Sports Cards Live

Marc Nehamen (@ultimatepastime), EJ Ferrer (@dynasty.mode), and Stephanie (mamabreaks) join the panel to share their experience and tell us about the Burbank show from each of their perspectives. EJ was the show's organizer, Marc was there everyday working the room and Stephanie was set up as a vendor representing her Mamabreaks brand and Women of the Hobby. Let's find out if The Cardfather, Rob V...

This week's guest (08/31): Russ Lieberman, Founder & CEO at Altan Insights (altaninsights.com)  We will talk about Russ's history, expereince and credentials, recent pricing trends with a look at what the Heritage sale of the SGC 9.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle for $12.6M means for the hobby, the proliferation of new marketplaces and vaultsin the last year, and we will dive into what it is that provi...

This week's guest (08/21): Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Collectibles at Heritage Auctions (ha.com/sports)  We will talk about Chris' history and role at HA, recent trends in the industry, what is important to his customers and how the customer demographic has changed in the last couple years. He will share his thoughts on how much the SGC 9.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, that is about to shatter the...

We sit down with Brian Pirrip, lifelong collector who has built a huge audience on TikTok by sharing his authentic passion for the sports card hobby. We will discuss how a random short video led to his TikTok fame, why he loves the platform and how he thinks the hobby can use it to grow on a grassroots level. Brian is an energetic true hobbyist you will want to get to know so join us live and brin...

Marc Nehamen (@ultimatepastime), Fabian Breland (@rollinwithfd), Brad Jarryd (@thecomebackcardinvestor), Michael Coleman (@coleman_cards) and Rob Veres (@burbanksportscards) join the panel to share their excitement and plans for the upcoming Burbank Card Show August 26 - 28 (burbankcardshow.com) as well as to provide insight into the California card scene that Rob Veres from Burbank Sportscards re...

The August 2022 PWCC Marketplace Premier Auction ends on Thursday August 18, 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 Jon, The Basketball Card Guy (IG: @basketballcardguy) to join us for a portion of the show. There are 262 lots in total!  ...

This week's guest (08/07): Warren Laufer, Principal at MINT 10 Investment Fund.  (mint10.co)  We will talk about the various investments the MINT 10 fund has made and the strategic reasons behind them and how they look at each business strategy. Warren will give us a look into how VC and PE look at the sports card and memorabilia industry.  The first portion of the episode will be a discussion/int...

Brian Gray joins the show to talk about the state of the hobby now that the biggest event of the year is behind us. His insights are always deep and entertaining so let's hear his takeaways from the show and how he sees the next 6-12 months ahead unfolding. Join us live and bring your questions and comments as they will be in play.  Saturday August 6 @ 7:00pm PST / 8:00pm MST / 9:00pm CST / 10:00p...

Susan Lulguraj of CSG, Mark Zablow of Bleecker and Jon the basketballcardguy join the panel to share their National experiences from their unique perspectives; Sooz from the corporate area, Mark from the dealer side and Jon from the collector content angle. As always on Sports Cards Live, you are part of the show as your comments and questions are in play!   Friday August 5 at 6:30pm PST / 7:30pm...

The July 2022 PWCC Marketplace Premier Auction ends on Thursday July 21, 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 Jon, The Basketball Card Guy (IG: @basketballcardguy) to join us for a portion of the show. There are 379 lots in total!    Pl...

This week's guest (07/019): Brahm Wachter, Head of Streetwear and Moden Collectiobles at Sotheby's.  We will talk about his industry background and how he came to head up his department at Sotheby's. He will share insights he brings from the world of sneakers and footwear and how they may impact sports cards and memorabilia including an area he sees an opportunity in. Also why it is okay to restor...

We sit down with Leighton Sheldon, a lifelong hobbyist, passionate collector and the owner of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks to learn about his hobby history, what it's like running multiple businesses in the hobby over the last couple years, his thoughts on the status of the Michael Jordan 1984 Star 101 XRC and how the current sports card market and prices are effecting him and people in general...

Mark your calendar and tune in for box break(s), hobby talk, pickups, show & tells and The Cardboard Bazaar! As always on Sports Cards Live, you are part of the show as your comments and questions are in play!   Friday July 15 at 6:30pm PST / 7:30pm MST / 8:30pm CST / 9:30pm EST  #sportscards #boxbreak #thehobby --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportscardslive/supp...

This week's guest (07/010): Mark Demers, Professional Sports Card Dealer. His IG account is: @bostonauthentic  We will talk about his hobby journey and how he came to the important decision to quit his day job to go into sports cards full time. He will tell us about how his first experience setting up at a card show (Dallas) elevated his enjoyment within the hooby and life in general. He came from...

This week's guest (07/03): Reza Arian, Sports Card Collector, Investor and Connector.   We will talk about his hobby journey and how he came to own a card that he received offers of over $1M for, and what he thinks it is worth today. How his approach to the hobby, and to life in general, changed several years ago, why it changed and how he stays focused in the hobby. The allure of special serial n...

This week's guest (06/26): Jordan Gilroy, Director of Acquisitions at Lelands.   We will talk about the attraction towards game-used memorabilia by collectors and investors, is now a good buying opportunity, some of the differences between the markets for memoraibilia and sports cards, how much commerce occurs behnd the scenes that the general public never hears about and the values that modern pl...

We sit down again with TAG Founder Steve Kass for the 5th and final episode of this reveal series. In this episode Steve will announce pricing, the date that submissions open to the public, Canadian submissions, international expansion through the pod system, further automation of their process, and card show participation. He will also address and provide clarification on proof cards, and the pro...

Tonight's (July 2) After Hours Guests are the father/son duo of Al and Mitch Gropman. Hear some crazy stories from the junk wax era, how they collect today and the sets they chase, why Mitch doesn't like rookie cards or graded cards, Al's involvement in FBI investigations and more.  Saturday Night July 2 at around 10:00pm PST / 12:00am EST after the regular episode of Sports Cards Live.   YouTube....

We sit down with Les Edwards, a passionate and persistent collector who goes by @lesleysnipes187 on Instagram. This will be another chill collector-centric episode and planned topics include budgeting in the hobby, relentless hunting of grail cards, uncomfortable situations acquiring big cards, how his approach and focus in the hobby has evolved over time, and more. Join us live and bring your que...

We sit down with Nathan Ballent, passionate collector who goes by @incardboardveritas on Instagram. This will be another chill collector-centric episode and planned topics include the emotions (highs and lows) that collectors experience, positivity in the hobby, what he collects, how he sets his budget and tries to stick to it, and more. Join us live and bring your questions and comments as they w...

We sit down with Nic Frericks, Founder of The Wharf Sports Cards, a successful consignment business which he recently closed down and he joined PWCC as a sales rep. Find out how his father's death at an early age led him to start the business, why he made the decision to close it, what he learned as a consignment business, why he went to work at PWCC, how he first got into the hobby and what he co...

We sit down with Scot Maxwell, Chief Operations Officer of TAG, Technical Authentication and Grading, and Greg Harrison, Lead Developer of TAG's Automated Grading System to see the revolutionary and innovative Automated Grading System itself. They will also explain how the 1000 point grading scale works and their approach to authentication. This is the episode you've all been waiting for. See how...

The June 2022 PWCC Marketplace Premier Auction ends on Thursday June 16, 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 Jesse Craig, Director of Business Development at PWCC, to join us for a portion of the show. There are 366 lots in total!    Please join us...

We sit down with Matthew Cook, Co-Founder of TAG, Technical Authentication and Grading, and Greg Harrison, Lead Developer of TAG's Automated Grading System to see the revolutionary and innovative Digital Image and Grading Report (that comes free with every grading submission) and their highly advanced Population Report. These two reports are going to blow your mind (I had a sneak peak yesterday!)....

We sit down with Mark, Matthew and Michael Cook, Co-Founders of TAG, Technical Authentication and Grading, to see three of the technologies that differentiates TAG from other third party graders in the sports card hobby. In this 2nd of 5 reveal episodes, they will show us their order management system, their free grading submission kits and supplies and their innovative ground-breaking, secure and...