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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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