This episode has five parts.  1) A quick dive into my Luka fandom.  2) Reflections on how research shapes collecting—and how research builds meaning.  3) Using my recent pickup (2024-25 Silhouette Holo Platinum 1/1 Luka Doncic) as a case study in how research creates meaning.  4) A review of the market for Luka's first Lakers 1/1s.  5) Some closing remarks on the legacy Luka Doncic is etching into basketball history.

This episode has 5 parts.  First, a discussion of PER and who has won its crown in each NBA season.  Second, a review of two headline Jokic card sales with Goldin last weekend.  Third, a deep dive into Joker's Totally Certified Holo Blue 1/1 run.  Fourth, a synopsis of Jokic's 2025-26 season.  And finally, some thoughts on culture and leisure in prehistoric times.

This episode analyzes the two 1/1 MJ sales from Heritage Auctions last weekend—the Platinum Masterpiece, which sold for $2.1m, and the Purple Masterpiece, which sold for $625k.

This episode revolves around my recent pick up of the "Heart and Soul" Gold 1/1 of Michael Jordan—using this card as a springboard into discussing: (1) MJ's first fifteen 1/1s ever made, (2) the historic "Heart and Soul" 30-card set, (3) my recent public poll asking collectors to choose their favorite among four MJ 1/1s, (4) all 66 public sales of a 90s MJ 1/1 since 2004, and (5) the first week of activity surrounding the live auction of MJ's Platinum 1/1 from 1997-98 Ultra.

This episode has three parts.  First, a registry of the 72 first MJ 1/1s is introduced—identifying the 37 cards that are publicly owned, the 21 that are privately owned, and the 14 that have yet to surface.  Second is an exercise in 1/1 valuation methods, specifically towards estimating a price for the two Ultra 1/1 masterpieces coming to auction soon.  Third, the concept of a "hobby Rorschach test" is floated, considering how the same card can appear quite differently to us at various points along our collecting evolutions.

This episode has 3 parts.  First is a discussion sparked by the recent Flawless 1/1 Jokic sale.  Second is introspection around whether to pursue a very special Michael Jordan 1/1 that is coming to auction soon.  And the final segment is a recap of Christian McCaffrey's legacy-enhancing 2025 season.

(Here is the MJ card ranking system mentioned in the second section: https://tinyurl.com/MJRNK)

This episode has four parts.  The first contrasts two styles of sharing cards: (1) the yearly pickup recap and (2) the "card tree."  The second section discusses my recap of eight cards added in 2025.  The third segment investigates to what extent a card is a reflection of its owner versus a reflection of itself.  And the fourth part shares a viral tweet on how Van Gogh's paintings rose to prominence.

This episode has two major segments.  First, a new Jokic 1/1 is revealed, which is then used as a case study for contrasting a human-based presentation of its properties versus an artificial intelligence description.  Second, two styles of understanding a card are contrasted: (A) the personal, narrative-driven recap, and (B) the communal/objective entry, rooted in facts about things like history and rarity.

This episode has three parts: (1) a review of my PC players, plus some commentary on how I'm currently collecting each, and which cards I'm looking for next, (2) meditations on the idea of evolving as a collector from the "aesthetic" state to the "conceptual" state, and (3) an analysis of my most recent social media post of Jokic's first game-worn logoman autograph from Immaculate. 

This episode has 3 parts.  The first questions the role of market price in card rankings.  The second and third use rarity to rank Michael Jordan cards.

The document ranking MJ cards can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/5antmxn5