Sports Cards Live

This week's guests (12/7): Sarah Martin and David Marino, both of Collectable.  Sarah and David are fresh off Art Basel in Miami where they were partnered with eBay to bring sports collectibles to a wider audience and they join the show to discuss the reaction to the installation by traditional fine art collectors and investors, growing the sports collectibles market and increasing awareness, and...

We sit down with Ken Richardson, a 30-year local card shop owner with 4 stores to discuss how he differentiates himself, advice he gives to new shop owners, how his 2022 sales compared to 2021, the importance of mentors and community in the sports card space, the state of the hobby, predictions for 2023 and why his logo was tattood on the back of one of the hobby's most recognizable faces/hats. So...

Four members of the Sports Card Investor team join Hobby Hangout on Sports Cards Live on Friday December 2 to talk about the 2022 year in review, hobby predictions for 2023, their experience at the Toronto Expo where Geoff made the biggest card deal in his life ($288,000!!), and Kelly will give us a preview of their upcoming annual Virtual Holiday event happening next week December 6 & 7. This wil...

This week's guest (11/27): Danny Black, former employee of the Orioles and the Braves, Industry Consultant and Content Creator.    Danny joins the show to share his 30,000 foot view of the state of the hobby, to discuss advice he gives his clients who are entering the hobby space, the role of content and more so join us live!    Bring your questions and comments as they will be in play!  #sportsca...

We sit down with Chris Sewall from YouTube's Baseball Card Collector Investor Dealer (in that order) channel again, one year later to the day since his last appearance on SCL to have a chat about the state of the hobby, how he operates his business as a full-time card dealer from the Netherlands and we will  take questions from the audience so join us live and bring your questions and comments as...

This week's guest (11/20): Brett Charville, Founder at Standard Gaming.    Brett joins the show to talk about how he started in the collectibles industry with Heritage Auctions, moving on to then went to Collectors Universe and why he left there to start his own gaming company. He will also discuss the what the building blocks of collectables and why they are important. He has a wealth of knowledg...

Tonight's (November 19) After Hours Guest is Sam Genova @addictedtocardboard on IG, to talk about our sport card expo experience, pickups and general hobby talk.  Saturday Night November 19 at 8:45pm PST / 11:45pm EST after the regular episode of Sports Cards Live.   YouTube.com/sportscardslive  #sportscards #thehobby #collect --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sport...

We sit down with Steve Johnston, 8 year Pawn Stars Expert and Marketing Manager at Gameday Sports Cards in Las Vegas to discuss his experiences on Pawn Stars, the similarities and differences between sports card and toy collecting, the uprising of trade nights and how to make them special, and the state of the hobby; are we in another junk wax era, investing strategies, regulation and POPs vs. COM...

This week's guest (11/08): Scott Roskind, Chief Visionary Officer at Beckett Collectibles.    Scott joins the show to talk about the Beckett brand, his vision for the future, the upcoming changes to their grading, their website and other technological pursuits.    Bring your questions and comments as they will be in play!  #sportscards #fractionalinvesting #collectable --- Support this podcast: ht...

We sit down with Andy Friedman, fine artist, illustrator, musician, writer and downright cool hobbyist to talk about his journey through the hobby to becoming an artist for Topps cards and getting his very own exclusive set, and the inspiration for his work that has, in its various forms, been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, GQ, Vanity Fair, Ebony, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated,...

Steve Menzie, owner of the Sport Card Expo (sportcardexpo.com) along with his chief of staff Mikey Singer and stalwart dealer Ameet Acharya join the show to preview the 2nd biggest card show in the world happening November 10-13, 2022 in Toronto. So join us and let's get pumped up together as Steve and Mikey brief the audience on announcements, new features of the show and Ameet and I may even giv...

This week's guest (10/22): James Kehoe, graded sports magazine expert and collector.    James joins the show to educate us on the graded sports magazine niche and the nuances therein.  Bring your questions and comments as they will be in play!  #sportscards #fractionalinvesting #collectable --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportscardslive/support Learn more about y...

We sit down with Marc Nehamen of Ultimate Pastime to discuss the state of the hobby from his perspective as a hobby grinder who has his boots on the ground every day and has his finger on the hobby pulse. Marc is famous for saying "Buy What You Like" and today may be the most important time in years to heed his advice. This will be a relatively unplanned episode so bring your comments and questios...

Special Time!  This week's guest (10/20): Ezra Levine, CEO Collectable  Ezra joins the show to make some announcements and take some questions from the Collectable community.   Bring your questions and comments as they will be in play!  #sportscards #fractionalinvesting #collectable --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportscardslive/support Learn more about your ad c...

SPECIAL NIGHT! We sit down with Andre Lessard, hobby veteran collector, dealer, player autograph agent and now card show promoter who recently joined the L'Anti Expo ownership group to discuss the state of card shows, how to modernize them, how he plans to evolve the Montreal show, what he is seeing in the market and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in pla...

This week's guest (10/09): Karn Rai, Collector/Investor/Hobbypreneur  Karn Rai has been investing in ultra high-end sports cards for several years and continues to deal in that segment through the ups and downs of the market. We will hear how he manages his investment capital and his emotions as an active partipant during uncertain economic times so please join us.  Bring your questions and commen...

We sit down with Conner Walden, an extremely passionate collector and the founder of BuySportsCards.com to discuss what it's like being a hobbypreneur who is all-in on the hobby, the opportunity he identified, his goals, differentiators and challenges. We will talk about how the hobby can facilitate personal growth and the importance of doing what you love to do and more so join us live and bring...

This week's guest (10/02): Neil Rock, Diamond Hands Collector  Neil loves collecting cards, hates selling and considers his collectibles to be stores of value. We will discuss these topics as well as his thoughts on unopened product and how to adapt within the evolving hobby so please join us.  The first portion of the episode will be a discussion/interview and then we will dive into a few assets...

We sit down with Cage Lawyer, passionate collector and co-host of the popular podcast Lukas Tigers and Brons Oh My to talk about everything hobby including his collecting journey, the story behind the podcast, expansion plans, Cigar Nights, having content partners/sponsors, how he adapts to volatile markets, and more so join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.  S...

The September 2022 PWCC Marketplace Premier Auction ends on Thursday September 22, 2022 and extended bidding starts at 7pm PST. Jeremy is joined by Adam Gray (@thereal27guy) to watch the bidding in real time and provide commentary on the lots up for auction. We welcome special guest Phil Orlando, (YouTube and IG: @philmington) to join us for a portion of the show. There are 436 lots in total!    P...

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We sit down with Jeff Hart, a passionate collector of Vintage Basketball cards who sits atop many PSA Set Registries. This will be a chill collector-centric episode and planned topics include how impactful cards were during his youth, the effect of discovering graded cards, his motto for collecting (tune in to find out what it is), how he built such a crazy collection while not being "rich", why a...

This week's guest (09/11): Larry Richmond, Career Collector/Dealer of Historical Sports and Americana Documents and Artifacts  Larry is one of the world's most advanced collectors of important historical pieces. He has an eye for iconic and in preparing for this episode, I came away absolutley astounded by his breadth of knowledge, experience and advanced expertise of collectables.  The first port...

This week's guest (09/04): Agasi Nazaryan, Colelctor of rare unique vintage cards.  We will talk about Agasi's history in the hobby, how going to estate sales led to his million dollar collection, the importance of historical significance, the strategy of consolidating, sports cards as investments, and the intangibles that he enjoys from being a part of the hobby.  The first portion of the episode...

Doing this one a little different. Call it an "Ask me Anything" episode as I am excited to share more abbout why I joined TAG Grading last week. I will also share my pickups from the Burbank show and will announce a giveaway for the McDavid Autographed card /25. So join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.  Saturday September 30 @ 7:00pm PST / 8:00pm MST / 9:00pm...