You never forget the first card that mattered.

Everybody who collects can point to the exact moment it started. A pack from the checkout line. A shoebox in a closet. A trade at the lunch table that felt like a bank heist at the time.

Jon started with sports cards and never really stopped — baseball first, then basketball and football. Pokémon showed up somewhere in the middle and stuck around. What began as a shoebox turned into binders, then boxes, then a collection worth taking seriously.

Now he helps other people build theirs. Cruz Collectibles is not a storefront with a thousand listings you have to dig through. It's one guy with real inventory, a deep network, and a straight answer about what something is actually worth.

Whether you're hunting one card you've wanted since you were nine or you're sitting on a collection you inherited and have no idea what to do with — start with an email.