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What NFL Week 1 Revealed About the Football Card Market (opens the original)
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For weeks, the Trend Tracker has been picking up pace on certain names before a single snap mattered. Now that real games have been played, the question isn’t whether the board was busy. It's whether that early buying is turning into price movement that sticks now that actual results are in the picture.Subscribe now<div class="image2-in
The Cha-Ching Was Only the Beginning (opens the original)
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There is a certain feeling that comes with hearing the eBay cha-ching from your phone.Before you even open the notification, you know one of your cards sold.For me, the math had already been done. I knew what I paid, what eBay would take, and the number that made the sale worth it before the first offer ever came in. The notification did not tell me whether I made money. It told me the plan had reached its Cash Out Zone.Usually, that is where you take the profit, move the money back into your ho
PSA Is Reopening the Door. But Is $59.99 Standard Worth It? (opens the original)
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Back in June, PSA hit pause. With its grading backlog approaching 10 million cards, PSA suspended its Value grading tiers, leaving collectors with a $74.99 Regular service as the cheapest available option. At the time, I wrote that the pause itself was news, but what happened afterward could become the bigger story.Subscribe now<div class="c
Before the First Snap: What the Card Market Is Showing (opens the original)
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The Trend Tracker is showing exactly what the market does before a single snap is played, but the signals will not all hold once games begin.Right now, more football cards are showing accelerating sales activity than at any point since spring. For sellers, that could create a stronger window if prices follow the attention. For buyers, it raises a harder question: is this the beginning of sustainable demand, or is preseason anticipation already being priced in?A third-year quarterback’s tracked c
The Sports Card Trend Tracker Just Got a Major Upgrade (opens the original)
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The Trend Tracker just received its biggest update yet.The new Marquee Board expands the tracker beyond football and into the cards collectors are chasing across the hobby right now. The new Watchlist gives you one place to save cards, set target prices, and follow their signals as the market changes.Two different upgrades built around the same goal: helping you recognize an opportunity before the rest of the hobby does.Subscribe now<figur
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