Do NOT Buy the 1986 Fleer Jordan?! + eBay Just KILLED Sniping

The episode opens with hosts discussing their experience at the Philadelphia card show, including anecdotes about crowd size, parking challenges, and a humorous story about a young boy attempting to resell his father's autographed rookie card. They discuss their auction preview process and inventory additions.

The main segment analyzes a listener question about the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan card. While acknowledging the card's dramatic price crash from $700k in February 2021 to under $300k by June 2021 (over 50% loss in 4 months), the hosts debate whether it's a bad investment. One host argues the Star card is superior due to scarcity (under 2,000 graded vs 51,000 Fleer cards), but the other hosts contend that both cards are interconnected and likely to rise and fall together. They note that the Star card also crashed 75% from $200k to $50k during the same period, suggesting market correlation rather than one card's inevitable superiority.

A significant discussion covers eBay's rollout of extended bidding, eliminating last-second sniping—a feature long provided by third-party services like Gixen. The hosts explain this is now standard across major auction houses and will likely increase final sale prices by preventing cheap "sweeps" at auction close. They debate whether this significantly impacts market prices overall, concluding it will modestly benefit mid-range and lower-tier cards most.

The podcast addresses multiple listener questions: whether to sell personal collection cards tripled in value (consensus: sell if you prefer money to the card, not based on purchase price), proper grading for autographed cards (dual grades preferred for quality cards, authenticate-only for poor condition), PSA label era grading standards (older labels often graded loose by current standards but not always), and international tariff issues (50% import duties making US purchases prohibitively expensive for Canadian buyers, with no current solution offered).

Hosts also discuss a collector's experience purchasing a 1910 tobacco pouch drum-shaped container, expressing enthusiasm for personal collection pieces regardless of market value.