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Football Cards Are Up 380% since 2020. This Is Bigger Than Quarterbacks.
When many collectors returned to football cards in 2020, the message was clear: only buy quarterbacks.
Since January 1, 2020, the Card Ladder football index has increased 380.99%. That growth extends beyond one position.
Pack and Brett separate collecting advice from resale advice. They examine why Barry Sanders and Jerry Rice lead their era, why the early 2000s still lack a settled card hierarchy, and how research creates opportunities for collectors willing to look beyond the current quarterback class.
They also discuss the $414,800 Peyton Manning Gem Masters 1/1 sale, a $402,600 Bronko Nagurski, Jason Kelce, game-day rituals, saved-search cleanup, and the Football Card Podcast Pick’em League.

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Technology has a larger role in the hobby than it did a year ago.
The question is whether it solves problems collectors care about.
Scott Lock and Ed Snider of InfernoRed Technology join me to discuss what they saw at The National. We examine Topps’ digital redemption process, the use of AI inside hobby businesses, and where technology can remove friction from buying and selling cards.
Scott and Ed also take us inside Enter the Inferno, where collectors presented products built from their experiences in the hobby.
The future of hobby tech will not be defined by how much technology companies introduce. It will be defined by whether those tools improve the collector experience without removing the people, conversations, and search that make collecting matter.

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A 1997 Metal Universe Michael Jordan Red PMG /100 BGS 8 sold for $1,473,988.80.
The same copy sold for $480,000 in 2021 and $360,000 in 2023.
This episode is not about deciding whether the buyer overpaid. It is about reading the signal.
Brett explains why demand matters as much as scarcity, why one sale does not create a market price, and how money moves through a collecting category.
What does this record mean for collectors working with budgets of $150, $1,500, or $15,000?
The lesson is not to chase a PMG.
It is to study which cards hold meaning, demand, and scarcity after the attention moves on
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What keeps you collecting when your team tests your loyalty?
Katelyn talks with Josh (@luvdadubs) about his connection to the Chicago Sky and the cards that preserve it.
Josh shares how Candace Parker led him deeper into WNBA collecting, why he buys multiple copies of the same card, and what makes Rittenhouse releases worth chasing. He also explains why in-person autographs mean more to him than the signature alone.
The conversation covers the 2021 Sky championship, the Angel Reese trade, the frustration surrounding the franchise, and the players whose card markets deserve more attention.
This is a conversation about team collecting when fandom brings joy, anger, and reasons to keep coming back.

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Shane Walls spent almost 16 years at GameStop before taking a year away from work and turning his life as a collector into a career at Indy Card Exchange.
Today, Shane serves as the shop’s lead buyer. He reviews 30 to 50 collection requests each week and helps decide which cards belong in the cases, at shows, online, and in the shop’s kids section.
Shane joins Brett to explain why a recent comp is only the start of a card’s value, what he learns from the cards collectors bring in each day, and why trust matters when someone puts a collection in front of you.
They also discuss the $600 Tom Brady one-of-one Shane sold for $96,000, the soccer collection that helped him buy a house, and the relationships required to build a career in sports cards.
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