Videos

We hear from the Newman family, three generations, including John Newman, popular host of Sports Card Nation.

John Broggi, who runs the annual National Sports Collectors Convention, discusses along with his two sons, how they enjoy hobby business together.

Commemorating Father's Day I interview two winsome sets of fathers and sons active in the hobby and hear how they hobby.

Dr. Jay Swartz shares his sports card origin story as he and I have crossed paths over the decades - quite the roller-coaster!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-q4rk5-1034230 I was featured on an interview segment of Rob and Ivan's excellent show - listen to the whole two hours - but in case you don't, here's ten minutes of hopefully fresh insight extracted from that enjoyable time.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5t97j-1067936 Long-time auction house Huggins and Scott has a unique approach - Bill and his son Ricky have enjoyed the ride together over the decades.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-hchbi-105c397 Eric looks at our hobby through the lens of a research psychologist and he questions what's going on with grading and how to make sense of that.

Additional details on Lud Denny and his huge impact on modern football and hockey cards.

Out-Takes from the live call-in show.

Bill Chandler and Mike Conroy share their memories of Lud Denny and the early days of the explosion in interest and distribution of football cards, thanks to John Bello (NFL Properties) and Lud Denny.

Popular podcaster Brett McGrath of Stacking Slabs shares with us his hobby origin story and how it nicely fits with his vocational career.

This is Mike's hobby origin story leading up to his technological contribution to and involvement in Ray Fonio's Baseball Card Hall of Fame project.

Serious collectors should be concerned about the possible congressional elimination of stepped up basis in the Federal tax code.

A group of related questions submitted through Instagram and answered here in the order presented.

Live Saturday call-in show features several co-hosts and a multitude of topics - this segment excerpts the portion on shows, past and present.

Ray has founded the Baseball Card Hall of Fame - this is his origin story - how he always loved baseball cards and the Hall of Fame.

Minimizing conflicts of interest - eliminating conflicts of interest - identifying and calling out conflicts of interest!

Our first substantive hobby roundtable discussion concerned motivation and consistency as many weighed in with helpful tips.

Collecting players from your home town or your favorite area is a frequent approach for those who want to narrow their collecting focus but not by too much.

We went around the room of hobby content creators (podcasters and YouTubers) talking about transparency and the occasional lack thereof in our sports card hobby.

Ray and I continued our discussion as his gaze turned to my virtual Wall of Fame back-drop and especially those cards that are in his Baseball Card Hall of Fame.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-i9zi3-104ff05 How do we maintain momentum and continue to sustain the remarkable recent growth in our great hobby?

Each of the content creators at the casual group dinner was asked to briefly shout out to someone that had inspired their hobby journey - many were unsung heroes.

Mike Steveline has come on board with the Baseball Card Hall of Fame bringing his technical expertise as the project has grown and expanded.