Episodes

388
July 25, 2020

264C - NBA Playoff Predictions

A chance to predict who will win and potentially why, although many basketball stars seem to already be fully priced.
387
July 25, 2020

264B - 2020 Panini Football Dueling Box Breaks: Luminance vs. Chronicles

Comparing and contrasting these two recent football card releases from Panini.  Listen to find which one I prefer, as they are ironically the same price on the secondary market at this time.
386
July 25, 2020

264A - 2020 Panini Baseball Dueling Box Breaks: Diamond Kings vs. Optic

Thanks Panini for putting out and sending over for review two excellent baseball card products, each with its own merits.
375
July 24, 2020

264 - Origin: The Card Shop with Mike and the Big Dog

Shawn Barker and Mike Fruitman are co-hosts of the popular podcast, The Card Shop with Mike and the Big Dog.
371
July 23, 2020

263 - Origin: Grant Wescott (COMC)

Grant is COMC's Director of Business Development. He shares his hobby origin story.
357
July 22, 2020

262 - Football Cards: 1968 and 1969 Topps (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I compare and contrast 1968 Topps football and 1969 Topps football cards.
369
July 21, 2020

261 - Tribute: Sy Berger

Sy Berger, who helped build Topps into the hobby power that it became, is missed by all who knew him.
378
July 20, 2020

260 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 239-258

Recapping the past twenty episodes in rapid fire form in case you missed one.
370
July 18, 2020

259B - Follow-Up: Mortality (Hockey)

A further prioritization and reflection on yesterday's Mortality episode, which you should listen to before this follow-up episode.
365
July 18, 2020

259A - Investment Fallacies: Low Pop Cards

There is more to the story than just whether a particular card has low population report status.
367
July 17, 2020

259 - Mortality (Hockey Card Collection)

Hockey cards in your will?
362
July 16, 2020

258 - Sports Card Scammers Exposed (with Drew Herndon)

The popular Facebook Group and website is de-mystified by Drew Herndon (Lemme Get That Podagraph).
358
July 15, 2020

257 - 1984 Fleer and Fleer Update Baseball (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss the relative merits of these iconic sets.
331
July 14, 2020

256 - Football Cards From 1960-67 (with Dan Hitt)

Dan and I discuss the relative merits of the mainstream sets put out by Fleer, Philadelphia, and Topps during the competition between the AFL and NFL.
366
July 13, 2020

255 - Grail(s)?

What is a Grail or Holy Grail card?  What does that mean?
364
July 11, 2020

254B - Investment Fallacies: Positive Cash Flow

How important is Positive Cash Flow to your collecting experience?
355
July 11, 2020

254A - Out-Takes from Scott Greenberg (StarStock)

Out-Takes from the interview with Scott Greenberg, co-founder of StarStock.
356
July 10, 2020

254 - Photo-Bombed Cards (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss the many cards which have celebrities or superstars in the background of the front photo and how that can drive value.
315
July 9, 2020

253 - Then and Now: Beckett Publications/Media Advertising (with Todd Westover)

Todd's successful hobby ad sales career at Beckett spanned all three regimes.
348
July 8, 2020

252 - Then And Now: Beckett Media (with Derek Ficken)

Derek shares his Beckett Media experience especially BGS.
353
July 7, 2020

251A - Panini Basketball Card Distribution (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

Chris questions current Panini distribution trends and we discuss those implications.
311
July 7, 2020

251 - Players: Richie Ashburn and Earl Averill (with Rich Klein)

Comparing and contrasting two long-retired Hall of Fame center-fielders.
347
July 6, 2020

250 - Player: Michael Jordan (with Chris McGill)

Michael Jordan advanced collector Chris McGill shares his knowledge.
352
July 4, 2020

249B - Price Guide Methodology (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

Chris asks a pointed, analytical question about price guide methodology.