Who is Filthbomb Breaks? Filthbomb Breaks is a live sports card breaker and seller that hosts live box and case breaks across major platforms like Fanatics Live, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. They break a wide range of products — MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, soccer, and more — often offering pick-your-player or pick-your-team style breaks. Filthbomb…

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INTRO: WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN… Every December, I sit down at my desk, surrounded by half-finished sets, towering stacks of graded slabs, three unopened bubble-mailers I swear I’ll open later, and a faint smell of cardboard nostalgia that no candle company has successfully replicated yet. And I ask myself the same question: “What in…

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How PSA Became the #1 Consignment Company on eBay 1. It started with the PSA Vault Back in 2022, PSA (under parent company Collectors Holdings) launched the PSA Vault — a secure, climate-controlled storage facility in Delaware.It was designed for graded cards that collectors didn’t want shipped back home after grading. How it worked: After…

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What We Know Here are the confirmed details for 2025 Prizm NASCAR: • Release / Product configuration The expected release date is around December 24, 2025. Checklist Insider+2Beckett+2 The Hobby box configuration (per Checklist Insider / Panini advertising) is: 12 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 12 boxes per case. blowoutcards.net+1 On average each…

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🔍 What counts as a “big” price drop in Sports Cards For our purposes: a “big” drop means losses of 50% or more in value (sometimes 80%-90%) for cards or releases that once looked like hot items.Reasons these happen include: over-production/supply, hype overload, grading failures, player under-performance, and collector sentiment turning. 🕰 Notable Examples of…

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✅ Who is Ty Wilson? Ty Wilson is the founder/host of Chasing Cardboard (also spelled Chasing Cardboard) — a YouTube/content series and business centered around high-stakes sports-card collecting and trading. Spokesman-Review+2Chasing Cardboard+2 He previously worked in corporate sales/negotiations and left that world for sports cards and content creation. Spokesman-Review He’s been collecting since at least…

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🎯 What Collectors Are Focused on in 2025 Rookie and Prospect Cards In 2025, collectors are chasing rookie and first-year cards harder than ever. The formula is simple: find the next breakout star before everyone else does. If that player goes off, their rookie card skyrockets faster than a PSA grading fee. Vintage and Historical…

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✅ What we know The longtime CEO and major shareholder, Aldo Hugo Sallustro, passed away in April 2025. cllct+1 After his death, Panini appointed a financial adviser (Citi) to help explore the company’s strategic options, including a potential sale or partner/investor scenario. Reuters+1 The company is estimated to have generated around €1.6 billion / US…

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Understanding PSA Grading Upcharges: Why Value Dictates the Price of Your Grade If you’ve submitted cards to PSA before, you’ve probably heard horror stories about “getting hit with an upcharge.” Maybe you sent in a rare card for bulk grading and ended up owing hundreds of dollars more than you expected. Or perhaps you heard…

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🧩 1. The Hobby Is Expanding Beyond “Sports” 📺 Pop Culture and Non-Sport Crossovers What used to be a “sports-only” niche is now spilling into movies, TV, anime, and gaming. Topps Disney 100, Dune, Star Wars Chrome, and Garbage Pail Kids have proven there’s massive collector overlap. Fanatics’ licensing strategy clearly shows they want collectors,…

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