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Talking Center Stage App and Collecting with John Wie @SportsBalt Podcast

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Summer scanned thousands of cards in days, and Center Stage saved every price.

1. Sportsbalt host Danny Black talks with John Wee about Center Stage and collecting cards and memorabilia. 2. Danny Black is the host, and John Wee is the Center Stage founder or representative whose app handles card scanning and pricing. 3. The episode asks whether Center Stage is changing how collectors catalog, price, and trade cards. 4. Danny says his daughter Summer scanned and priced thousands of cards in days, which pushed him to contact John Wee. 5. Wee explains that the app uses AI to identify cards, but different lighting and angles can create duplicate results. 6. Wee says users should swipe through results to find recent transactions and blue prices that open eBay listings. 7. Danny describes using folders to save cards he wants to list on eBay and then clicking the blue link to use “sell similar.” 8. Wee says manual typing can misfire, like entering “auto” instead of “autograph,” which changes the search results. 9. Wee says the app is not meant to replace traditional collecting but to enhance it, like getting “cable TV after having rabbit ears.” 10. Wee says Center Stage now supports pricing for CSG and SGC, with a longer-term goal of one scan showing PSA 10s, PSA 9s, and other grades. 11. Wee says the company wants one million users by the end of the year, about three or four times current usage. 12. Wee says watch lists could eventually trigger notifications if another user scans a card you want, including cards inside your network or outside it. 13. Wee says partnership plans are part of the company’s next phase. 14. Wee says younger kids are already using the app to price $1 to $3 base cards for trades. 15. Danny says that behavior matches how he used cards as a kid, when packs were cheaper and trade values were smaller. 16. Wee says his collecting shifted from Kobe Bryant and the Lakers to modern players like Luka, Trae Young, Zion Williamson, and Ja Morant. 17. The tone stays conversational and hobby-focused, with Danny frequently comparing old-school card work to Center Stage workflows. 18. The format is a relaxed interview with personal stories, product feedback, and repeated back-and-forth examples. 19. Collectors who scan cards, trade often, or list on eBay. 20. Listeners wanting sports talk without card-app interest.

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