Sports Card Prices: Why I Don't Always Share

I received a few comments during and after the national, basically telling me I needed to share how much I paid for cards or those commenters were going to unsubscribe.

I’ll share prices I paid when I feel it adds value to the video. If there’s an interesting negotiation.

If a card is priced at $100 and I offer $80 and they say yes, that’s not adding anything to it.

But here’s the thing: I’m only withholding prices on the really expensive cards. And for me, “really expensive” would be “really cheap” for many others. The most I’ve ever paid for a card was $1,100, the only time I’ve spent $1,000 or more.

I’m not comfortable sharing those expensive card prices because it’s not relatable for a large chunk of the YouTube audience. It wasn’t relatable for me until the last year or two.

The vast, vast majority of cards I buy are under $50. I save up my meager YouTube revenue for big opportunities to buy cards like my Clemente rookie.

If it’s important to you to know if I got a good deal, trust that I did. Look up comps. If it’s a modern card (like my Steph Curry rookie), know that I paid below comps. If it’s vintage and has high eye appeal, I may have paid at comps or slightly more.

If that’s still not good enough, by all means don’t watch my channel anymore.

Ask Me Anything!

It feels like a good time to do an AMA since it’s been a couple months, at least. So comment below or reply to this email to ask me anything. I’ll respond in a video coming soon.

📩 Newsletter Update

When will this newsletter return on a regular basis? Probably at some point in September.

October 1st at the very latest.

I would bank on the 15th of September if there were a betting market for this. (Spoiler alert: there isn’t.)

Will there be changes? Not much! Season 2 of the newsletter will be pretty similar. I envision subplots involving PSA, Fanatics, and SGC. Count on a new character arc for lower-case c collectors like you and me. And more horror movies.

If you have a really cool collection and want to be featured, comment or reply to let me know!

Card Room Update

3 walls repaired, sanded, primed, and painted.

Last wall just needs to be primed and painted.

Video this week?

How Good Is Roman Anthony?

I’m not in the business of buying a lot of ultra-modern cards, and definitely not buying a lot of one player after the disasters that were 2023 Triston Casas, Shane McClanahan, and Sandy Alcantara, but I did buy this:

👻 Brief Horror Movie Reviews of the Week

Here are all the horror movies and my ratings (out of 5 stars) since my last newsletter:

Run: 3.5 stars (not sure why this has a horror genre, but it does. Definitely more of a thriller)

Bring Her Back: 4.5 Stars

Blair Witch Project: 4 stars

Clown In A Cornfield: 4 stars (couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed this)

Saw (the original): 4.5 stars

Sinners: 2 stars

Silent Hill: 1 star

I also watched season 2 of Squid Game and gave it 4.5 stars.

I also watched Friendship, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. 4 stars. I’ll watch anything with Tim Robinson in it.