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Podcast: Sports Cards Live
Episode: Grading, Gambling & Greed - A Conversation with Brandon Steiner
Description: Sports Cards Live host Jeremy Lee sits down with hobby OG Brandon Steiner of CollectibleXchange for a blunt conversation about grading, gambling, and greed in today’s sports card market.
In this episode we tackle the uncomfortable questions. Are auctions broken for everyday collectors, how deep does shill bidding and market manipulation really go, and what happens when breaks, repacks, and live streams start to look a lot like gambling addiction instead of hobby fun.
This episode also features:
👉 A look at Jeremy’s upcoming book POPs & COMPs
👉 Appendix F, a detailed review of auction house policies on reserves, house bidd...