David’s Grail Acquisition Story + What If Cards Fall 40%? + Are You Collecting Cards or Prices?
Sports Cards LiveShow Notes
How did David Chase actually pull off the biggest acquisition of his collecting life?
We get the full story behind David's 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige, and it involves an extraordinary chain of events.
Then Chris McGill gives Jeremy Lee, David Chase and Joshua Adams a two-part thought experiment.
Imagine it's six months from now and the sports card market has fallen 30% or 40%. Volume has collapsed. Hobby content has turned pessimistic. Everyone thinks things are getting worse.
You look through your collection. What are you thinking?
Now reverse it.
Prices have risen another 30%, 40% or 50%. Volume has doubled. Everyone is euphoric and the hobby is hotter than ever.
What are you thinking now?
Would you sell? Buy aggressively? Regret not selling at the top? Fear catching a falling knife? Audit your collection? Or discover which cards you actually love once their monetary value stops validating the decision to own them?
The conversation ultimately gets to something even simpler: in a hobby where prices can become absurd, can a $5 card still make you happy?
And if every card you say you "want" becomes too expensive, are you really interested in collecting cards, or are you chasing something else?
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