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Podcast: Sports Cards Live
Episode: The National 2025 Creator Studio: Adam Gray on Building a Meaningful Collection and Letting Cards Go
Description: 🎙️ Recorded live at The National 2025 in Chicago
Join Jeremy Lee (Sports Cards Live) in the National Creator Studio presented by TikTok for an in-depth conversation with longtime friend and collector Adam Gray, aka @Thereal27guy This session explores the evolving mindset of seasoned collectors, the emotional math of consolidation, and the framework Adam uses to evaluate which cards belong in his collection — and which ones don’t.
✅ Topics covered include:
Planning your National: scheduling vs. spontaneity
Card liquidity, repacks, and the modern card ecosystem
Adam’s four-part framework: significance, aesthetics, rarity, potential
The “fit” test: deciding whether a card deserves a place in...