One of the last stops on the main leg of our production calendar for The Hobby was SGC. They were super nice and allowed us to film all of their operations, unlike PSA, who denied our request to shoot behind the scenes or give interviews. This was in 2022. The last thing we did before we left was film a bunch of cards in SGC holders. This was a standout, obviously. Such a wonderful experience getting to hold and film these legendary pieces of cardboard that had survived decades in tact.

Begged my dad for years. And on my birthday during Canseco’s 40/40 year he bought it for me. We were pretty poor & he spent $100 on it because it was clearly one day going to be worth thousands! Kinda makes me sad now. It’s just a card, but in truth, it’s a landmine of memories and emotions for me. True nostalgia.

I got to hold this little card at PSA right before it was cracked open & crossed over. My white gloved hands in the pic. Another perk of filming The Hobby. We filmed for two days there as ALT crossed or graded a collection that, at the time, was worth north of 10 million dollars. They wouldn’t let us film anywhere except the lobby and the board room where the ALT reps met to discuss their massive order. An armored truck service, one that normally transports fine art for museums or cold hard cash, did the drop-off & pickup. The majority of that never made it into our documentary, sadly. We filmed this before we started the main production and it just didn’t fit the edit.

Nbd, just one of the decent smaller cards we got to film in our custom light box we built to film b-roll while making our documentary The Hobby.