hopper

Game Gallery

Business EN ↓ 223 episodes

Analyzing & Evangelizing Certified Gaming:Dive into the business of graded games! Let's talk variants and explore the impact of supply & demand on your collection. Powered by a passion for trading collectibles that spans decades, Hopper shares wisdom while dropping unique insights to help you manage your certified gaming portfolio. We are also graded game evangelists, spreading the word about this incredible journey we all share on eBay, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. at gamegallerynet. Give us a follow if you believe in the future of this emerging asset class!

Author

hopper

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Business

Podcast website

www.gamegallery.net

Latest episode

Jul 4, 2026

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Episodes

Interview with Thomas founder of Search & Collect 07.01.2022

hopper brings back Thomas, who has worked hard to develop, the fastest and possibly most robust, search platforms for collectibles in the world. It's BLAZING FAST with massive potential, if only the other websites worked like, www.searchandcollect.com This was recorded under Freedom of Speech and any brand names mentioned were reported on for educational purposes!

LIVE with Dan founder of Minus Worlds 07.01.2022

...my 1st podcast guest for you super hard core fka "Game Investing" podcast fans LOL We drop the BEST podcast of 100+ WELCOME to the HOBBY :) see you at PRGE if Dan brings a couch LOL we relied on Freedom of Speech and this podcast is still non-profit

LIVE IG with Not Your Dad's CPA 05.01.2022

hopper asks Mark about the new tax rules and we chat about write-offs for buy/sell Power Collectors ending with a trading curve ball... John Hopper is NOT a Financial Advisor or licensed Tax Professional so all his ideas are for entertainment purposes LOL Not Your Dad's CPA content, brand, etc. are owned by MARK TEW, CPA and this podcast is still non-profit under Freedom of Speech

Hopper puts Power Collectors on Record 03.01.2022

For the record, hopper stuck his flag in Power Collectors globally on X-Mas, 2021. Power Collectors TM started doing business Dec 25, 2021 globally to over 46 countries! This public notification establishes this brand in the mail-order & media sectors incl. all the platforms pictured whose brands are owned by their respective owners. This podcast is ad-free non-profit, operated under Freedom o...

LIVE Interview with Exploded Hamster Ep. 5 31.12.2021

Exploded Hamster shares gratefulness, vision, collecting, hard work, passion, appreciation, skills, experience, wisdom, etc. on a knowledge bomb packed episode with a finale story about the world's first one and a half MILLION DOLLAR gaming piece of art slabbed by WATA and eventually consigned at Heritage all brands/images/references are owned by their respective owners and this episode records un...

Madden World Records Ep. 4 24.12.2021

hopper beta's tests a new format, LIVE IGTV with podcast audio, so bear with me during this rebranding experiment to chase disclosure, transparency & wisdom that I hope can bring the hobbies together? All images/brands/rights are owned by their respective owners, and under Freedom of Speech this podcast is still non-profit

LIVE on IG with Nerdy Girl Ep. 3 23.12.2021

hopper interview Nerdy Girl after a 3.0 Superman Comic sold at Metropolis ComicConnect for over one and a half million. Hopper learns about the comic mkt, supply and demand, and does his first comic grading LIVE on TV. All images/brands are owned by their respective owners as this podcast is non-profit as of 12/31/2021

LIVE with The Dentist & The Producer Ep. 2 22.12.2021

EDUCATIONAL & ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES: ESPN Alumni Rovell throws hopper a curveball, and rather than freaking out, pulled stuff out of the sports well LOL THANK YOU to Eric for sharing the intro. to NFTs through the highest graded LEFT BROS. in 9.6 CiB If you want to connect with Eric, he knows sports cards/stubs and can talk games/NFTs: https://www.instagram.com/vvgclub/ ALL images/brands/idea...

Pokemon's Unicorn with Dagreenshiz Collectibles Ep. 1 21.12.2021

EDUCATIONAL/ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! hopper unpacks Logan Paul's Unicorn One of One in the world with a passionate Pokemon collector: THANK YOU VERY MUCH Dagreenshiz! Josh is a GREAT GUY and true collector you can hit up for any Pokemon Qs, etc. Watch his market videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXc1M9yx9OKv34GSDYYQokQ Check out his collection at: https://www.instagram.com/dagreenshiz...

S5:E6 Flood Coming? Episode 100+ 17.12.2021

hopper get's really angry about "the crowd is always wrong" and talks about the flood as well as taxes... images/rights owned by MOJANG, Microsoft, and Heritage Auctions

S5:E5 Stuck in the Middle? 12.12.2021

CORRECTION!!! I get mixed up bet. RoboCop vs Punisher, so that game that I actually traded to Josh was a 9.8 A++ Punisher for OG XBOX NOT RoboCop LOL hopper goes philosophical thanks to some dedicated listener input and talks about the emotions behind all our investment decisions... image owned by Heritage Auctions and Nintendo of America, Inc. and Wata Games

S5:E4 Why go CiB?? 11.12.2021

(2) CLARIFICATION UPDATES: from Brian Burton on Facebook, the cover art matte mario that went for "40k is an imp with a very high grade sixth print manual" "Unless the labels are wrong and they are correct inside" "that's a huge unaddressed fuck up so pop has two 7.0" "if they are corrected they will need to find equivalent graded correct manuals so most likely they won't remain 7.0 pieces" and fr...

S5:E3 POP Effects on #SMB2 06.12.2021

this episode is dedicated to childhood_vga on Instagram "Every Gamer has his Story" who asked for an episode on the effects of the NES POPs on supply & demand in the mkt. image and brand names owned by Rally , Collector's Universe , etc.

S5:E1 Once a Trophy, Still a Trophy?? 05.12.2021

let's take a look at three trophies, and see if they stand up against: WATA's NES POP report dated Halloween, 2021? Image owned by Wata Games, content owned by Nintendo, Heritage Auctions, Goldin, etc.

S5:E2 Weekly POP Anomoly 02.12.2021

hopper theorizes that a mini bidding war took place at the 1st Heritage weekly right after the 1st WATA POP report because of... image owned by Heritage Auctions, PSA/WATA owned by Collector's Universe

S4:E21 Goldin's 2nd Auction Preview 21.11.2021

hopper goes old school, and rattles through 11 pages of the 2nd EVER Video Game Auction at Goldin managed by Jared, Dom & Nelson featuring 462 games incl. Nintendo, Sports, Comics, etc. Under the 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech this podcast is for educational & entertainment purposes ONLY as this podcast is AD-FREE not for profit This episode's cover art is owned by Goldin under fair use f...

S4:E20 Six Signature Trophies 02.11.2021

hopper picks out six trophies and uses the Mickey Mantle rule to argue that the difference between investment grade and trophies are causing corrections in the 2021 market brands & images owned by Nintendo, Heritage Auctions and Wata Games

S4:E19 Machine Grading Future? 27.10.2021

CONGRATULATIONS to the new PSA CEO and the 1st Ever NEW CU CEO!! hopper covers a major shift in grading from human to machine based analysis, announced by the leading grading company on the planet, PSA who recently acquired WATA to bring three #1 grading brands under one Collector's Universe umbrella: WATA #1 in games, PSA #1 in cards and PCGS #1 in coins!!!

S4:E18 CGC Grading Finalizer 26.10.2021

CONGRATS to Jason & Chris!! hopper goes over the CGC Video Games press release announcing that Jason has become the Grading Finalizer to help with the hobby's most comprehensive database and best-in-class slabs coming in 2022...

S4:E17 LCG Auctions 25.10.2021

hopper goes over the Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Original Power Glove solds at LCG Auctions

S4:E16 Records Week!! 22.10.2021

SORRY for the TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!!! This episode was about the Harrit New World Record for SMB2 at almost $90K, the 100s of records set by 1st to Market modern at CertifiedLink as well as the 1st ever IPO that did NOT sell-out at Otis for SM64 that continues to correct... hopper goes over some significant records incl. the most expensive SMB2 Oval ever sold, most expensive Metroid & Switch...

S4:E15 Geppi Acquires VGA, etc. 15.10.2021

hopper covers the mid-Oct, 2021 acquisition of the CGA group incl. Action Figure Authority (AFA) Die-Cast Authority (DCA) Collectible Doll Authority (CDA) and of course Video Game Authority (VGA)

S4:E14 CGC Video Games News 08.10.2021

hopper goes over the CGC announcement incl. "super-sleek, crystal clear and more protective than any other option on the market" "video game database, with the goal of creating the most comprehensive database in the industry" "video game production and condition, including video game cartridges, boxes and manuals" suggesting that CGC is going to enter the CiB fray...

S4:E13 VGA News 05.10.2021

hopper speculates on the impact of the VGA POP report and tries to help you think about the grey lines between: collect what you love, invest in what others want to buy and trophies that you can't buy LOL

S4:E12 Heritage Happenings 30.09.2021

hopper looks at some SMB123 sales that happened at Goldin & Heritage Auctions in Sept, 2021 then checks out some future auction events on Heritage's Calendar you can view at HA.com by clicking on Auction Schedule the Video Games 

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