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Released: June 10, 2025 | Duration: 19:12 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode explores what drives the marketing machine in sports cards and introduces the MLD (Market-Legacy-Design) framework as a tool for card valuation. The marketing machine represents the external forces that create attention, generate hype, and drive demand for specific players and cards. … Read more

Released: June 5, 2025 | Duration: 17:02 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode dives deep into demand side economics for sports cards, exploring why people fundamentally collect, what forms that collecting takes, and which collector archetypes represent the most valuable targets for card valuation and investment decisions. Understanding the demand side is critical because … Read more

Released: June 3, 2025 | Duration: 14:12 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode walks through the history of recent sports card eras to understand supply side economics and how production practices have evolved over time. Each era in sports card history tells a different supply story, from the scarce vintage era when cards were … Read more

Released: May 29, 2025 | Duration: 7:48 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This is the inaugural episode of Slabnomics, introducing the podcast's mission to bring financial fundamentals to sports cards and treat collectibles as a real asset class rather than just a hobby. The title "Welcome to the Canary's Coal Mine" references the canary in … Read more