About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 1,133 episodes
- The WNBA Card Podcast: The WNBA Card Insert Draft · 1 h 21 min · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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 · Episode 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…
- Before You Buy the Card, Build the Thesis · 32 min · Episode 1089Why does this card belong in your collection? A buying thesis gives you an answer before emotion, scarcity, and outside opinions take control. Brett explains the six parts of his…
- What It Took to Buy My Biggest Card · 41 min · Episode 1088I spent $30,000 on the 2022 Immaculate Roman Reigns Premium Memorabilia Autograph Platinum 1/1. The price will get attention. The decisions behind it are the story. I break down…
- The WNBA Card Podcast: Collecting Rhyne Howard and the Atlanta Dream with Jarrod (@wnbacardcollector) · 58 min · Episode 1087Jarrod, better known as @wnbacardcollector, joins Katelyn to share how a Sue Bird rookie led him from vintage baseball into WNBA cards. He explains why Rittenhouse cards hold his…
