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GameStop sold $356.3 million in collectibles during its latest quarter. The category now accounts for 45 percent of company sales.

The demand is there.

Collector trust still has to be earned.

In this episode of Hobby Jobs, I examine what GameStop needs to become a collectibles business, why inventory alone will not create community, and where new jobs can emerge across the sports card industry.

I also connect these lessons to Sam Gordon’s career at Overtime and introduce a five-part system for creating career leverage:

Observe. Translate. Shrink. Measure. Transfer.

The role follows the problem.

The title follows the proof.

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Topps WWE’s Tim Trout joins Adam and Ryan to explain how the team is connecting collectors to wrestling history through cards.

Tim shares the plan behind Topps Universe, the scarcity of the Slammed inserts, the use of match-related materials, and the work required to place key relic pieces into one-of-one cards. He also reveals incoming Joe Hendry guitar-pick relics, Danhausen’s first certified Topps WWE autographs, and what determines which debut patches reach each Chrome release.

Then Adam and Ryan examine the John Cena WrestleMania Patch Auto crossing $250,000 and why one sale does not establish the value of every WrestleMania patch.

The episode closes with a question for wrestling collectors: If collectors across the hobby are shifting toward proven stars, which wrestling legends have been left behind?

Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Guerrero, and other names enter the discussion.

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One NFL game can change how you see a player, a team, and the cards sitting on your watch list.

Pack and Brett examine when an on-field result creates a buying opportunity and when it creates an emotional decision.

They discuss the risks of team collecting, the long-term outlook for Justin Herbert, Sam Darnold’s lack of hobby attention, and whether the $1.238 million Tom Brady Prizm Black Finite sale changes the football card market.

The conversation also covers Panini’s run with the NFL license, Week 1 reactions, recent card sales, and the importance of setting your price before an auction ends.

Are you buying the card because it fits your collection or because of what happened on Sunday?

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What gives a card value when no comparable sale can explain why it matters to you?

Chris McGill and Josh Johnson join Brett for a conversation about what the market cannot price.

They discuss the owner’s price, replacement difficulty, the appeal of one-of-ones, and the difference between following the market and building your own card hierarchy.

Josh shares why he bid $27,000 on a Todd Gurley card that he won for $4,000. Chris explains the history behind his 1998 Topps Gold Label Wayne Gretzky one-of-one and why he regrets selling parts of his Christian McCaffrey collection.

Price data matters. It gives collectors context. It does not measure what a card completes, what it took to find, or how losing it would change your collection.

This conversation is about using market data without letting the market make your decisions for you.

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The hobby spends a lot of time talking about how cards enter collections and how they leave.

We talk about the chase, the deal, the grade, and the sale.

We skip the years when the card is yours.

In this episode, Brett explores what ownership gives collectors beyond market value. He shares the story behind four T.Y. Hilton Prizm Black Finite 1/1s and examines how time, knowledge, memory, and relationships deepen our connection to cards.

Keeping a card is not always the absence of a decision.

Sometimes, keeping the card is the point.

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Shawn (@motorcitymarks) started following Marina Mabrey when she arrived at Notre Dame. When she entered the WNBA, he knew he wanted to collect her cards.

That decision became a supercollection.

Katelyn and Shawn discuss the hunt for Mabrey’s cards, the work behind completing rainbows, the role relationships have played in finding one-of-ones, and why her 2021 Prizm Gold /10 remains his personal grail.

They also examine Mabrey’s role with the Toronto Tempo, the growth of her card market, and what representing an entire country can mean for the next wave of WNBA collectors.

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Sam Gordon had accepted a job on Wall Street.

Two weeks before he was set to start, he walked away and joined Overtime as its 12th employee. The company had a few months of funding left.

Today, Sam serves as VP of Programming and Head of YouTube at Overtime.

Sam shares how $15 videos of Zion Williamson reached SportsCenter, why Overtime chose speed over production quality, and how the company grew from a social media account into a sports league.

We also get the collector’s view of building the Topps OTE card products.

Sam explains the push for on-card autographs, rookie logos, card backs written in Overtime’s voice, and the production demands that led to stickers and redemptions.

He also tells the story of turning a Lionel Messi Superfractor autograph pulled from a box at work into his favorite card, a 1999 Michael Jordan Final Floor autograph.

This is a conversation about trusting people, testing ideas, building with ownership, and creating sports cards from the collector’s seat.

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Relationships gain value when you take care of them before you need something.

In this episode of Hobby Jobs, Brett shares why trust remains one of the most valuable assets in the sports card industry.

Brett also announce BCW Supplies as the presenting sponsor of Hobby Jobs and explains why this partnership supports the people building businesses across the hobby.

You will learn:

•  How to support collectors before, during, and after a purchase 
•  Why the response to a problem defines the relationship 
•  What to give your network when you have nothing to ask for 
•  How relationships create career and business opportunities 
•  Why your work matters more than your hobby knowledge when applying for industry roles 

This week’s Hobby Jobs Highlight covers eBay’s Manager of Pricing and Assortment for Trading Cards. The role sits at the intersection of data, pricing, collector behavior, and marketplace strategy.

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.

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Brett joins Adam for a round of wrestling card hot takes.

Will Prizm become the defining product of the Panini WWE era?

Are wrestling card values understated because many of the best cards are locked inside collections?

They also break down the new Topps Universe release, WWE debut patches, PSA’s reopened grading tier, and recent sales involving Hulk Hogan, The Rock, X-Pac, and Becky Lynch.

Plus, they discuss Bronson Reed’s return, Oba Femi’s direction, Money in the Bank, and the stories shaping WWE.

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A 1998 SkyBox E-X2001 Randy Moss Essential Credentials Future rookie numbered to six sold for $144,000.

The prior owner sold it for $60,000 to a buyer who said it was staying in their personal collection.

Then the card changed hands.

Pack and Brett discuss why “PC for life” should never influence the terms of a deal, why collectors must accept that interests change, and why selling a card means giving up control of its future.

They also break down how new collectors can build a collecting thesis, why curation matters more than collection value, the role of autographs, and the choice between a Patrick Mahomes rookie card and a one-of-one Superfractor.

Plus, Market Watch examines cards of Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, and Drake Maye as the NFL season begins.

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