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Podcast: Sports Cards Live
Episode: FTC Investigates PSA Beckett Deal + Monopoly Fear + What Happens Next
Description: It’s the opening segment of Sports Cards Live Episode 295 (streamed December 20, 2025). We kick things off with Jeremy and Joe Poirot, reacting to the newest twist in the PSA Beckett story: a U.S. congressman urging the FTC to investigate Collectors Holdings and its acquisitions. Then we bring in Chris Sewell to dig into what this could mean for grading competition, pricing, and the hobby’s confidence in the “big three” becoming one portfolio.
In this episode:
The FTC pressure: what an antitrust investigation could actually change (or not)
Why “monopoly” is the word everyon...