Brett Makedonski 
We can confidently say — with no hyperbole or exaggeration — that we love it here. It has been a long and tough road as we’ve spent most of 2020 putting together this app that we knew could change the card collecting market. It’s so amazing to finally show it to you. The outpouring of …
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We’re right in that sweet spot of the NFL season. Six games in, we’re starting to separate the contenders from the pretenders. We’re seeing which rookies are going to make a first-year splash, and we’re watching all-timers build on their legacy. (Hello, Tom Brady.) It’s a fascinating place in terms of evaluating potential because we …
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I recently took a big step in my journey to becoming a bona fide card collector: I sent some stuff into PSA to get graded. It’s kind of nerve-wracking for a number of reasons. First, it’s always weird to just take your prized possessions and throw them in the mail. I know people send cards …
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The standard in sports cards is (and maybe always will be) a jersey relic. That’s fine, but there are a lot of interesting ideas out there other kinds of relics. It feels like card manufacturers are just scratching the surface. Here are a few of our favorites.
Sports card collecting is a hobby that’s in the midst of a renaissance of sorts. A lot of this renewed interest is from lapsed youthful collectors who now find themselves with disposal income a few decades later. In fact, there’s a very good chance that’s the reason you’re reading this post. You’ve come back to the world of sports cards but aren’t quite sure where to start.
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The same usual suspects get all the love from people chasing hits. Autos, relics, parallels, cool-looking inserts — they’re the flashiest and most obvious examples of sought-after cards. However, there are some very neat hits hiding in plain sight among all the base cards… you just might not know they’re special. These are called short …
Sample size is everything in baseball. It’s the reason a (normal) season is 162 games long. The fewer the games played, the wider open the door is to statistical aberrations that simply would not hold up over a full summer. But, that’s not a luxury we have in 2020. We’re lucky to watch any baseball …
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“Too rich for my blood.” That’s the overarching theme with this week’s list. Card collecting can be exactly as affordable as you want it to be. Some people go cheap, just appreciating the hobby and the occasional long-odds hit. Others, however, spend some real cash. As we learned in our first Loupe survey, 25 percent …
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We know we’re not blowing any minds here, but sports card collectors are a passionate bunch. You have insight and expertise into a hobby that takes a lot of dedication to pursue seriously. You know the state of the hobby and are unafraid to give your unfiltered opinions about it. That’s half of the reason …
Read moreWe got some fascinating results from Loupe’s first ever survey