{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GEM MINT & AUTHENTIC: A BURBANK SPORTSCARDS PODCAST","title":"Episode 7: Collect What You Love - Troy Gentile","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2731,"description":"Troy Gentile joins Jeff Garlin, Rob Veres and Sammy Veres for Episode 7 of Gem Mint & Authentic.\n\nTroy talks about collecting in the early 2000s, stepping away from the hobby and eventually finding his way back during the collecting boom.\n\nWhat's the card to own: a Bowman 1st, Topps Chrome rookie or base rookie? Is today's market becoming oversaturated? How much of a young player's future success is already built into the price of their cards? And what happens to that market when an athlete has one terrible game?\nThey get into Shohei Ohtani's incredible run before turning to one of Troy's favorite players to collect: Kobe Bryant.\nRob remembers watching the Kobe card market change almost instantly after his death. Troy talks about building his Kobe collection. And Jeff tells the story of working with Kobe before he'd ever played an NBA game and why he chose the memory of that day over asking Kobe for an autograph.\nTroy's hobby philosophy ultimately comes down to something much simpler: buy cards of players you actually care about.\n\nRipping packs is fun. Chasing hits is fun. But the cards that stay in your collection are usually the ones that mean something to you.\nThey also talk about Jeff and Troy's years together on The Goldbergs, the possibility of sports card museums and the card that started Troy's love of collecting.\nAnd, naturally, they finish by opening packs.\nGem Mint & Authentic is a podcast about collecting, made by collectors.\nHosted by Rob Veres, Sammy Veres and Jeff Garlin.\nFilmed at Burbank Sportscards in Burbank, California.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YHAeMSc-9Yh0DwXdA4U7Gg-1TnvDVjOjCqXh67Dx5dc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Y2Nm/ZDY5NmQ0OTkwYjA2/YTM2ZmI2YzEwMjUx/MWJiZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}