Crosstown Cardboard

Emilee Pineda who works at Cards and Coffee in New York City explains the best parts and biggest surprises of working full time at a local card shop for the past year. Emilee also tells Craig and Carmine about the motivation behind her personal collection, and the ways she tries to make the hobby more accessible and approachable to other women.  If you're in the New York City area, make sure t...

Craig & Carmine explain their thought process behind which cards they've chosen to invest in, and they bring out the heavy hitters in their PC to back it up. Our two guys also talk about the qualities of these cards they believe could lead to them increasing in value much like Warren Buffett's stock portfolio, and how they've diversified their card holdings. Craig's Instagram: ...

Craig & Carmine each celebrate a big milestone and explain how it relates to the sports card community and their own hobby journey. They also talk about exciting PC purchases including a Knicks and Larry Bird card, break down how Carmine made a $550 profit on a recent sale, and elaborate on why their last episode inspired them to lean even further into collecting.  Craig's Instagram:  @new...

Craig & Carmine talk about the few sets they've collected, why they've locked in on those particular sets, and how it's helped them enjoy their collecting journey. They also explain several different ways to set collect and the old school versus modern approach to doing it.  Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown...

Craig & Carmine talk about a disappointing experience at a recent card show and how Carmine made the most of what could've been an overall negative time because of slow sales. Since they've been mostly focusing on their recent guests, this episode focuses more on our guys' fun flips, trades, and PC pickups within the past week including some breaking news. Craig's Instagram:  @...

Craig & Carmine talk with fellow Wolfpack member Big Ken about what he's seeing selling frequently and what he's buying at recent shows in the northeast. Ken also describes showing Mike Tyson his own PMG card, how he balances flipping with collecting, and the most important sports card lesson he's learned. Ken's Instagram: @sportscard_lessons Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcit...

Craig & Carmine go through specific recent sports card deals that have taught or reinforced life skills. Craig explains the life skills he used to make a trade for a Pele autographed jersey, and Carmine explains how he needed to reevaluate one life skill in particular before buying a Magic 1/1 auto. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTub...

Shaidur Rahman AKA @shaiwayvlogs talks about how he's chased down rare soccer and basketball cards literally across the world and why he's so motivated to find them. Craig & Carmine also talk to Shai about his journey from Bangladesh to Queens, NY and his mentality behind collecting unique cards with stories behind them. Shai's Instagram: @shaiwayvlogs Craig's Instagram:  @newy...

Craig & Carmine talk about the process they go through deciding whether a card is a good purchase or not. They also talk about how that evaluation changes based on that card being a card to flip or a PC purchase.  And, of course, Knicks cards are involved... Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown Cardboard

Craig & Carmine talk about how they rep their city through their collections. Carmine shows off his New York Knicks PC for the first time on the show, and Craig tells some personal stories involving his grandma, dad and hobby buddies to explain why this lane of collecting is so meaningful. We're pumping the Knicks! Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @...

Craig & Carmine talk about which card types, sets and factors will and won't stand the test of time. Carmine makes a card bet on the Knicks playoff run, and Craig explains what he learned from his hobby detox in the Caribbean. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown Cardboard

Craig & Carmine talk about the ways Craig is using his Caribbean vacation to take a break from the hobby and reflect on his collecting journey. Craig goes through the incredible story of an Ichiro card he got on his honeymoon vacation, and respectfully denies Carmine in a trade attempt. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown...

Craig and Carmine chop it up with ESPN star Kevin Negandhi about his rekindled love for sports cards, bonding with his kids over the hobby, and the Philly influence on his collection. These three dudes also talk about Carmine and Kevin's time as co-workers at ESPN, increasing inclusion in the hobby, and the potential for sports card content reaching a mainstream network. Kevin's Instagram:...

Craig & Carmine talk about new things they've learned in just the past month about sports cards, themselves, and an entirely new area of collecting. They also explain one of the biggest factors they feel leads to a happy, passionate and ever-evolving hobby experience. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown Cardboard

Craig and Carmine talk about specific factors that have caused them to like certain cards in their personal collections a little bit less. They explain the reasons they've recently sold or traded what used to be PC cards. Gotta end on a positive note though, Craig and Carmine bring up new PC cards they've recently fallen into love with too. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards C...

Craig & Carmine broke out the dictionary for this title as they brainstorm ways all of us can help grow our beloved sports card hobby, and evaluate the ways Fanatics will try to grow the hobby once they take over.   They also share some of their best memories opening packs as kids and as bigger kids, and provide examples of low-key ways to look out for rare cards even in modern products....

Craig & Carmine give specific examples of scenarios in which they've dug themselves out of their sports cards losing value. Of course, no one wants to lose money so these two explain ways they've tried their best to avoid doing that after their cards aren't selling for as much as they once were. Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:...

Craig and Carmine talk with Ryan @phillycards25 about how he started his sports card career and what he thinks about having his full-time job revolve around sports cards at 24 years old.   Ryan also explains his big hobby break, the ways he evaluates buying cards at a good price, and how the Philly card scene is different from the New York card scene.   Ryan's Instagram: @phillycards25 C...

Craig & Carmine talk about how they scratch their itch to flip sports cards while still collecting what they enjoy. Craig explains why he just regained the itch to flip even more, and Carmine explains why he doesn't quite feel that same urge as strongly at the moment.   Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown Card...

Carmine explains his 4-day extravaganza experience at the Burbank Card Show this past weekend in Southern California.  Craig asks great follow-up questions as Carmine goes through the decisions to move his Tiger Woods grails, add Larry Bird grails and pick up some other unique cards of all-time greats.  They also talk about the vibe, schedule and success of the show and trade nights. Cra...

Craig and Carmine talk with their cousins Tony and Oz from Cousins Collectibles Podcast about the ways they've seen the sports card collecting hobby bring their families and each other together.   The cousins explain their time together from childhood, to their first sports card venture with a 1986 Fleer Jordan rookie, to their experiences growing closer with their wives and kids through the...

Craig and Carmine talk about recent examples of how their patience has paid off with sports card deals.  The two explain the ways they've worked on being patient when it's easier said than done through experiences of buys, sells and trades.  As usual, they go off on a little tangent for a few genuine and positive hobby stories.   Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carm...

Craig & Carmine talk about their mentalities behind recent cash purchases for cards, and how they decided pulling the trigger was worth it.   Craig explains why he bought a 4-figure Cassius Clay rookie and Carmine explains why he bought a 4-figure Larry Bird 1/1.   Craig's Instagram:  @newyorkcitysportscards Carmine's Instagram:  @CarminesCards YouTube:  Crosstown Card...

Craig, Carmine and their 2nd guest Samuel Evans AKA  @thesprtzcardcoltr  talk about the value of making people of all different races and backgrounds feel included, respected and valued through the sports card hobby.  Sam explains a few of the ways he's learned, through his time teaching and collecting, we can break down the biggest barriers that can leave people of color and women...

Craig & Carmine explain ways they've learned to act right and not act right while buying/selling/trading sports cards on Facebook and Instagram.  They talk about great interactions they recently had with international card collectors to get big PC cards, how to rest easy about a deal, and times they've been scammed or almost scammed in the past.   Finally, they predict which cards wi...