A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Sports Memorabilia with SCP Auctions COO Mike Keys

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English - February 27, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 87.4 MB
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Horacio sat down with Mike Keys, COO at SCP Auctions. SCP Auctions, based in Southern California, was established in 1979 and is one of the country's leading sports memorabilia auction houses. Mike joined the company in 2019 and has seen firsthand the rise in sports memorabilia and the rise of new asset classes like Type 1 Photographs and Ticket Stubs.

Discussion topics include:

The effects of the T206 Honus Wagner on the SCPs most recent auction

Using a database of buyers and sellers to source auction items

Advantages and disadvantages of being a sports memorabilia auction house on the West Coast

Mike’s journey toward becoming COO at SCP Auctions

Switching from a non-sport industry to working at SCP

Authenticating items on the front-end to avoid questions about their provenance

Meeting demand for shifts in preferences among sports memorabilia

Memorabilia with the potential to see the same gains as sports cards

The upcoming SCP Spring auction preview / highlights

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