Presented By All Touch Case Dave Soffen, @bigdogdave99 This month, we’re proud to feature Dave Soffen (@bigdogdave99) – a larger-than-life personality in our community whose energy, honesty, and willingness to show up have made a real impact over the past year. If you’ve been in a Collectors MD meeting, chances are you’ve heard Dave. He’s boisterous, engaged, and never afraid to speak his mind – but underneath that is someone who’s deeply reflective and committed
Presented By All Touch Case In the early stages of recovery, we tend to overlook the people standing just outside the blast radius. Everyone understands the dangers of secondhand smoking. You don’t have to be the one holding the cigarette to feel the effects. You don’t have to inhale directly to carry the consequences. The damage spreads anyway – quietly, indirectly, and often without consent. The same dynamic plays out in other forms of addiction.
Collectors MD is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with All Touch Case, a premium display and protection solution designed to showcase your cards while keeping them safe. This partnership marks an exciting step forward as we continue to align with brands that share our commitment to intentional collecting, thoughtful engagement, and long-term sustainability within the hobby. All Touch will serve as a presenting sponsor across the Collectors MD media ecosystem, including The Collector’s
Collectors MD is proud to announce a new partnership with C3 Grading, a collector-first grading company built around transparency, accessibility, and trust. At Collectors MD, we believe a healthier hobby isn’t just about what collectors buy – it’s also about how they protect, preserve, and understand what they already own. That means supporting companies that help slow things down, reduce unnecessary friction, and bring more clarity and confidence to the collecting experience. C3 Grading aligns
Presented By All Touch Case There’s been a lot of buzz around the Topps Industry Conference this week. Watching it all unfold from a distance – amid a frenzy of exciting hobby updates – I couldn’t help but notice what wasn’t being said. There was a clear opportunity to acknowledge what a lot of people are already feeling but don’t always have the language for. The pace and pressure of the hobby have fundamentally changed,
Presented By All Touch Case One of the most dangerous parts of recovery is that complacency rarely feels dangerous when it creeps in. There’s no dramatic crash or obvious warning sign. It builds through small shifts in mindset, routine, and honesty. A few things start to slip. Structure loosens. And the more disciplined version of you begins to fade before you even realize it. Progress in recovery can create comfort, and comfort can blur awareness.
Collectors MD is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with The Certified Trading Card Association (CTCA) to launch The Healthy Hobby Initiative. This new collaboration represents an important step forward in bringing more responsibility, transparency, education, and long-term sustainability into the trading card space. As the only 501(c)(6) nonprofit trade association dedicated exclusively to the trading card industry, CTCA was created to support and elevate the businesses, retailers, and stakeholders helping shape the future
Conor McGrath This month, we’re proud to feature Conor McGrath – one of our own team members and a collector whose story is deeply rooted in Boston sports, 90s basketball, and the moments that stay with you long after the game ends. Conor’s collection is built on more than players and cardboard. It’s tied to identity, memory, and the emotional imprint that sports can leave behind. Growing up just outside of Boston, sports weren’t just
Tomorrow, March 25th, marks the one-year anniversary of Collectors MD quietly entering the world. There was no press release. No big launch. No marketing campaign. Just a simple idea that had been sitting with me for a long time: something in the modern-day hobby needed to change. Not the love of collecting. Not the nostalgia. Not the friendships or the stories that bring people together year after year. Those things are beautiful. But the environment around collecting had fundamentally changed. The hobby had become faster. Louder.
There’s a version of collecting that feels like progress. A constant state of motion – packs, boxes, breaks, auctions, listings, packages, notifications, screenshots, new releases, bigger cards, better hits. Enough noise and activity to convince ourselves something meaningful is taking shape. But movement without direction is just motion, and accumulation without intention is just excess. For a long time, I told myself I was participating in something I was passionate about. That I was evolving as a collector. That
To celebrate 1 year of Collectors MD, we’ve partnered with our friends at @gradersreserve to give back to this incredible community. We’re giving away 20 Grader’s Reserve Slab Guards and 3 of them will include the following cards: This isn’t about hype. This isn’t about chasing. It’s about celebrating community and proving that collecting can be intentional, responsible, and fulfilling. How to enter on Instagram: We’ll select 20 entries that truly reflect the spirit of intentional collecting on Friday, 4/3.
With March Madness officially in full swing, it’s easy to get pulled into the excitement. Brackets, survivor pools, pick’em contests – it all feels harmless on the surface. And for some, it is. But if you zoom out, almost anything can resemble problem gambling in a vacuum. You’re putting something on the line, handing control to uncertainty, and hoping things fall your way. That could be a bracket, Super Bowl squares, fantasy sports, investing in a 401k, starting a
