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In this week's Auction Talk Brett and Nic cover the 2013 Topps Chrome Travis Kelce Gold Refractor /50 sale, spotlight Card Ladder headlines, respond to some listener questions, and of course hit the auctions that are interesting to them for this week. Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive conte...

In this week's flagship episode Brett discusses what he means by the hobby having neighborhoods and why it's important to spend your time in the pockets that bring you the most happiness.  Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast Patreon [...

In this week's collector conversation Brett chats with Michael (@roundtree13_cards) about the rise in interest of the 90s baseball rare and scarce parallel category. He uses his Randy Johnson collection as a back drop and discusses key sets of the era.  Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod to...

In this week's Auction Talk Brett and Nic cover the spotlight auction result of the 1999 Metal Universe Jerry Rice Precious Metal Gems /50 SGC 8, Card Ladder headlines, and the auctions that are interesting to them for this week.  Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your card...

In this week's flagship episode of SSP Brett shoots from the hip about a myriad of sports cards topics that were on his mind. This is one of the few episodes in the history of the podcast where there were no notes used.  Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join...

In this collector conversation Brett chats with Joaquin (@livedrevil_sports_cards) about completing the Patrick Mahomes Gold Prizm run. He shares his mentality when it comes to building out a collection of a player like Mahomes. Also, Joaquin shares the story of pulling the Mahomes NT RPA at The National. Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and c...

In this week's episode of Auction Talk Nic and Brett spotlight the 1998 Donruss Crusade Ken Griffey Jr /250 PSA 10 sale, hit Card Ladder Headlines, address listener questions, and cover the auctions that are getting them out of bed in the morning.  Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content,...

In this week's flagship episode Brett talks about a card that was on his list coming available and the steps he took to acquire it with the help of The Wharf Sports Cards funding. This was the first time he used a funding service and shares details on the process.  Subscribe to the Stacking Slabs YouTube Page Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen t...

Welcome back to the collector conversation for the final episode of SSP Collector Appreciation Week. Brett is joined by returning guest Kevin (@DaCaptain37) to discuss his atypical National experience and how he set up plenty of deal in advance. Kevin discusses the good, bad, and ugly about this year's event and how he created opportunities for himself along the way. Subscribe to the Stacking Slab...

In this week's episode of Auction Talk Nic and Brett cover a lot of post-National topics. They discuss monitoring the show from afar, Card Ladder headlines, and auctions that are catching their interest. Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by join...

In the flagship episode of SSP this week Brett talks about the struggles with managing ambition and collecting. He talks about his personality type and ways that he's been able to enjoy the current collection he's built instead of always focusing on more. Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking S...

And we're back with another episode of Hobby Shop Talk with Jamison Long, Owner at Port City Sports Collectibles. During this conversation Jamison talks about managing growth and plans ahead at Port City Sports Collectibles. The role of the hobby shop is always evolving, but the hobby shop owner's ability to educate new participants in unmatched. Follow Port City Sports Collectibles: Instagram | T...

This is a bonus episode from the Stacking Slabs Patreon Group. It's Collector Week and Brett wanted to share a conversation that he had in June with Chris (@cardicsportscards) about his collection. Chris breaks down how he builds his collection and the structure that goes around it.  Join the Stacking Slabs Podcast Patreon [ Distributed on Sunday ] Sign up for the Stacking Slabs Weekly Rip Newslet...

The National week is live and I welcome back Drake (@drakes_pc) to the show to discuss the process he goes through when upgrading his collection. Drake is meticulous about identifying the perfect copy of each card that goes into his collection and he shares his process during this conversation. Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today...

Welcome back to another episode of Auction Talk in partnership with The Wharf Sports Cards. In this episode Brett and Nic cover the most recent Card Ladder headlines, hit some listener questions, and cover some of their favorite auctions from this week. Nic also shares Card Funding which is a new service he's rolling out for his customers.  Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all...

It's the week of The National and there's always a lot of great content that shares advice for what you should and shouldn't do if you're going to the show. Today's episode is dedicated to everyone who's not going to the show. I share some Do's and Don'ts of being at home when the largest sports cards show in the world is going on.  Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other...

Brett talks with Greg Fisher, Chief Marketing Officer of PSA, Collectors about his approach to building a brand that resonates with collectors. Greg shares what great marketing looks like to him and different ways that he thinks about delighting the PSA customer. Greg talks about the new PSA drop off initiative and why he's working to prioritize accessibility for the PSA customer. Lastly, Greg sha...

Welcome back to another episode of Auction Talk in partnership with The Wharf Sports Cards. In this episode Brett and Nic discuss the immediate BIN Smash vs. the delay BIN Smash, why we don't collect autographs, Card Ladder Headlines, and of course all of the auctions that are near and dear to our hearts.  Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Get excl...

Adam Gellman (@WWEGellman) is back to talk about the value in creating content for specific niches of the hobby. Adam is a passionate wrestling card collector and organizer. He shares what fuels his content and why he believe education is the best way to help grow the hobby. Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patr...

In this episode Brett breaks down his acquisition of one of the most insane lots of Andrew Luck cards to date. He talks about the deal mechanics, communication, trust building, and everything in between that made his deal possible.  Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast Patreon [...

During this week's collector conversation Chad (@blackhat_cards) joins the podcast to discuss his unique collection of sports villains. He breaks down the biology of his collection and why he's drawn to the bad guys.  Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast Patreon [ Distributed on...

It's episode 20 of Auction Talk! Brett and Nic dive into recent cards that made the Card Ladder Headlines, discuss approaches with different buying formats, and cover all of the auctions that are getting them out of bed in the morning. Thanks for support Stacking Slabs, The Wharf Sports Cards, and Auction Talk! Don't forget to check out The Wharf Sports Cards for all of your consignment needs. Get...

In this episode Brett talks about how he communicates to card owners who have cards he wants, but are only "kinda" available. It's taken a long time for him to learn how to not waste his time and maximize his best chances at landing the cards he wants. The episode is based on a current deal cycle that Brett's been working for about a year.  Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect wi...

Brett talks with Dan Van Tran, CEO of Collectors about his approach to building technology systems at one of the industries largest brands to best serve the customer. In the second installment of the SSP + PSA series, Dan shares some great stories about his onboarding at Collectors, servicing the PSA backlog, and the future state of the PSA set registry. This is a fun one to understand how the Col...

Curtis (@90s_kid_card_collector) makes his return on SSP to discuss the importance of collector focused content and talk about the importance of spending time with your cards. Last week Curtis dropped a video on Instagram that went "hobby viral" and we discuss the origin story of the post. Get exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by j...