I’ll start! I snipped a spot in a Backyard Break for $3+shipping, hit these two. Comps combined are about 1.1k. Sold those, a Ceedee XRC SGC 10, and a Dylan Crews 1st Bowman Chrome auto PSA 10 for 1425. So in all with that deal, it was almost a k in profit, and a 130.63%ish ROI (I Think).

Living in west central Florida, Tim Trently has a distinct advantage when it comes to prospecting MLB players.
Trently frequently attends spring training and minor league games near his Bradenton residence to check out all the young talent on the diamond. When it comes to card collecting, Trently sees firsthand who could become a future MLB star. His analytic-based research then helps him determine which prospects to start collecting.
Dan Kuligowski is also big into digging into the background and crunching numbers on the best up-and-coming players; he also uses his research when it comes to collecting cards.
“I’ll do research on guys; from there, I’ll usually pick five to 10 guys to kind of chase in breaks,” Kuligowski said. “After that, I’ll usually buy some singles as well.”




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A couple fun stories from us at The Athletic:

David Betancourt talked to Batman '89 writer Sam Hamm about his love of University of Virginia basketball (cc: @alexisohanian) and how it's seeped into his current comic run:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5908955/2024/11/12/batman-virginia-basketball-comics/

And then Michael Salfino wrote about Babe Ruth's rookie card and how it was originally used to get a free jump rope or "dandy" bat and ball set:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5911783/2024/11/10/babe-ruth-rookie-card-red-sox/