New Zealand · first collection

Beginner sports card collecting guide.

Written for collectors starting in New Zealand. The same rules apply to a single, a blaster, or a spot in a live break: know the card, know the sold price, and know what you get if the hit is not yours.

How a live break works

1. 1Choose a spotA team, a player, or the break format on the listing. Read which one it is.
2. 2Watch it liveThe box is opened with the Blunt crew. The format on the listing is the rule, and it can differ from the last break. Not every spot gets a card.
3. 3Postage is separateNot in the spot price. Regulars ship free about every two to three weeks. Five or more breaks qualifies too. A big hit goes in a one-touch. Ask any time to send sooner, and that one has a fee.

Those three steps are the shape of it. The rules for a Blunt break, and only a Blunt break, are on the shop.

Choose a lane

One focus, until it feels obvious. You can change it later. The guide keeps your choice on this device.

Four rules

1. 1

   Pick one player, team, or set, and stay there for the first month.

2. 2

   Buy singles you can name. Treat sealed wax as a ticket, not a plan.

3. 3

   Compare sold prices, with shipping. Asking prices are ads.

4. 4

   Sleeve the card before you admire it. Grade only when the fee math works.