Author: Alyx Effron

The Elephant In The Room

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...

Complacency In Recovery

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...

The Healthy Hobby Initiative

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...

Collector Spotlight: March 2026

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,...

One Year In

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...

The Illusion Of Progress

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...

One Year. One Mission. One Community.

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...

What Are You Really Risking?

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...

Conditioned By Familiarity

Some of my earliest memories are simple, but they’ve stayed with me in ways that are hard to explain. I remember visiting my grandfather as a young boy and sitting on...

When The Headlines Hit The Hobby

Over the last 24 hours, the hobby has been flooded with headlines about legal challenges surrounding modern breaking practices. Stories like this tend to spread quickly. Opinions form fast. Social media...

The Scarcity Loop

For most collectors, the hobby begins with something simple. A pack at the card shop. A favorite player. A memory tied to a moment in sports history. But over time, something subtle...

Preserving The Spirit Of Collecting For The Youth

For generations, collecting has been one of childhood’s most simple and joyful rituals. Kids traded cards at lunch tables. They built small collections of their favorite players or characters. They saved...