Rob and I extended our sports card question and answer session to include his final question about balance in life and hobby life.
My baseball card vintage discussion with Mike turned toward our opinions on the Hall of Fame prospects of Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, and others.
Evan's podcast, Radar, interviewed me as a guest, and we drew parallels between record vinyl album collecting and sports card collecting. Thanks Evan!
The Pareto Principle applies to sports cards! Torsten and I discuss how and why in our quest to better understand the sports card market.
Rob, the Sports Card Therapist, sent me an interesting list of hobby and life questions, which we both answered on this show - thanks Rob!
Robin's exhaustive work on the intricacies of the 1962 Post football set is impressive - I wish I had access to his research back in the day (but it did not exist yet) - Thanks Robin!
PWCC's Director of Development Jesse Craig fielded my questions and explained some of what made and makes PWCC formidable in the high-end auction and sales space for sports cards.
Guest appearing at Mike Moynihan's house for his YT channel - here are some excerpts of our vintage baseball card conversation.
Caught up with Jeremy again at the latest Dallas Card Show at Watters Creek - Jeremy was (fractionally) serving four corporate clients all at the show with his marketing and graphic expertise.
These were some of Brad's sports card questions for me excerpted and taken from his show - check it out - Card Time.
Wall Streeter Jason Granet has concerns about our hobby and our need and opportunity to regulate ourselves before other entities decide to do so for us.
Young Jacob and I continue asking each other questions about the hobby we both love - looking forward to meeting Jacob at the next National! Check out his podcast, Sports Cards Second.
Robin Pauls has done extensive research on this very challenging set from almost 50 years ago - he literally wrote the book on these cards and how they were distributed and why some of the cards and panels are so …
Jesse Craig, Director of Business Development, discusses the latest at PWCC as they are sharpening their auction platform in this dynamic sports card hobby/industry.
Rich and I riff on words beginning with E that contribute to a memorable podcast: energy, emotion, engagement, efficiency, experience, enthusiasm, etc.
A brief recap of the past four weeks worth of episodes in case you missed some - additional insights or further reflections - thanks!
My German collecting friend Torsten Bauer and I discussed the esoteric parallels between the distribution and inequality of income and card values - Torsten's graphs show how the inequality of both has similarly increased over the past two years of …
I got a call from a private equity group inquiring about the investibility of our sports card hobby - as I am a pro bono consultant, I was happy to oblige - here is my half of the conversation.
We discuss Kyler Murray, Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Matt Stafford - but NOT in that order!
If "vault" is more broadly defined, there are many vaults in this great hobby - many safe places to keep your precious cards.
Jason and I wanted to talk about regulation and aspect of chance and skill-based gambling, but our conversation meandered based on his Wall Street experience. Thanks Jason!
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Burris and I had a simulcast where we went back and forth with questions for each other - way to go Jacob!
I drove over to Mike's house and he gave me the grand tour of his baseball card collection and "The Beast." Thanks Mike, look forward to having you over here soon.
I was a guest on Brenn's Cloud 259 podcast. Brenn's a collector and has hopes that track cards can really catch on. These are excerpts from his podcast where he is asking me fresh questions from his unique perspective.