Live breaking is now a full-on broadcast format. The Best Livestream Sellers category recognizes the breakers who turned streaming into its own lane — part shop, part show, part community. These nominees aren’t just opening boxes. They’re building trust, onboarding new collectors at scale, and creating nightly appointment viewing for the hobby.
Nominees
Cardboard 47
Cardboard 47 has established itself as one of the most dynamic and reliable breaker teams on Whatnot — streaming virtually “24/7” across its channels. Known for its signature taglines, “Your favorite breaker’s favorite breakers” and “It’s a Movie Every Time,” the brand embodies a culture of nonstop energy, entertainment, and consistency.
Collectors frequently highlight the group’s engaging style and consistency, with hobby community discussions citing them as a trusted breaking operation. In 2025, Cardboard 47 continued expanding their presence through round-the-clock breaking schedules, cementing their role as a go-to livestream destination.
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Filthbomb Breaks
Filthbomb Breaks is a New York–based sports card breaking company founded by Stephen Abbondandolo and John Yohe. Starting as a small operation in Glen Cove, it has grown into a major breaking hub with a physical store, large-scale shipping, and a national presence.
Running daily live streams across Fanatics Live, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, Filthbomb Breaks has built one of the hobby’s most consistent and engaging communities — earning recognition as “the face of Fanatics Live.”
Their influence extends beyond the hobby mainstream: Filthbomb Breaks has been featured in The New York Times and Fox 5 News, reflecting its crossover appeal as a cultural touchpoint where sports fandom, collecting, and live entertainment intersect.
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Grand Salami
Grand Salami is run by two former college baseball players from the Seattle/Portland area who built a livestream breaking company focused on transparency, value, and a customer-centric approach. They host card breaks in multiple formats on their YouTube channel, and recently became the first breaker to leverage Heystack’s innovative Breaker Connect program, which enables customers to get high-res images of their cards, and options to consign or have their cards evaluated for grading prior to shipping. You can find their breaks listed on their X profile @GrandSalamiSC.
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Hobby House FL
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, The Hobby House has become known for its high-energy livestreams and strong community engagement. Breaking live daily on platforms like Whatnot, the team has emphasized consistency and passion, showcasing a wide range of sports card products. Their motto, highlighted on social channels, is “Integrity & Passion,” reflecting their commitment to collectors.
In 2025, The Hobby House continued to grow its following through regular large-scale breaks and hobby highlights shared across social media, including posts celebrating major pulls and milestone events. Their rise illustrates the impact of regional breakers who bring accessibility and trust to live selling, helping to strengthen the hobby from the grassroots up.
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Mama Breaks
Mama Breaks has become a fan-favorite in the breaking world by bringing energy, inclusivity, and variety to livestreams. Her streams span sports cards, Marvel, WWE, and Star Wars, appealing to collectors across genres.
Her eBay storefront has logged thousands of positive reviews, underscoring her reputation for trust and reliability. In 2025, Mama Breaks continued to grow her presence through consistent streaming and appearances at hobby events, embodying how individual personalities can build powerful communities in live selling.
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Swish Breaks
Swish Breaks, founded in 2020 by Andrew and Jesse Rimland, has grown into one of the hobby’s most active and recognizable breaking operations. The company has processed more than 1,500,000+ orders, built a community of over 70,000 collectors, and amassed more than 415,000 followers on Whatnot, reflecting its broad reach and consistent engagement. The Swish Team is comprised of 75+ members across all areas of the business and the company operates seven live shopping channels across Whatnot and Fanatics Live.
Their livestreams span major sports, card types, and break formats, regularly producing some of the hobby’s most memorable hits.
By pairing high-frequency operations with entertainment-driven content and a strong sense of community, Swish Breaks represents the modern evolution of live card breaking at scale.
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Ty the Card Guy
Based in Canada, Ty The Card Guy is one of the most recognizable and trusted livestream sellers in the sports card hobby, known for his high-energy shows, family-friendly community, and passion for making collecting fun for everyone.
A lifelong collector and former hockey player, Ty brings the same passion, teamwork, and energy from the ice to the screen, creating an experience where everyone feels part of the action.
Over the past five years, Ty has hosted thousands of live shows, transforming a small Facebook page into one of the most engaging hockey card breaking communities in the world. Through his platform TyTheCardGuy.ca, he’s merged live commerce with e-commerce, bringing collectors together worldwide.
Beyond his nightly streams, Ty shares daily content across Instagram and YouTube and has donated over 1.5 million cards to local Boys & Girls Clubs… building not just a fanbase, but a community that celebrates the heart of the hobby.
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WeTheHobby
WeTheHobby has established itself as a multifaceted force in The Hobby. By combining design-forward LIVE studios in their brick-and-mortar experiential retail, family-friendly community events, a podcast network, and industry leading product innovations like their PANTHEON branded repacks; the company has been able to successfully scale across multiple live-streaming platforms and categories. Built around the idea that “The Hobby Belongs to Everyone,” the company emphasizes family-friendly entertainment and female/diversity representation across their content presence.
In 2025, WeTheHobby partnered with Walmart for Walmart’s first-ever card break collaboration, launching the successful weekly program series “Collector’s Night” on Walmart Live. The partnership marked the beginning of one of the biggest major social commerce and collectible vertical investments by one of the world’s largest retail brands.
By blending culture, content, and commerce, WeTheHobby continues to innovate in how collectors come together both in-person and digitally, introducing thousands of new fans to The Hobby in real time.
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These sellers represent the live side of the hobby at its highest level — energy, trust, consistency, and community. They’re part entertainer, part storefront, part host, and they’re pulling new collectors into the culture night after night.
Voting for Best Livestream Sellers is now open. Vote Here.
All registered Mantel users who vote will automatically be entered to win a limited /50 Ghostwrite Hobby Awards Trophy.
To see all categories and nominees, visit TheHobbyAwards.com.
