Sports Card Strategy Show

I just got back into the hobby this year after a 30 year hiatus, and a wrote a book about my experience re-acclimating myself and learning about sports card collecting again. This podcast is a modified snippet from my book - What To Do After You Find Your Old Sports Card Collection, available at https://nooffseason.com/book.   

There's an awful lot of debate going on in the hobby right now. But one thing sports card collectors can agree on is that grabbing the best rookie cards is the smartest move from a collecting and investing standpoint.  But that's super hard to know, because before the pro uniform stuff has even come out, we already have at least 11 different types of rookie cards in college uniforms in 2021....

I don't have a high NBA TopShot Collector's Score, so it's been a few weeks since my last TopShot pack reveal, but recently Dapper Labs opened things back up to us regular collectors at the $14 level for the Series 2, Release 1 of NBA TopShot Playoff Packs.  I wanted to share with you my pack reveal, and let you know that there's only one LE (Limited Edition) NBA Playoffs Moment per 3-moment...

Should I Grade My Cards?  This might be the most common question among collectors and investors in the sports card space right now.  And it might be the most relevant and evergreen question at all times.  Regardless of our angle, passion, PC, etc., the reality is that we all want to make money from our cards, or at least be holding cards at all times that are worth more than what we...

But seriously, in addition to our earlier suggestions for "dad" of ToppsNOW, Panini Instant, Topps Project70 cards and my book - What To Do After You Find Your Old Sports Card Collection: The Middle Aged Dude's Guide To Buying Old Sports Cards ( https://nooffseason.com/book ), we've got a 20% promo code for Market Movers App (marketmoversapp.com), and two new awesome products brought to you by awe...

Wow, what a crazy time. In just six months I've invested time and money into a new sports cards start-up company, NoOffseason.com.   During those six months, the sports cards market has shown a ridiculous amount of volatility in pricing, as well as a stupid amount of internal conflict and debate. As you can imagine, the sports cards community is made up of some major factions. One being...

At NoOffseason.com, we strive to appeal to any and all collectors who want to be happy collecting.  Any number of things can make collectors happy. Low prices, hot cards, free stuff, nice people. We want to provide all of the above.  At NoOffseason.com, there's nothing intimidating. We are not sports cards experts. We are simply happy collecting and we want you to be too.  That's wh...

I want to share all of my ups and downs of sports card collecting with all of you. It's very easy to copy what everyone else is doing. I don't want to do that. No "is the sports card or NFT market crashing?" click-baity headlines here people. Just true, real world experiences as I re-enter the hobby strong.  Ups and DOWNS. My first PSA submission was returned, with a HORRIBLE result. I though...

When I first got back into The Hobby in early January of 2021, I really didn't know I'd be where I am today. I've launched an eCommerce membership-based website now that focuses as much on families having fun with cards as it does on serious investors and flippers getting what they need also. I'll admit, early on, I was focused on making a buck doing what I love. Now, I'm more focused on just doin...

On our recent family vacation to Barcelona, Spain, my kids and I picked up some packs we've always wanted to rip together - the Topps 2020-21 UEFA Champions League Sticker Collection.  They're not available everywhere in Europe, and are very hard to find in the United States, so we're selling some on our website. The Topps 2020-21 UEFA Champions League Sticker Collection is super fun to rip....

The Proof Is In The Data. It's now officially recommended that you submit your cards to SGC during the PSA shutdown. Their short term and long term value will not only be fine; it may be amazing.  After spending January - March of 2021 researching graded card data on the market, I was shocked to find how quickly and drastically things have changed in just a few months.  SGC has come back...

Dapper Labs has done an amazing job removing the barrier to entry for NFTs. Normally, you'd have to get an Etherium Wallet, convert your FIAT currency into ETH (Ether), then remember how much the conversion is for each digital collectible you buy so you can keep track of how much you're actually acquiring it for.  But thanks to Dapper Labs, sports card collectors can easily flex into NFTs by...

When I first got back into The Hobby of sports card collecting back in January 2021 after a 30 year hiatus, I didn't really expect my kids to be interested in joining me for the journey.  But, I'm lucky that they have becomg super interested - especially in that one activity we all treasured as kids - RIPPING PACKS!  So I've decided that this could be a regular thing at NoOffseason.com,...

My first several months of getting back into the hobby, I had no strategy for what cards to buy. Nevermind which cards to sell or hold - I could only think of acquiring cards. And I know most of you out there are the exact same.  That's great! That's why they call it "The Hobby." You should be buying cards. But I think it's important to have a strategy as to which ones you're buying and why....

In this NBA TopShot pack reveal, I get the equivalent of an NBA TopShot "rookie card," which I'll explain, my favorite current player, and a totally forgotten about man in the NBA.  Now, I'm no certified baller, so please don't be intimidated at all by my pack reveals if you're just getting into NBA TopShot and trying to figure out how buying these moments are different from simply watching t...

I found my old sports card collection on January 4, 2021, and after a couple hours of Google'ing prices, I immediately knew I wanted to have about 200 cards graded by PSA.  After a month of organization and research, I made 6 submissions on February 21, 2021 - five cross gradings and one bulk submission of 178 cards - modern vintage NBA, NFL and MLB.  After 3 weeks with no confirmation o...

What is an NBA TopShot Moment? How do I get an NBA TopShot Pack? What is NBA TopShot Collectors Score? How do I price an NBA TopShot Moment?  These questions are answered in this video, as I reveal my most recent pack, talk about why I can't purchase a from an upcoming NBA TopShot Drop due to a low collectors score, and how I decided to price an NBA TopShot moment that I open in this pack!

I'm excited about the first real NBA rookie cards and stickers collection since Fleer 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 cards and stickers.  Living in Europe, have been able acquire sealed wax boxes and packs of the Panini NBA Sticker and Card Collection - of course available at NoOffseason.com - https://nooffseason.com/product/2020-... I've also acquired a couple lots of LaMelo Ball rookie sti...

ATTENTION: This is NOT financial advice, but I just want to give you some information and inform you of my position.  When I found out that Topps was going public, my "spidy senses" went off big time. There's going to be a chance that card collectors and hobbyists can actually OWN a piece of one of the best all-time sports card companies, Topps?  "Count me in," I thought. Then, as I was...

I've been seeing things recently that lead me to believe PSA will actually re-open their grading submissions earlier than July 1, 2021. As we all know, PSA raised their prices in March - wait, I mean DOUBLED their prices in March, then shut down all grading submission levels except for the $300 per card level in April, stating that if all goes well, they plan to re-open July 1.  What has ensu...

How To Avoid This Michael Jordan Rookie Card Scam (Beckett Authentic Altered).  Ah, The Michael Jordan 1986 Fleer Rookie Fakes. There are a ridiculous amount of them. Just Google “how to spot a fake Michael Jordan rookie.” Now, scams come in multiple shapes and sizes related to these fake cards. One easy scam is when people list this card ungraded on Facebook Marketplace for somewhere between...

I got an email today that I sold an NBA TopShot Moment! But did I list it for enough money? Maybe I got ripped off?  Maybe I listed it for two little. Oh no!  And it was one I really liked, a Damian Lillard game-winning fade-away triple at the buzzer!  Nah, calm down, this was a serial number 23,000+ out of a base set series 2 35,000+ common moment.  Plus, I opened it from a $9...

It's time to break some sold out Panini Wax!   Well, technically that's true. On this episode of Happy Collecting, my kids and I break out the cards I've acquired here in Spain over the last four months (not including the cards I've purchased and had shipped to my Tennessee address).  We cover the Panini NBA Stickers and Cards Collection, as well as uncover the "Are My MegaCracks Se...

Know a dad that's hard to buy for? Is your dad  hard to buy for? Maybe he loves sports. If he just found his old sports card collection, or even just appreciates sports cards as art, this list is for you!  Let's not waste any time. Here are the top five sports card related Father's Day Gift Ideas of 2021

NBA TopShot is the brainchild of the NBA and Dapper Labs. In short, TopShot is a marketplace for digital NFT collectibles in the form of NBA game highlights called "moments."  The best way to think about these "moments," is as digital trading cards. Just go to NBATopShot.com and you'll see what I mean.  There are sets and subsets (referred to as parallels - when we were little we called...