeps us coming…
- Passion to Profession: Loving the Cards. Learning to Let Them Go. With Chris Sewall · 40 min · Episodio 1120Chris Sewall remembers owning a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle for about a week. He wanted to keep it. His business needed him to sell it. That tension is part of making your living in…
- Hobby Jobs: The People You Can Call + Building Vortex Sportscards with Andrew Caroselli · 1 h 4 min · Episodio 1121Who do you call when you’re facing a decision in your business? This week on Hobby Jobs, I share how relationships with operators have helped me build Stacking Slabs. We talk…
- Booked to Last: Stadium Club WWE and Knowing When to Stop Chasing · 1 h 1 min · Episodio 1119What do you want from a box of wrestling cards? Adam and Ryan break down Topps Stadium Club WWE, from the photography and Beam Team inserts to the debate around box prices and…
- The Football Card Podcast #70: Building a Collection That Grows With You · 1 h 38 min · Episodio 1118Are 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…
- You Can Change the Rules for How You Collect a Player · 34 min · Episodio 1117Brett started collecting Tyrese Haliburton with a rule: Pacers uniform only. As his connection to the player grew, his collection changed. In this episode, Brett shares the story…
- Finding Cards Where the Hobby Isn’t Looking · 34 min · Episodio 1116How much of what you want comes from what you keep seeing? This week, Brett explores how releases, breaks, and clips influence our collecting decisions, and how studying…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: What Can $100 Build in Your WNBA Collection? | S6 E2 · 1 h 3 min · Episodio 1115What makes a card worth owning when you take resale value out of the decision? Katelyn and Mark talk about collecting WNBA cards for the photography, the memories, and the…
- Passion to Profession: When Your Collecting Knowledge Becomes Your Business with Dan McKee of Darby-s Vintage · 39 min · Episodio 1113Dan McKee started collecting T206 cards at seven years old. Fifty-seven years of collecting now inform how he buys, sells, and runs Darby-s Vintage on eBay. In this episode of…
- Hobby Jobs: You Don’t Have to Sell Cards to Build a Hobby Business · 27 min · Episodio 1114You don’t have to sell cards to build a business in the hobby. In this episode of Hobby Jobs, Brett uses PackScout’s launch to explore opportunities to serve collectors and…
- Booked to Last: WWE Card Buy, Sell, Hold After Money in the Bank · 1 h 26 min · Episodio 1112Does winning Money in the Bank change what you’re willing to pay for a wrestler’s cards? Adam and Ryan break down the fallout through a collector’s perspective. They debate…
- The Football Card Podcast #69: A Priest Holmes Superfractor and the Cost of Quarterback Hype · 1 h 22 min · Episodio 1111What happens when a card shows up and you start reconsidering what you’re willing to sell? Pack Nicholson shares the story behind buying the 2005 Finest Priest Holmes…
- What You Learn From Spending Time With Your Cards · 32 min · Episodio 1110What do you learn when you spend time with the cards you own? Brett shares how taking his 2012 Prizm Andrew Luck Pylon 1/1 into the sunlight helped him appreciate owning it. That…
- Do You Want the Card or the Purchase? · 33 min · Episodio 1109Brett has added about 10 cards to his collection this year and sold around 150 to get there. His buying has slowed down. His enjoyment of collecting has grown. In this episode…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: WNBA Finals and the Cards You Want to Keep | Season 6, Episode 1 · 1 h 7 min · Episodio 1108What happens when your team’s playoff run puts the cards you want beyond your budget? Katelyn and Mark open Season 6, Episode 1 with a conversation about the WNBA Finals and what…
- Passion to Profession: The Work That Brings Collectors Back · 37 min · Episodio 1106What makes you return to a card shop, open someone’s stream, or trust them with your collection? This week, I’m recording solo and reflecting on twelve conversations from Passion…
- Hobby Jobs: Growing a Hobby Business Beyond Its Founder · 22 min · Episodio 1107What happens when customers want to buy from you, but growing the business means letting someone else earn their trust? In this episode of Hobby Jobs, I explore that question…
- Booked to Last: Is It Time to Buy Wrestling Cards? Collector Q&A · 1 h 11 min · Episodio 1105The card you’ve been waiting for hits the market. Do you buy it, or does seeing more copies for sale make you question your collection? Adam and Ryan answer listener questions…
- The Football Card Podcast #68: You Got the Card. Why Do You Want Another? · 1 h 13 min · Episodio 1104You spend months looking for a card. You make the deal. Then you open your saved searches and start looking for another. When do you take time to enjoy what you’ve built? Pack…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: Season 6 Starts Here — Meet Mark (mjs_sportscards) · 52 min · Episodio 1103The friendships you build through cards can change how you collect. Katelyn welcomes Mark (mjs_sportscards) as her cohost for Season 6 of The WNBA Card Podcast. A history…
- Why We Cannot Stop Talking About Million Dollar Cards · 34 min · Episodio 1102Why do we spend so much time debating cards that most of us will never buy? In this episode, Brett explores what happens after an auction ends. Why we judge the buyer. Why we…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: Collecting the Team That Feels Like Home with Katelyn (@coldlunchcards) | Season 5 Finale · 1 h 4 min · Episodio 1101To close Season 5 of the WNBA Card Podcast, I interview Katelyn (@coldlunchcards) about her Minnesota Lynx fandom and the collection it has inspired. We talk about finding…
- Passion to Profession: Giving Collectors a Reason to Come Back with Josh O’Daniel of Odeezy Sports Cards · 47 min · Episodio 1099What brings you back to a breaker when you don’t hit the card you wanted? Josh O’Daniel of Odeezy Sports Cards thinks about that question. He joins Brett to share how opening…
- Hobby Jobs: The Systems Behind a Card Shop That Keeps People Coming Back with Oday Hishmeh · 1 h 1 min · Episodio 1100What happens to the collector experience when the owner isn’t there? In this episode of Hobby Jobs, I explore the systems behind buying, inventory, shipping, and customer…
- Booked to Last: Panini WWE Redemptions — The Cards You Waited For with Kevin from New York Roadshow · 1 h 33 min · Episodio 1098You waited for an autograph of the wrestler you collect. Your package arrived with someone else. How do you decide what that replacement means to you? Kevin from New York…
- The Football Card Podcast #67: Football Cards Go Beyond Quarterback Prospecting · 1 h 17 min · Episodio 1097Does quarterback prospecting define how you see football cards? Pack and Brett discuss Drake Maye’s start to the season and the expectations collectors build into quarterback…
- Buying GOATs: What Earns Your Confidence? · 31 min · Episodio 1096When someone says they’re putting money in GOATs, what are they counting on? A career people remember? A card collectors keep chasing? A buyer who will be there when it’s time to…
- What Is It Worth When There Is No Comp? · 30 min · Episodio 1095I paid a lot for a Roman Reigns 1/1 that had no public sale to point to. I knew why I wanted the card. I still had to decide how I got to that number. In this episode, I talk…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: Building a Portland Fire Collection From the Beginning with Chad · 1 h 7 min · Episodio 1094Chad (@packtothefuturepodcast) went to a Portland Fire game with his wife while he was still learning the WNBA. The crowd drew him in. Chelsea Gray tied a three-point record that…
- Passion to Profession: Selling Cards Without Pressuring Collectors with Collins Boyce · 49 min · Episodio 1092Collins Boyce has built Curated Cards and Collectibles across card shows, a store, and eBay Live. The part that stayed with me was how he treats the person buying the card. On…
- Hobby Jobs: What Makes a Collector Come Back? John Amendola on Building Mintink · 1 h 2 min · Episodio 1093A collector walks into a card shop for the first time. What happens there determines whether they want to return. I talk with John Amendola, founder and CEO of Mintink, about how…
- Booked to Last: John Cena’s $329,400 Card, the Rhea Ripley Sale, and Tim Bonito’s WWE Collection · 1 h 45 min · Episodio 1091John Cena’s WrestleMania patch auto sold for $329,400. Ryan bid on it, set his limit, and watched someone else take it home. He won the Rhea Ripley WrestleMania patch auto in the…
- The Football Card Podcast #66: What Would You Collect If Instagram Disappeared? · 1 h 35 min · Episodio 1090A collector asks a question that stays with Pack and Brett: If prices, posts, and other people’s opinions disappeared, what football cards would you still want? They talk about…
