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Mike and Papa Gio introduce Auntie Di to the audience, and Jesse can't get enough of her background. Prizepicks bought the Cooper Flagg Debut Patch Auto and is putting it into a repack. Prizepicks operates under a gambling license and has a different repack style, one that concerns both Mike and Jesse.

We try to get some inside information from a police officer and a former FedEx driver about what could have happened in the FedEx/PSA theft. Plus, we wrap up with voicemails.

0:00 - Introducing Auntie Di to the audience

14:10 - Prizepicks bought the Cooper Flagg Debut Patch Auto and is putting it in a repack

16:35 - The repacks themselves seem… not great.

25:00 - Calling a law enforcement officer about the FedEx/PSA theft

32:20 - Calling a former FedEx Driver who is a friend of Mike and Jesse’s

34:45 - Initial reaction to leaving a truck unattended for 60 minutes? Dewey has never heard of a driver doing that.

36:00 - Consiglieri Corner with Papa Gio and Mike Sterk

44:30 - Voicemails Presented by Arena Club

51:30 - TAG starting mobile grading scans

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Ben Burrows from The Athletic joins Mike and Jesse to give us the latest on the massive theft from a FedEx truck full of PSA slabs. The latest numbers are staggering. Over orders, seven-figures worth of cards, hundreds of slabs. Stolen in broad daylight from a locked FedEx truck that was suspiciously abandoned for 90 minutes.

We wrap up with voicemails and have an updated Mt. Rushmore after Tuesday's show.

0:00 - Intro

3:50 - Ben Burrows from The Athletic joins to discuss the PSA/FedEx Theft

6:05 - The driver reported he left the vehicle for 60-90 minutes, but doesn’t know where he went. When he returned, the lock was broken and contents removed.

7:25 - The first two pallets were taken, and half of the final pallet was taken. Roughly $1M in stolen goods, minimum.

15:00 - PSA response is to pay the maximum insured value of the card, per emails from those affected.

22:00 - Police did not seem very familiar with trading cards or implied value.

29:00 - Mike Trout is opening his own breaking shop and platform with other athletes.

52:40 - Head to voicemails.

57:00 - Buying guide from Gio

1:01:20 - Selling or Grading, and why people are too willing to grade cards they shouldn’t

1:14:15 - Hans Gruber takes credit for PSA theft

1:25:30 - Would love to see more super-limited short-print sets from Topps

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Shohei Ohtani is struggling, and the Dodgers are on the verge of elimination. How to deal with the Ohtani market crash. Plus, will we ever hear from Justin Steele again? Tough to say!

Geoff Wilson's latest comments have caught the ire of Mike, and he tees off on them. Joe Bartel from RotoWire joins to look ahead to Week 6 in the NFL. Who is a buy and sell right now? Plus, we do a Top 6 Blind Ranking courtesy of Pristine Auctions.

0:00 - Ohtani's market is crashing, but is it time to sell?

11:50 - Can Ohtani catch Bonds’ MVP record? That looks like the only way his market goes up exponentially again

19:15 - Will we ever hear from Justin Steele again?

22:30 - Grading sketch cards, is it worth it?

27:00 - Getting at Geoff Wilson over some incredibly dumb tweets

31:00 - Everyone hates redemptions; this isn’t new

33:45 - Joe Bartel of RotoWire

40:40 - The Trevor Lawrence conundrum - time to buy back in?

50:00 - Who would you sell right now?

57:05 - We need sports/non-sports crossovers

1:02:00 - Pristine Auctions Top 6

1:14:00 - Voicemails brought to you by Arena Club

1:15:30 - Meg from We The Hobby on the WNBA Market

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Mike and Jesse are joined in the studio by Shep and Mike Sterk for the first four-man booth. Mike revels in his reverse-mush working on Drake Maye. He also spent the weekend buying every Paul George rookie card he could find. Shep discusses how shops get athletes in the store. Plus, he dives into allocation and MSRP to dispel some myths. Mike has a product idea for Topps that could be a game-changer. Wrapping up with voicemails!

0:00 - Intro and the Gio reverse mush is alive and well

4:45 - Gio spent an ungodly amount of money on Paul George rookies

11:00 - A big weekend for Shep

15:00 - How card shops can work on getting athletes in the shop

18:00 - Do tax and shipping come into play as a comp for a card

28:00 - Allocation for card shops

32:00 - Are Shops required to sell at MSRP?

41:00 - Mike’s New Idea for a Product “Topps Juiced”

56:00 - You never want to be the person holding the bag

1:01:00 - Educating Sterk about Disney

1:14:00 - The LCS remains the backbone of the hobby

1:25:00 - Trade everything away for one grail

1:33:00 - Not a junk wax era

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We kick off the show with Sterk's Starting Five, the five most important players left in the postseason in real-life baseball and cardboard. Gio takes a look at the MLB postseason market. Then we get into our inaugural SCN Trivia Challenge! Find out who wins. We also get an update on PSA's vault and on Mike and Jesse's charity stream on eBay Live. Wrapping up with voicemails from Mt. Rushmore.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Sterk’s Starting Five

19:00 - MLB Postseason Market Update

22:25 - The Realest Ohtani Promotion

25:15 - SCN Trivia

54:20 - PSA Update

57:20 - Upcoming eBay Live charity stream

1:00:00 - SCN Challenge Update

1:04:00 - Mt. Rushmore Voicemail

1:10:45 - Will we solve the riddle before the next show?

1:12:20 - What was Franco’s gift for Papa Gio?

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