We sit down with Stephen Abbondondolo, founder of Filthbomb Breaks and lifelong collector to talk about how and why he started Filthbomb, how he transitioned it into a full blown business, the challenges and risks along the way, how he has managed to avoid the controversy often associated with high profile group breakers, his thoughts on loaded boxes, his position on repack products, what Fanatics means for his business and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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We sit down with Simon Chan, collector, YouTuber and Business Analyst to talk about several hobby issues including dealers vs. flippers, hobby positivity vs negativity, sticker autographs, loaded boxes, the investment card paradox, his four criteria to determine when to invest in a player, are there too many auction companies and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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We sit down with Simon Chan, collector, YouTuber and Business Analyst to talk about several hobby issues including dealers vs. flippers, hobby positivity vs negativity, sticker autographs, loaded boxes, the investment card paradox, his four criteria to determine when to invest in a player, are there too many auction companies and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks joins for the "Vintage Spotlight" segment!

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We sit down with Dave Schwartz, passionate collector and host of The Shallow End podcast to talk about his approach of hobbying in the "shallow end", promoting all hobby podcasts, why he started his own, the feeling after you land a card that was difficult to acquire, the value of cards beyond the money and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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We sit down with Dave Schwartz, passionate collector and host of The Shallow End podcast to talk about his approach of hobbying in the "shallow end", promoting all hobby podcasts, why he started his own, the feeling after you land a card that was difficult to acquire, the value of cards beyond the money and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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We sit down with Rex Morgart, a lifelong sports card collector and sealed wax afficionado to learn about the unopened product collecting community, what the hardest and most sought after pieces are, how they do not open these things, record prices, the function of BBCE, vending machine collecting, HOF autographed rookies, his thoughts on when old packs get opened and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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Part 2. We sit down with Brian Gray, former Leaf CEO to hear his thoughts on the state of the hobby at the end of the year, his predictions for 2024, what his current status is with Leaf, why he sold the company earlier this year, what he is doing in retirement, his thoughts on various hobby issues and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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Part 1. We sit down with Brian Gray, former Leaf CEO to hear his thoughts on the state of the hobby at the end of the year, his predictions for 2024, what his current status is with Leaf, why he sold the company earlier this year, what he is doing in retirement, his thoughts on various hobby issues and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks joins for the "Vintage Spotlight" segment!

Saturday December 30 @ 7:00pm PST / 8:00pm MST / 9:00pm CST / 10:00pm EST

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We sit down with Steve Ho, AKA @mister.foch, a long time high-end collector of Basketball, Hockey, F1 and Baseball for a Collector's Perspective episode to discuss the evoltion of game-used memorabilia cards and what collectors are comfortable putting their hobby budget into, his experiences breaking mass quantities of The Cup; what he loved about it and what he found disappointing, taking breaks from the hobby inbetween certain rookie classes, why he has a preference for licensed cards, his thoughts on how grading makes common cards more scarce and his personal experience of caring to his current feelings, collecting for profit (or not), and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks joins for the "Vintage Spotlight" segment!

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We sit down with Eitan Shapiro AKA @sportscardcartel and manager at Toronto card shop Mintink to discuss his hobby history, the early days of eBay, his experience setting up at card shows, the meaning behind his Sports Card Cartel brand, how the success and expansion of Mintink runs counter to hobby narrative, whether people's expectations of the hobby and products within are unreasonable, the importance of education, why collecting cards with pictures of athletes is not childish and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.

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