Show Notes
Ben Burrows from The Athletic joins Mike and Jesse to give us the latest on the massive theft from a FedEx truck full of PSA slabs. The latest numbers are staggering. Over orders, seven-figures worth of cards, hundreds of slabs. Stolen in broad daylight from a locked FedEx truck that was suspiciously abandoned for 90 minutes.
We wrap up with voicemails and have an updated Mt. Rushmore after Tuesday's show.
0:00 - Intro
3:50 - Ben Burrows from The Athletic joins to discuss the PSA/FedEx Theft
6:05 - The driver reported he left the vehicle for 60-90 minutes, but doesn’t know where he went. When he returned, the lock was broken and contents removed.
7:25 - The first two pallets were taken, and half of the final pallet was taken. Roughly $1M in stolen goods, minimum.
15:00 - PSA response is to pay the maximum insured value of the card, per emails from those affected.
22:00 - Police did not seem very familiar with trading cards or implied value.
29:00 - Mike Trout is opening his own breaking shop and platform with other athletes.
52:40 - Head to voicemails.
57:00 - Buying guide from Gio
1:01:20 - Selling or Grading, and why people are too willing to grade cards they shouldn’t
1:14:15 - Hans Gruber takes credit for PSA theft
1:25:30 - Would love to see more super-limited short-print sets from Topps
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