Sports Cards Live

This is Part 1 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...

We sit down with Geoff Wilson to hear about the ground breaking new store he's opening in Atlanta early next year: CardsHQ, we'll hear about the innovation, the inspiration as well as his thoughts on the current state of the card market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sit down with Richard Scott, Author and Publisher and past Licensing Coordinator for the NHLPA to discuss the evolution of sports card media, rewriting the rookie card rules, criteria for rejected sports card images, how the card companies and card shops adapted to the changing rules, the impetus for his many books and who the hobby has to thank for the OPC brand's continued existence since 200...

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 12, we will delve into the world of hobby drama; what drives it, are we getting tired of it, are we losing people in the hobby because of it, when is it productive and helpful, and some cautionary tales. Please jo...

We sit down with Ray Schulte, Professional Athlete Publicist & Marketing Agent and Director of Communications for the National Sports Collectors Convention to discuss how he landed his first clients (Don Mattingly & Sugar Ray Leonard), what he collects, how he entered the hobby professionally, his strategies for growing the hobby on a macro level, the importance of relationships and ambassadorship...

We sit down with Mike Baker who was the first professional sports card grader at PSA and now offers eye appeal services through his company Mike Baker Authenticated to discuss the early days of grading, the anti-forces that were, developing the standards, the rise of eye appeal, and his thoughts on the current state of grading and the hobby overall so join us live and bring your questions and comm...

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 11, we will dive into the consolidation bug that has bitten many hobbyists as of late, the reasons, the steps required, the facilitators, the anguish and anxiety that can result as well as the elation and ecstasy!...

We sit down with hobby luminary Dr. James Beckett to get his thoughts on the current state of the hobby, the state of hobby content, and his concerns are as we move forward from where we are today. Join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks joins for the "Vintage Spotlight" segment as well. Saturday September 23 @...

We sit down with lifelong hobbyist Brian Lefler who inherited his father's ridiculous Gretzky collection that spans from 1979 to current cards including over 700 Upper Deck authentic pack-pulled autographs, rare 90's cards, auto-patches and more. This will be a collector focused episode with his story about what happened when he discovered Instgram and started sharing his rare cards on there. So j...

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 10, we will dive into the recent hype and attention on in-person autographs; those that are not pack-pulled and not authentictaed by the card company, but rather are obtained in person by the collector/grapher and...

Burbank Card Show's main man EJ Ferrer joins Jeremy and Santa Cruz’s Joe Poirot for the late show when we will get hyped for the Burbank show next weekend and do some freestylin' Q&A too if we have time. Should be fun, grab a snack and a beverage and come hang late night! Saturday Night August 26 at 9:00pm PST / 12:00am EST after the regular episode of Sports Cards Live with Billman and Frankie fr...

We sit down with GM10 Founder Matthew Billman and his partner Frankie Marin to learn about their hobby history, what they collect, what is GM10, how the idea came about, its core features, how they are funded and plan to monetize, how they are marketing using content and the story behind the hilarious viral videos they put out during the National that had the hobby in stitches. We will hear their...

We sit down with Attorney Paul Lesko for an update and analysis on various Sports Card hobby litigation cases including Panini vs. Fanatics, Upper Deck vs. Lorcana (Ravenberger), Alt vs. Beckett, Spiegel vs. Goldin and Cardporn, and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play. Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks joins for the "Vintage Spotligh...

The sports card hobby is already full of quality podcast and videos, however there is still room for more thoughtful and helpful content but many hobbyists just don't get started and this series of videos is here to help wanna-be creators get started. In this first episode of "Sports Cards Live Podcast Accelerator", I sit down with the author of the book "Cardboard Profit", Ryan Sever, who has ext...

We sit down with Joe Drelich, Jimmy Ryan and Brian Coppola, the new team leading the National Sports Collectors Convention, to discuss their hobby and event experience, their vision for the show's future and changes we can expect to see, how the National is structured among the dealers, the Board of Directors and the management team, the restrictions and criteria that impact which cities will host...

We sit down with Kevin Randall (@DaCaptain37) to talk about why he retired from a career in education to become a full time sports card dealer and what his wife thinks about it, how he continuously acquires inventory, how he balances being a dealer while still being a collector, the importance of branding and content, his experience at the National last week, the downfall of the "regional premium"...

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 8, we will dive into our takeaways from the National. This is a hot topic and we will be Taking Stock! Taking Stock livestreams to both the Sports Cards Live and Sports Card Dad YouTube channels on Tuesday nights....

We sit down with Chad Bleznick to talk about whatever we end up talking about but we hope to touch on why he loves the hobby, how the "hobby is alive", the company he and his brothers own "Blez Sports Cards", the arc of his content, dancing, going shirtless, dancing shirtless, hobby conflicts, the general state of hobby content, the YouTube crowd, his plans and goals for the National, thoughts on...

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 7, we will dive into the causes and effects of, and strategies to deal with, hobby burnout. This is a hot topic and we will be Taking Stock! Taking Stock livestreams to both the Sports Cards Live and Sports Card D...

We sit down with Mascot's CEO Ezra Levine, former CEO of Collectable to talk about what Mascot (formerly named "Slabfolio") is, how he got involved, what the hobby can expect from Mascot and what their competitive advantage, key differentiator and value proposition is. We will debrief what happened to Collectable and the fractional ownership model within sports cards and collectibles and get his t...

We sit down with Whatnot's Head of Sports Eric Shemtov to talk about his hobby history and role with Whatnot, what's new there, what keeps him up at night, the new Whatnot Watch program and other policies in place to protect their customers. He will address the controversy that has surrounded certain sellers on the platform, thoughts on the coming Fanatics Live and eBay Live selling platforms, gam...

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 6, we will dive into the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the various genres of hobby content. This is a hot topic and we will be Taking Stock! Taking Stock livestreams to both the Sports Cards...

Our scheduled guest Paul Lesko had to cancel due to a death in the family so you’re stuck with Just Jeremy. Leighton Sheldon will be dropping by for the Vintage Spotlight and perhaps we’ll open the show to live call-ins. Saturday July 1 @ 7:00pm PST / 8:00pm MST / 9:00pm CST / 10:00pm EST Veriswap is an app and middleman service that lets you securely trade cards through the mail. Every transactio...

We sit down with eclectic collector Robbie Pastre (@bot9thcards on IG) to talk about owning highest graded copies of iconic cards, the allure and potential of oddball cards, left-sided bias, statistical witchcraft, transactional transparency, the "neutral zone card trap", mistakes he's made and times he crushed it, when will the card market rise again, and we will go card-for-card in an epic "drop...

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 5, we will dive into the risks and rewards of leveraging sports cards. This is a hot topic and we will be Taking Stock! Taking Stock livestreams to both the Sports Cards Live and Sports Card Dad YouTube channels o...