Live breaks
Watch a specialist rip it in real time.
Sealed boxes, called card by card, on camera — gloved from the first pack to the last. We're rebuilding the break format across Whatnot, TikTok Live, eBay Live and Fanatics Collect around one rule: every card leaves pristine.
Sample rip
A Shohei Ohtani pull, gloved, pack to penny sleeve.
Shot top-down so the card faces the lens the whole way: fresh FirstRip gloves on, the pack opened by the seam, an Ohtani refractor pulled face-up for the camera, then straight into a penny sleeve and top loader — never touched bare-handed, start to finish.
1. Gloves on, box on camera
Every specialist rips in fresh nitrile gloves. The box is shown sealed, on camera, with the seal and case code visible before a blade touches it.
2. Pack by pack
The specialist calls each card as it comes out. Bare fingers never touch a surface. Nothing is opened off stream, ever.
3. Hit review
Notable pulls go under the loupe cam on a soft mat so you can see centering and corners before the card is sleeved.
4. Sleeve and log
Gloved hands sleeve, top-load and log every card to the member record on the spot.
Gloves on, always
Pristine is a protocol, not a promise.
Fingerprints, surface oils and table grit are what turn a 10 into a 9. Every FirstRip specialist rips gloved, on a soft mat, with the card sleeved before it ever leaves the frame — so what you pull on stream is exactly what the grader sees.
- Fresh nitrile gloves for every box — changed on camera between breaks.
- Soft anti-static mat under every rip; no card ever hits a bare table.
- Cards handled by the edges only, never across the surface or corners.
- Penny sleeve first, top-loader second, team bag third — before the card leaves frame.
- Loupe cam inspection happens inside the sleeve so grading potential is never risked.
Where we go live
Revolutionizing breaks on every stream.
Same specialists, same gloves, same card record — wherever you watch. One FirstRip standard across every live marketplace, with hits logged to your member account no matter which platform you took the spot on.
Whatnot
Scheduled FirstRip shows with member-priority spots and RipRip credited back on every hit.
TikTok Live
Fast-format rips built for the feed — short breaks, loupe-cam hits, instant sleeve.
eBay Live
Auction-style breaks with authenticated fulfilment straight into the FirstRip packaging.
Fanatics Collect
Premium sealed product and case breaks with vault handoff for graded slabs.
What pops up
The hits, on the loupe cam.
Gold refractor auto
Numbered /10 — pulled live, gloved hands only, straight to the loupe cam.
Rookie patch
Three-colour patch, called on stream and sleeved within seconds.
Case hit insert
One per case. Graded through the concierge the same week.
FirstRip packaging
It ships like it matters.
Every card leaves us sleeved, top-loaded and team-bagged inside a rigid black box with a gold foil interior, wax seal and a printed card record. Vault members can skip the ship entirely and send the card straight to custody.
