Wemby Sales After Finals Loss; Will PSA Re-Open Bulk Grading?
6/15/20261 hr 18 min
Gio opens the show by gloating just a tiny bit about being right about the Wemby market and just how cheap you can grab a Silver Prizm PSA 10 now that the Knicks won the Finals. Plus, some speculation about PSA and Chris Thomas (Ataboy Cards) stops by! 0:00 - Intro/Time to talk sports cards 2:00 - NBA Finals recap, starting with Gio gloating about the Wemby pricing 12:00 - A PSA debate about when, if ever, we see PSA open up their value and bulk tiers again for grading. 24:40 - Chris Thomas from Ataboy Cards joins the show, and they discuss his background as Gio tries to convince him to quit his job. 36:10 - What Chris is working on now and how he’s setting up leaving the teaching world. 44:45 - How Chris goes about sourcing his cards and how he focuses on what to buy 50:00 - Discussing the business of sports cards and how to maximize your time Recording 2 1:03:45 - The correlation between Instagram followers by league and popularity in the card market. 1:09:00 - Mike’s eBay Live card show this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsMike Gioseffi· Host0:00
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Mike Gioseffi· Host1:00
The alternative being everybody hoards them- Well- ... and then when it opens everybody sends in ...
Jesse Gibson· Host1:05
actually, I think the alternative is they don't open any grading less than $50. I think every grading service goes to $50 and up, and that Funko shared that point and I started looking at some of these numbers.
Mike Gioseffi· Host1:19
Follow up Funko increase. I mean. Well?
Jesse Gibson· Host1:22
Well.
Mike Gioseffi· Host1:22
What would you like to say?
Jesse Gibson· Host1:23
Well.
Mike Gioseffi· Host1:24
We have 75 minutes roughly to talk. [laughs] What would you like to talk about, Jesse?
Jesse Gibson· Host1:27
Um- Oh, sports cards only.