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How does group breaking work with sports cards?

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From Trading Cards to Connections: The Heart of the Industry with Matty Rich
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What the archive says

01Group breaking lowers the barrier to entry: selling 10 spots with three random teams each lets collectors get into 10 breaks instead of one $1,000 box. source →

02Breaking is performance, not just retail — the breakers who excel have personality, product, and work ethic; one who once drew 300 live viewers is no longer in the space. source →

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What was actually said

There's something that's so raw and real about the physical part of collecting, especially the sports cards. Right. But you do have this younger group that the NFT space, the digital space, like, I don't think it's a, an, or, yeah, I think it's an end.
Ryan Alford · From Trading Cards to Connections: The Heart of the (28:25)
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