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Steve 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, Steve and Nick join Brett to talk about turning their connection through cards into a business on eBay Live. They discuss Nick’s decision to leave his job, the work behind 50,000 auctions in 2026, and why knowing what someone collects changes how they serve them.They know the teams their buyers follow. They know their children’s names. And they buy cards at shows with those collectors in mind.It’s a conversation about building a business around the people who keep showing up.Passion to Profession is sponsored by eBay.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeA special thank you to eBay for sponsoring Passion to Profession. The biggest and best marketplace to buy your next favorite trading card.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 PatreonFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A 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 card events to Bert Ryan’s approach at Grand Salami Sports Cards, he examines how shops, breakers, and creators give collectors a reason to come back.Brett shares what building Stacking Slabs has taught him about keeping commitments, learning from an audience, and making a business part of someone’s routine.Hobby Jobs is presented by BCW Supplies.Hobby Jobs is sponsored by BCW Supplies. For over 45 years, BCW has helped retailers and wholesale partners stay stocked with the storage and display accessories collectors trust—backed by dependable fulfillment and consistency to keep shelves stocked and margins strong. Learn more at bcwsupplies.com/wholesale.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What 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, Chrome Sapphire, Revolution Galactics, Steve Austin, and Randy Orton. They discuss what draws them to these cards and how set history, design, and the wrestlers we grew up watching shape collecting decisions.They examine GemRate’s eBay sales data, the Alexa Bliss rookie autograph Superfractor at Goldin, and sales involving Austin, Cena, and Oba Femi. Plus, WWE booking, Demon Finn Bálor’s return, and what happens to a collecting community when more money and attention enter the conversation.Check out RbiCru7 for all your wrestling and sports card needs!Join Adam's Main Event Wrestling Cards group for freeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonFollow Ryan: | Instagram | Website | YouTubeFollow Adam: | X | InstagramFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You 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 players whose careers meant something to them.Listener questions bring the conversation back to your collection. How do you get comfortable spending more on one card? What happens when your collecting interests change? And should you buy cards outside your player collection to help fund it?Pack shares how selling Damian Lillard and James Harden Select Golds helped him buy a Priest Holmes Superfractor. Plus, Bears and Colts fandom, football card sales, and a call to share your Finest football cards.Check out Card Ladder the official data partner of Stacking SlabsFollow The Football Card Podcast on Instagram for memes and stuff.Get your free copy of Collecting For Keeps: Finding Meaning In A Hobby Built On HypeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonSign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | TiktokFollow Pack: | Instagram ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bert 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, Bert tells Brett how Grand Salami Sports Cards sources wax without manufacturer allocations, prices breaks that can have 600 player spots, and helps collectors get images of their cards before the mail arrives. He explains why he kept buying 2022 Topps Finest Flashbacks and how he weighs the rest of a checklist when one card gets most of the attention.If you run breaks, you’ll hear where Bert puts his time to earn a second purchase. If you buy into them, you’ll leave with a question to ask before you pay for your next spot.Hobby Jobs is sponsored by BCW Supplies. For over 45 years, BCW has helped retailers and wholesale partners stay stocked with the storage and display accessories collectors trust—backed by dependable fulfillment and consistency to keep shelves stocked and margins strong. Learn more at bcwsupplies.com/wholesale.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You 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 Chris McGill on Card Ladder Confidential prompts a look at the searches collectors check, the sales they track, the people they learn from, and the information they keep.Brett shares how researching a 2005 Topps Turkey Red Philip Rivers Wood 1/1 gave him context for the purchase and a reason to keep studying the release.The episode covers search habits, keeping records, building relationships, and setting spending limits before a card appears. It also examines how collectors can keep learning and participating during months when they buy nothing.Check out the awesome software that InfernoRed Technology can build for you.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeGet your free copy of Collecting For Keeps: Finding Meaning In A Hobby Built On HypeStart your 7 day free trial of Stacking Slabs Patreon Today[Distributed on Sunday] Sign up for the Stacking Slabs Weekly Rip Newsletter using this linkFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You 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 of ones.An $818.88 Draymond. A reported $4.2 million Kobe sale.What can we learn from each?The pilot is in the Stacking Slabs feed.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeGet your free copy of Collecting For Keeps: Finding Meaning In A Hobby Built On HypeStart your 7 day free trial of Stacking Slabs Patreon Today[Distributed on Sunday] Sign up for the Stacking Slabs Weekly Rip Newsletter using this linkFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bryan 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 Jordan collection.In this episode of Passion to Profession, Bryan joins Brett to discuss how sharing his research on YouTube led to collection purchases, an audience, and a business running six eBay Live shows a week.We talk about inspecting and selling raw cards, disclosing condition issues, hiring a team, and protecting the reputation behind every sale. Bryan shares why he consolidated his Jordan collection from around 1,300 cards to 30 and why those cards stay outside the business.Plus, Bryan gives his perspective on the Michael Jordan market and explains why he welcomes the chance to buy back cards he sold.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeA special thank you to eBay for sponsoring Passion to Profession. The biggest and best marketplace to buy your next favorite trading card.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 PatreonFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Believing 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 someone’s livelihood. He discusses PSA’s service changes, how grading timelines affect cash flow, and the tension between keeping cards and funding a business.Brett shares a lesson from Chris Sewell’s experience owning a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, a question to help collectors evaluate what they keep, and why “reinvesting in the business” needs a plan behind it.The episode asks collectors and operators to consider what they expect their cards, money, and time to accomplish.Hobby Jobs is sponsored by BCW Supplies. For over 45 years, BCW has helped retailers and wholesale partners stay stocked with the storage and display accessories collectors trust—backed by dependable fulfillment and consistency to keep shelves stocked and margins strong. Learn more at bcwsupplies.com/wholesale.Sign up for Hobby Jobs and The Weekly Rip for freeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You 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 photograph and autograph to the set, inscription, and price.They share their take on Topps Stadium Club WWE, debate the price of boxes, and examine a Roman Reigns flag parallel sale around $5,000. What happens when collectors treat a print-run estimate as confirmation?The conversation covers previews of 2027 Topps Chrome WWE and Goldin’s wrestling card auction, including an Alexa Bliss rookie Superfractor autograph and a 1999 Rock Comic Images autograph graded PSA 10.Plus, how to approach pricing 1/1s, why the numbering doesn’t tell you enough, and when to pass on a card of someone you collect.Check out RbiCru7 for all your wrestling and sports card needs!Join Adam's Main Event Wrestling Cards group for freeGet exclusive content, promote your cards, and connect with other collectors who listen to the pod today by joining the Patreon: Join Stacking Slabs Podcast PatreonFollow Ryan: | Instagram | Website | YouTubeFollow Adam: | X | InstagramFollow Stacking Slabs: | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tiktok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★