Neither Credible Nor Attractive: The GameStop & eBay Story

Howdy, Collectors. The trading card market somehow managed to set records again in April, with Card Ladder tracking more than $616M in secondary-market sales and GemRate logging a record 3. 1M cards graded, according to The Athletic’s Ben Burrows .

I get the same question all the time from collectors… are we in a bubble? This much I’m sure of… nobody knows! But I’m encouraged about the state of this Hobby, as the big dogs continue to invest for the long haul (e.

g. Fanatics signing an exclusive deal with FIFA that doesn’t kick in until 2031) and as collectibles news seems to always be circling around the front page ( GameStop’s bid for eBay, anyone? ).

Even our buddy Josh Luber popped up on the Today Show this week. So are we in a bubble? What do I know?