Rarity Doesn't Equal Valuable, Cool Cards Carry a Premium

We open up the Hobby Handbook this week with an update on the SCN Challenge, as we have a new leader: Alex! Trent remains in second, and Brendan will eventually be third. Alex and Trent both had big weekends at shows. Discussing why the market doesn't always respond rationally to new products. Looking at why rarity doesn't equal value in cards. Plus, the guys wrap up with their World Series predictions. 0:00 - SCN Challenge Update + Alex takes the top spot 9:20 - Trent’s big trade at a show this weekend for a big Ken Griffey Jr. auto 15:00 - Alex also went to a show and bought a box full of Ken Griffey Jr. singles 28:15 - Building relationships with people helps facilitate deals 34:30 - The market doesn’t always react rationally 36:55 - The most important thing a new collector can do is to watch people open boxes and get a good sense of what is cool or desirable. 42:00 - Is it a junk wax era? Not so much, but we could call it a junk parallel era. 56:55 - Rare doesn’t equal valuable, but cool cards always carry a premium 1:05:55 - World Series predictions Follow Sports Cards Nonsense: https://www.tiktok.com/@sportscardsnonsense https://www.instagram.com/sports_cards_nonsense/ https://x.com/SCN_Pod https://www.facebook.com/groups/sportscardsnonsense https://collectibleslife.beehiiv.com/subscribe https://scnchallenge.com/ https://linktr.ee/SportsCardsNonsense?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5764ed98-4893-4eae-bf91-0bd89949ed99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices