Videos

May 19, 2022

755 - Baseball Card Hall of Fame 2022 Ballot

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-xvjkd-122cf48 Ray from Philly, Mike Steveline, and Victor Roman asked me to guest on their YouTube show, discussing this year's ballot of 40 excellent and iconic cards for consideration - we discuss the cards and my choices - thanks guys!

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May 18, 2022

754 - 2021 Goodwin Champions, with Grant Sandground

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9esxn-122b288 Grant has watched his conception grow and evolve into an extremely interesting and complicated product that has wide and eclectic interest - thanks Grant!

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May 17, 2022

753 - Dennis Walker Unsolved Mystery, with Shwe Surendran

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-h3wxt-121c0d9 Shwe is investigating the curious and tragic case of collector/investor Dennis Walker - his mysterious death and the whereabouts of the rest of his world-class collection after all these years (more than 30 years ago). Thanks Shwe!

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May 16, 2022

752 - Tribute: Frank Barning, with Rich Klein

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-y657i-12282b3 Frank (and his surviving wife Vivian) founded and ran Baseball Hobby News, a very influential publication, which Rich and I, and many others, greatly enjoyed.

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May 13, 2022

751 - Winning Football Boxes from Huggins & Scott Auctions

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9bm22-1220ead I describe my auction winnings, namely a group of seven not-so-new football hobby boxes - I am a card collector, not a box collector - so I opened all the boxes!

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May 12, 2022

750 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 724-748

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-22tj5-1220e9d The last four weeks of individual daily episodes summarized along with further commentary (in case something was missed ... by me).

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May 11, 2022

749 - Interview: Shwetha (Shwe) Surendran

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-nxzgy-121c0ce Shwe is a journalism student and podcaster on assignment and we had a discussion about the exciting chase (that has always been) central to the sports card hobby.

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May 10, 2022

748 - Out-Takes on Hobby vs. Retail Pulls from Hobby Hotline 043022

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-4f7ym-121c0c0 Thanks to my co-hosts (John Newman and John Keating) and the live call-ins, another robust Saturday morning hobby discussion -listen to the whole hour either live next week or on your favorite podcast app - thanks!

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May 9, 2022

747 - Discussing Re-Packs with Skepi

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gevj3-11e5b90 Skepi (not his real name) has sent me many insightful questions about sports cards and this hobby - this episode is about the pros and cons of re-packs, for your consideration.

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May 6, 2022

746 - Dueling Questions, with Ryan Nolan

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-bjyiw-11d1c27 Ryan and I traded sports card hobby questions and answers - I think I represent the past and Ryan represents the future - but Ryan is a vintage guy at a young age and you gotta love that!

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May 5, 2022

745 - Interview: John Wie, Center Stage

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-yugwz-1212334 John is the co-founder of the mobile (free) card identification app, Center Stage, which is surprisingly fast, due to their clever approach - thanks John!

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May 4, 2022

744 - Eight Listener Questions 2.0

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-w723m-11eded4 Another eight different listener questions worth addressing - from eight different thoughtful listeners - send me your sports card questions about the past, present, or future - thanks!

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May 3, 2022

743 - Out-Takes from Ryan Nolan’s show

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ydb6z-11d1c38 Most of Ryan's show involved my "show and tell" of a few interesting cards - this is a brief segment more suited to our audio format as our conversation was wide-ranging. Thanks Ryan!

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May 2, 2022

742 - 1981 Fleer Baseball, with Rich Klein

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gzk9b-11d00e1 Rich and I talk about the re-birth of Fleer baseball (current player) cards back in 1981 (not a terrible start all things considered) and how Fleer handled the junk wax era before its eventual demise almost 25 years later.

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April 29, 2022

740 - Selling Small Sets, with Rich Klein

Rich now works for COMC - which is an interesting option and venue for selling smaller more obscure sets card by card - we discuss our strategies - thanks Rich!

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April 29, 2022

741 - Interview: Grayson White, Cherry, Australia

Grayson came all the way from Australia to the MINT Collective in Las Vegas - we sat down twice - this portion was recorded in the show area - please forgive the poor audio quality - and thanks Grayson.

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April 29, 2022

735 - Torsten Bauer Questions

I accumulated several questions from my German (Shaq collector) friend, Torsten Bauer, and rolled them into this interesting episode - put on your thinking caps - and thanks Torsten.

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April 29, 2022

739 - Eight Listener Questions

I accumulate good sports card questions sent in by viewers and listeners - thank you - this time it's eight diverse questions - keep them coming!

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April 29, 2022

738 - The Greatest Hobby, with Kirt BHS

Kirt challenged me on my claim that sports card collecting is the greatest hobby in the world - the verdict - it is for me!

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April 29, 2022

736 - Kids Marketing Ideas, with Jeff Hoferer, Panini Hobby Marketing Director

Jeff and I had some creative ideas about marketing sports cards to kids - and we brainstormed about birthday party ideas (that I wish were around when I was a kid).

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April 25, 2022

737 - Resealed Cases and Non-Grading, with Skepi

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-rfme6-11e5ba6 A couple of topics we thoughtfully considered - both of which can have a huge impact on the high-end sports card hobby/industry - thanks Skepi!

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April 20, 2022

734 - Out-Takes on Team USA from Hobby Hotline 031222

Brad Bethune and Chris Harris were my co-hosts last month on Hobby Hotline - listen to the whole show as this was only a small portion of what we discussed that Saturday morning - thanks!

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April 19, 2022

733 - Brutally Honest Constructive Criticism, with Kirt BHS

Kirt had some sports card hobby/industry questions accumulated for me - there were also some constructive criticisms, which I enjoyed hearing and responding to the best of my ability or recollection - thanks Kirt.

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April 18, 2022

731 - Interview: Jeff Hoferer, Panini Hobby Marketing Director

Jeff is filling Tracy Hackler's shoes in his new role at Panini, but he brings some additional capabilities which Panini will likely eventually tap into - thanks Jeff!

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