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Podcast: Stacking Slabs
Episode: Passion to Profession: Trust is the System in the Hobby with Michael Osacky
Description: In an unregulated hobby, trust fills the gaps where rules do not exist. In this episode of Passion to Profession, Brett McGrath sits down with Michael Osacky, Founder of Baseball in the Attic and PSA’s lead appraiser, to talk about what really protects collectors and businesses today.They unpack why reputation functions as currency, how bad actors thrive in gray areas, and why most collectors assume protection exists when it does not. Michael shares hard-earned lessons from decades in the hobby, including why 95 percent of his business comes from referrals, how he handles emotionally charged conversations, an...