Sports Cards Live

We sit down with Tom Ferrara, aka @pancake_analytics, to talk about how he uses data and analytical models to forecast the future values of sports cards; does player perfomance matter, FOMO, data sources and governance etc. We also get his thoughts on the effect of one license per sport and lack of competition, barriers to collecting, the lifecycle of a collector, the perceived focus on manufactur...

We sit down with Brendan Pereira AKA Coach Koe, passionate sports card collector, content creator and host of the Cardboard Coach podcast to talk about his content creation journey, being a sponsored creator, his approach to controversial topics, TikTok as a platform for the hobby, collecting and investing, the content he consumes or doesn't, the impact social media has on hobbyists' experiences a...

We sit down with Brendan Pereira AKA Coach Koe, passionate sports card collector, content creator and host of the Cardboard Coach podcast to talk about his content creation journey, being a sponsored creator, his approach to controversial topics, TikTok as a platform for the hobby, collecting and investing, the content he consumes or doesn't, the impact social media has on hobbyists' experiences a...

We sit down with Paul Hickey, passionate sports cards flipper and host of the Sports Card Stategy Show podcast to talk about making money flipping cards, how he helps people build collections that will increase in value, his guidelines and framework, has it gotten more difficult to identify opportunities while the hobby has been correcting, what happens if his advice results in people losing money...

We sit down with Paul Hickey, passionate sports cards flipper and host of the Sports Card Stategy Show podcast to talk about making money flipping cards, how he helps people build collections that will increase in value, his guidelines and framework, has it gotten more difficult to identify opportunities while the hobby has been correcting, what happens if his advice results in people losing money...

We sit down with Mike Sommer, passionate hobbyist and the man behind the popular Wax Pack Hero podcast to talk about how he has made the hobby self-sustaining and turned $300 into much much more, his thoughts on anonymous social media accounts, finding contentment with your collection, as well as having too much of a good thing, reconciling the contrasting headlines: "the hobby is dead" and "the h...

We sit down with Mike Sommer, passionate hobbyist and the man behind the popular Wax Pack Hero podcast to talk about how he has made the hobby self-sustaining and turned $300 into much much more, his thoughts on anonymous social media accounts, finding contentment with your collection, as well as having too much of a good thing, reconciling the contrasting headlines: "the hobby is dead" and "the h...

We sit down with Stephen Abbondondolo, founder of Filthbomb Breaks and lifelong collector to talk about how and why he started Filthbomb, how he transitioned it into a full blown business, the challenges and risks along the way, how he has managed to avoid the controversy often associated with high profile group breakers, his thoughts on loaded boxes, his position on repack products, what Fanatics...

We sit down with Stephen Abbondondolo, founder of Filthbomb Breaks and lifelong collector to talk about how and why he started Filthbomb, how he transitioned it into a full blown business, the challenges and risks along the way, how he has managed to avoid the controversy often associated with high profile group breakers, his thoughts on loaded boxes, his position on repack products, what Fanatics...

We sit down with Simon Chan, collector, YouTuber and Business Analyst to talk about several hobby issues including dealers vs. flippers, hobby positivity vs negativity, sticker autographs, loaded boxes, the investment card paradox, his four criteria to determine when to invest in a player, are there too many auction companies and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they w...

We sit down with Simon Chan, collector, YouTuber and Business Analyst to talk about several hobby issues including dealers vs. flippers, hobby positivity vs negativity, sticker autographs, loaded boxes, the investment card paradox, his four criteria to determine when to invest in a player, are there too many auction companies and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they w...

We sit down with Dave Schwartz, passionate collector and host of The Shallow End podcast to talk about his approach of hobbying in the "shallow end", promoting all hobby podcasts, why he started his own, the feeling after you land a card that was difficult to acquire, the value of cards beyond the money and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Learn m...

We sit down with Dave Schwartz, passionate collector and host of The Shallow End podcast to talk about his approach of hobbying in the "shallow end", promoting all hobby podcasts, why he started his own, the feeling after you land a card that was difficult to acquire, the value of cards beyond the money and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Learn m...

We sit down with Rex Morgart, a lifelong sports card collector and sealed wax afficionado to learn about the unopened product collecting community, what the hardest and most sought after pieces are, how they do not open these things, record prices, the function of BBCE, vending machine collecting, HOF autographed rookies, his thoughts on when old packs get opened and more so join us live and bring...

Part 2. We sit down with Brian Gray, former Leaf CEO to hear his thoughts on the state of the hobby at the end of the year, his predictions for 2024, what his current status is with Leaf, why he sold the company earlier this year, what he is doing in retirement, his thoughts on various hobby issues and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Learn more a...

Part 1. We sit down with Brian Gray, former Leaf CEO to hear his thoughts on the state of the hobby at the end of the year, his predictions for 2024, what his current status is with Leaf, why he sold the company earlier this year, what he is doing in retirement, his thoughts on various hobby issues and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Leighton She...

We sit down with Steve Ho, AKA @mister.foch, a long time high-end collector of Basketball, Hockey, F1 and Baseball for a Collector's Perspective episode to discuss the evoltion of game-used memorabilia cards and what collectors are comfortable putting their hobby budget into, his experiences breaking mass quantities of The Cup; what he loved about it and what he found disappointing, taking breaks...

We sit down with Eitan Shapiro AKA @sportscardcartel and manager at Toronto card shop Mintink to discuss his hobby history, the early days of eBay, his experience setting up at card shows, the meaning behind his Sports Card Cartel brand, how the success and expansion of Mintink runs counter to hobby narrative, whether people's expectations of the hobby and products within are unreasonable, the imp...

We sit down with Eitan Shapiro AKA @sportscardcartel and manager at Toronto card shop Mintink to discuss his hobby history, the early days of eBay, his experience setting up at card shows, the meaning behind his Sports Card Cartel brand, how the success and expansion of Mintink runs counter to hobby narrative, whether people's expectations of the hobby and products within are unreasonable, the imp...

We sit down with, well, just me, to discuss several random topics including game-worn vs. player-worn (or memorabilia not associated with any specific player (LOL)), sticker autos vs. on-card autos, why people break cards out of grading slabs, I will share my top pickups of 2023, and perhaps go through the cards I have for sale this week on PWCC and hopefully get to some questions from the chat to...

We sit down with, well, just me, to discuss several random topics including game-worn vs. player-worn (or memorabilia not associated with any specific player (LOL)), sticker autos vs. on-card autos, why people break cards out of grading slabs, I will share my top pickups of 2023, and perhaps go through the cards I have for sale this week on PWCC and hopefully get to some questions from the chat to...

We sit down with Mark Hill, Founder of My Card Post to discuss his hobby history, how he started My Card Post and how it has evolved in its first year, what it's like taking on marketplace behemoths like eBay, how MCP is differentiated, the feedback he's received, how trust is built in, future growth plans and struggles, his thoughts on solving the pricing problem and more so join us live and brin...

Join Jeremy Lee and Dennis Zender live on YouTube as we tackle various hobby topics, share our takes and interact with the audience as your comments and questions are in play. In episode 13, we will address the issue of influencer integrity, what it means, the expectations on influencers, what makes someone an influencer, an dmore. Please join us as we dive into this hot topic because we will be T...

We sit down with Brian Wells, Founder of Ship My Cards to discuss his hobby history, how he started Ship My Cards and how it has evolved in its 6.5 years, riding the ups and downs of the hobby and running the business with his family and community, the insights he has gained from travelling the world for his customers and from being the hobby's international mailbox. We will also get into his pass...

This is Part 2 of Episode 204 We sit down with David Ratliff, lifelong hobbyist and Instagram Influencer to discuss several current hot topics and perspectives in the hobby including shill bidding and non-paying bidders on eBay, thoughts on card show vendors pricing their cards versus not pricing them, his collection of "Hobby Truths", where the hobby "really lives", running a one-man-show hobby b...