Show Notes
Panini put World Cup stickers under the Prizm brand, and the Dutch auction starts at $15,000 a box. Genius or the biggest money grab of the cycle? Let's look at the numbers. Paulo is back after a month away, recording from New Jersey the night before the All Soccer Cards & Collectibles Show in Clark, NJ. On this episode:
- The full Panini Prizm World Cup Sticker Collection breakdown: 980 base, 115 parallels per box, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1 - How the Dutch auction works (Oct 23, 11 AM CT, price drops every 5 min, 10-box limit) - The risk nobody's talking about: what if your numbered parallels are all from teams nobody collects? - Prizmania vs. Manga: why the data still says Prizmania is undervalued - Why he's holding, not selling, while the market is up across the board - Long-term thinking on Mbappé, Ohtani and cards you can't replace - What he's hunting at the show: '90s wax and vintage stickers - An eBay seller story every collector should hear
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