Cards To The Moon

EPISODE 129 - Clark and Hyung start the show by sharing their recent experience at the Sports Card Expo in Toronto (the largest in Canada) including a couple of big pick-ups and trades by Hyung and whether he was successful in getting rid of some of many slabs. Then for this Friday episode, Clark had a great interview with Brent Weyer (aka @deepvalueinvestor1 on Instagram) about his strategy when...

EPISODE 128 - Clark and Hyung start the episode talking about the recently released Monopoly Prizm NBA Basketball Cards and discuss whether it's worth the hype (with some rare parallels going for thousands of dollars). Then the guys welcome Denny (aka denny_cards on Instagram) to the show who has been very active in producing funny and insightful hobby content. Although he only returned to the...

EPISODE 127 - Clark, Hyung, and Will (who filled in for John again this episode) kick off the show, responding to Josh Luber's recent take that there are too many buying and selling platforms currently out there and a consolidation is needed to create true liquidity and true markets in sports cards with the majority of bidders being able to bid in one place (ie. the equivalent of a main stock...

EPISODE 126 - Clark and Hyung are joined by Will again for this Friday episode where they start talking about the recent PSA submissions both Hyung and Clark got back recently. They go over what was sent for grading and if PSA did or didn't screw them over (plus how long it took). Then for the Friday discussion, the guys talk about some early MLB story lines and respond to some overreaction ba...

EPISODE 125 - Clark and John welcome back podcast fan favorite, Will, to the show and they get right into it off the top by discussing the recent news that Fanatics is bring back basketball cards under the Topps brand after a more than decade hiatus. The guys then get into Hobby Headlines talking about whole Beckett grading scale fiasco – more specifically, what they thought about the initial prop...

EPISODE 124 - Clark and Hyung welcome back Chris Begg, former pitcher for Team Canada in the Summer Olympics and the World Baseball Classic, to co-host this episode where they first discuss the cool video of Michael Rubin, Fanatics CEO, surprising a young female Devin Booker fan and card collector at a local card shop recently. Then the guys dive into Hobby Headlines talking about the junk wax era...

EPISODE 123 - Clark and Hyung welcome Chris Begg, who pitched for Team Canada in both the Summer Olympics and the World Baseball Classic (WBC), as a guest host for this Friday episode. He shared his perspective on the WBC having pitched in the inaugural year (2006) and how the game is today. Plus, Chris talked about how he got into sports cards at a young age, opening up a card store with his brot...

EPISODE 122 - Clark, Hyung, and John open the show with a brief discussion on the Retail King breaker fiasco and if they think scams in the breaking world are more prevalent these days or whether there are just a few relatively speaking all being highlighted on social media at the moment. Then the guys get into Hobby Headlines to talk about Fanatics signing a 20 year deal with Winners Alliance – a...

EPISODE 121 - Clark and Hyung start the show talking about Philadelphia Phillies reliever Matt Strahm's unique baseball card collection. They also discuss how cool and interesting it is to hear more athletes, past and present, getting into card collecting and what they have in their personal collections and the stories behind them. Then Clark interviews Matt Novogratz, Candy Digital Co-Founder...

EPISODE 120 - Clark and Hyung kick off this Friday episode by talking World Baseball Classic and whether any players have stood out to them from a hobby standpoint specifically in regards to their card value. And conversely, they discuss if they're concerned at all with anyone playing in the tournament.  Then the guys go over some recent sales of high-end sports cards and give their opinion o...

EPISODE 119 - Clark and John welcome back Hyung to the show after a two-week hiatus and off the top, they get Hyung's thoughts on some of the recent news and announcements that came out of the Topps Industry Conference including the upcoming release of the "frozenfractor" card, Topps removing several product lines, and Tom Brady baseball autograph cards. Hyung also guesses what the so-called bigge...

EPISODE 118 - Clark, John, and Will (who's back again for another episode!) get right into the Hobby Headlines segment by discussing several of the major news and announcements that came out of the recent Topps Industry Conference. Some of the news includes the introduction of a "frozenfractor" and "retrofractor" card, product lines being discontinued, and special autograph cards featuring Tom Bra...

EPISODE 117 - Clark, John, and Will (who is filling in for Hyung once again) talk about a recent article on espn.com about Jud Fabian, a Baltimore Oriole prospect, who signed his first Bowman Chrome autograph card with the inscription, "Hi Dad!" And now his father Eric Fabian is trying to track it down. Check out the IG reel on fivecardguys to see what the card looks like. Then the guys talk about...

EPISODE 116 - Clark, John, and Will (who returns as guest host!) talk about the $250,000 bounty issued by Blowout Cards for the first person to complete the 330-card set of the Golden Mirror image variation cards from 2023 Topps Series 1. Next, for the Hobby Headlines segment, the guys give some hobby hot takes and discuss whether they agree with any of them such as "Grading ruins the look of...

EPISODE 115 - Clark, Hyung, and John open the show discussing the newest promotion SGC is offering to grade any card from the 2023 Topps Series 1 for just $9 and wonder if any other grading company might follow suit. Then in the Hobby Headlines segment, the guys go over some of the statements made by Michael Rubin, Fanatics CEO, recently during the Fullsend Podcast, specifically regarding the trad...

EPISODE 114 - Clark, Hyung, and John share their first impressions with the recently released 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball set, what rookies are worth chasing, the subsets that are new this year, and how there's an image variation for each card in the set (called Golden Mirror). The guys then chat about what cards they're looking to buy while in this lull period in sports where football is done fo...

EPISODE 113 - Clark and John open the show by first commenting on how the Babe Ruth cut autograph error card was resolved by Panini America. Then John gives props to LeBron James for being the all-time scoring leader and weighs in about whether it's a good time to pick up one of his rookie cards. Next, in the Hobby Headlines segment, Clark and John go over the recent NBA trades and discuss which p...

EPISODE 112 - Clark, Hyung, and John open the show talking about Hyung's latest hobby feat, which is to collect all three of the PSA 10 Fernando Tatis Jr. Topps Independence Day rookie card. Hyung shares how he acquired all those cards and what he intends to do with them now that he's complete the set.  Then on to Hobby Headlines, the guys have some fun by ranking some of the more recent "err...

EPISODE 111 - For this Friday episode, Clark, Hyung, and John talk about how they were all way off in predicting the final sale of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 8) baseball card sold at Heritage Auctions for $600,000. They discuss whether it was a steal at that price especially knowing the population count of some of the other well-graded Mantle rookie card. Then the guys respond to the recent...

EPISODE 110 - Clark and Hyung open the show talking about the recent PSA submission Hyung just got back and whether cracking his Max Verstappen 1/1 Black Raywave that was in a BGS 9.5 slab was worth it (as well as revealing the grade of the Shohei Ohtani Exquisite Collection autograph baseball card and how much he was upcharged.) Moving on to Hobby Headlines, Clark and Hyung discuss some of the le...

EPISODE 109 - Clark, Hyung, and John make their Super Bowl picks off the top of the show (this episode was recorded when there were eight teams left in the playoffs). They also picked which quarterback they would risk investing in for a short-term flip from the four underdog teams: Joe Burrow (Bengals), Daniel Jones  (Giants),  Dak Prescott (Cowboys), and Trevor Lawrence (Jaguars). Then...

EPISODE 108 - First, the guys thank all of their podcast listeners for helping Cards To The Moon reach 1,000 subscribers/followers! As a small token of appreciation, they will be giving away a Stadium Club blaster box to one listener. The contest details will be in a Instagram post @cardstothemoon pinned to the top. Clark, Hyung and John then start the Friday episode by trying to guess what the ic...

EPISODE 107 - Clark, Hyung, and John open the show by talking about three Netflix specials focused on three different sports, and discuss whether it would make any impact on cards associated with the niche sports. The first show is Full Swing, which follows a group of golfers on the PGA Tour including Rory McIlroy. The second is Season 5 of Drive to Survive with Max Verstappen participating in int...

EPISODE 106 - Clark, Hyung, and John kick off the show by talking about the potential investment opportunity (or lack thereof?) in the Victor Wembanyama's Sports Illustrated for Kids card found in the January/February edition of this year. Is it worth picking one up or is it just a gimmick? The guys then welcome back their hobby friend William Chong, owner of Dolly's Toys and Games , back to the s...

EPISODE 105 - Clark, Hyung and John start the first Friday episode of 2023 by talking about @Shyne150 's recent "re-acquisition" of the Luka Doncic Logoman Autograph Card for $3.1M – the same card he sold about a year ago for $4.6M (resulting in a profit of $1.5M plus having the card back in his possession). Then for the Friday hobby discussion, the guys respond to the recent news that Fanati...