“What if we went out with every profit we made each month? Just say... And buy one. Just buy one every month. 12. And we would have done it, what? Three years straight. That's 36 of them.”

Big Matt · The Sports Card CEO Podcast · Episode 2, S3: Big Matt x Little Matt Q&A | Navigating The Sports Card Market, Grading, and AI

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What was described

Buy one vintage 1953 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 3 each month using all monthly profit

$150,000 profit doubled to $300,000; 36 cards over three years

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