The 615 Collector

In this 59th edition of The 615 Collector, there were a lot of big announcements in the hobby this past week (from companies such as Topps, SGC, Collectable, PWCC, and more) and we get you caught up on all of them and talk about why we think the latest developments are positive for the hobby.  We also provide an update on our fantasy football card portfolio and discuss the best athletes to we...

In this 58th edition of The 615 Collector, we reveal the moves we are making in our fantasy football sports card portfolio and reveal the grades we received from recent PSA and SGC submissions.  We also opine on some general market observations and ponder whether hobby insiders are too close to the space and out of touch with the average collector's experience in the hobby.  Next, we deb...

In this 57th edition of The 615 Collector, we provide an update on our fantasy football sports card portfolio including a purchase we are adding to the portfolio.  We also have a couple of mail days and some grade reveals and review our latest submissions to SGC and PSA.  Next, we debate the best athletes to wear jersey #57 and then we get you caught up on the latest hobby news, includin...

In this 56th edition of The 615 Collector and the first of season 2, we have a hobby and card heavy show.  PSA followed up after our unintended rant so we'll share our customer experience and we'll do a recap of our experience at the Nashville Card Show.  We also explain why you shouldn't follow the advice of popular hobby "influencers" and we review the performance of our fantasy footba...

In this 55th edition of The 615 Collector, it's our 1-year anniversary!  Hard to believe it's been a year since our first episode.  We had a ton of fun in this last show of season 1.  We first review the best athletes to wear #55 and get our listeners caught up on the latest hobby news.  Then we talk a little NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL in our Film Study.  Finally, we do a year...

In this 54th edition of The 615 Collector, we had an unintended rant on PSA, touch on the state of the market, provide an update on our fantasy football sports card portfolio, and review the best athletes to wear jersey #54 (including a few Hall of Famers).  Then we get you caught up on the latest hobby news including some recent auction results, a buyout offer on the Collectable platform, up...

In this 53rd edition of The 615 Collector, we review the best athletes to wear jersey #53 (including "Big D", the "A Train", and "Chocolate Thunder").  We also have a lot of hobby news in the Halftime Report including recent announcements from PWCC, MySlabs, Collectable, and we'll explain why the competition is heating up among the grading companies (PSA, SGC, CSG, etc.).  In Film Study,...

In this 52nd edition of The 615 Collector, we update the performance of our fantasy football sports card portfolio and discuss how hobby sentiment has become bearish and why that might be a contrarian indicator.  We also review the best athletes to wear jersey #52 and highlight a record Little League card sale.  We then take a look at 3 big story lines in the MLB (Judge, Pujols, Ohtani)...

In this 51st edition of The 615 Collector we review the card values of Roger Federer and P.K. Subban, who recently announced their retirement.  We also debate the best athlete to wear jersey #51 (there's quite a few big names on the list).  In the Halftime Report, we provide our listeners with an update on the Topps Chrome debacle & review card releases & record sales.  In F...

In this 50th edition of The 615 Collector, we have the 4th and final part of our 4-part LCS owner series as Eric Basile from Hit N Run Sports Cards joins us.  We had a ton of fun talking with Eric.  He's a great guy and we encourage our listeners to check out all that Hit N Run Sports Cards has to offer.  We also debate the best athletes to wear jersey numbers 49 and 50.  In th...

In this 49th edition of The 615 Collector, we have a special fantasy football edition where we will make a number of predictions that will ultimately make us look dumb, smart, or lucky (ha)!  We review the average draft position for most of the top players and discuss our picks and draft strategy.  We also reveal some of the players that we think could be sleepers and busts.  Even t...

In this 48th edition of The 615 Collector, we have part 3 of our 4-part LCS owner series as Nate Burns from Grand Slam Collectibles joins us.  We had a lot of fun talking with Nate and learning more about his journey in the hobby.  He's a good guy and we encourage our listeners to check out all that Grand Slam Collectibles has to offer.  We also debate the best athletes to wear jers...

In this 47th edition of The 615 Collector, we have part 2 of our 4-part LCS owner series as Steve Greenberg from Greenie Sports Cards joins us.  It was a lot of fun talking with Steve and hearing how he got started and how the hobby has evolved during his 2+ decades of experience.  Steve is a good guy and doing a lot of good things in the hobby so we encourage our listeners to check out...

In this 46th edition of The 615 Collector, we kick off (NFL pun intended) our LCS (local card shop) owner series with a bang as Chris Kelsey from Nash Cards joins us!  Chris is a great guy and it was a ton of fun talking with him about how he got started in the business and hearing some of his views of, and experiences in, the hobby.  We also talk about why we are entering a good time fo...

In this 45th edition of The 615 Collector, we review our experience and the pick ups we made in the REA auction, highlight some positive hobby trends in soccer, and reveal the results of our 1962 Topps Bucks baseball PSA order.  We also give our take on why we think Tatis Jr. could turn out different from others that have an asterisk by their name for PED use.  We'll explain how you too...

In this 44th edition of The 615 Collector, it's mail day!  We did a fair amount of buying this week and share the pick ups we made.  We also debate the best player to wear jersey #44 - this is a big number worn by a number of legendary players.  Next, we get you caught up on the latest hobby news in our Halftime Report, including grading company news, fractional platform buyout offe...

In this 43rd edition of The 615 Collector, we recap our experience at the National, touch on a couple of significant rumors in the hobby, and provide evidence to show how our thesis about which cards will perform better in the near term is playing out.  Also, football is back!  So we offer up a couple of potential under the radar picks.  We also give our take on the Derek Jeter docu...

In this 42nd edition of The 615 Collector, we are headed out to the National!  But before we leave, we are joined by Sean Heberer for a short, but fun interview.  We had no script for this interview and just let the conversation take us wherever we wanted to go.  We quickly learned that Sean is a sort of Forrest Gump of sports - he seemingly knows or has a connection to just about e...

In this 41st edition of The 615 Collector, we recap our experience at the Nashville Card Show and review a couple of potential arbitrage opportunities in fractional ownership vs. recent auction results.  We also break down recent card market performance and highlight how our recent thesis is playing out now.  Then we get thrown into the Penalty Box with a rant on breakers and the price o...

In this 40th edition of The 615 Collector, we welcome back our favorite guest host, Dale Plumb.  Dale joins us as we talk about mail days, tips for the National, Wimbledon results, and the best athletes to wear jersey #40.  We also get thrown into the Penalty Box with a rant about streaming services and then we cover all of the latest hobby news in the Halftime Report including some reco...

In this 39th edition of The 615 Collector, did you know Joey Chestnut has cards?  We'll give you the low down on those as well as provide our take on the latest NFL trade news (spoiler alert...even though there could be some near term upside, we wouldn't chase Baker Mayfield cards).  Then we cover the best athletes to wear jersey #39.  Next, we cover all of the latest hobby news in...

In this 38th edition of The 615 Collector we discuss the so-called 4th out rule in baseball, the latest auction results, an interesting opportunity on the Collectable fractional ownership platform, a mail day, and the best athletes to wear jersey #38 (spoiler alert...it's an under-represented number).  Next, we cover all of the latest hobby news, including the latest card releases, in the Hal...

In this 37th edition of The 615 Collector, we have a hodge podge of sports card talk.  We start with some interesting opportunities developing in the fractional ownership space, then we talk about what some popular sports card indexes are telling us.  Next, we discuss the best athletes to wear jersey #37 (same as our show #).  We have an Historic Moment in Sports from June 24, 1992...

In this 36th edition of The 615 Collector, we discuss why we think the sale of the LeBron triple logo man card could be a marker for the hobby and what to expect in the market over the next several months.  We also talk about what we're buying and selling and the best athletes to wear jersey #36.  Next, we have an historic moment in sports that involves a feat not likely to ever be achie...

In this 35th edition of The 615 Collector, we are joined by our favorite guest host, Dale Plumb.  We have several mail days and a PSA grade reveal!  We also look at the top athletes to wear jersey #s 34 and 35 and cover all of the latest hobby news in the Halftime Report.  Then in our Film Study segment, we cover baseball, basketball and hockey, covering players like Hunter Greene,...