The Card Diary by Hobby S. Thompson

I recorded this episode around 8pm on December 12, right before sitting in the breaker's chair to do an at cost break of a case of 2023-24 Panini Hoops Premium Stock NBA Blasters (20 total boxes). I talk about feeling nervous about doing this break, even if it was an at cost break ($25/team for 30 teams roughly = $32/blaster for 20 blasters). I talk about the origins of breaking, just a rudimentar...

Being the potential penultimate podcast episode of The Card Diary by Hobby S. Thompson, I thought a lot about who I wanted as its potential last guest on this podcast. However, the answer was right in front of my face, as Nick Andrews (on IG @bostoncardhunter and one half of The  @SportCardMadness  Podcast) is currently at the top of everyone's Instagram feeds. He is a podcaster, YouTuber, Instagr...

Loose general outline for a Thanksgiving episode where I give thanks for people and things in The Hobby and maybe talk about consumerism with Black Friday and whether I will continue my Collectors Club membership with PSA and Card Ladder.

Hours after the Mid Atlantic Card Show in Silver Spring, MD, I decide to go live to talk about how I do my card show vlogs and also do a live AMA. Thank you to those of you who joined the YouTube and/or Instagram live stream. If you like this kind of format, maybe I do more of it! As always, if you want to let me know what you thought about this episode or the podcast in general, you can reach me...

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Card Show is coming to the Silver Spring Civic Center on Saturday, November 23! As its show ambassador, I wanted to bring on the promoter of the show, Ryan McCormick and while I had a set of questions to go through, we ended up talking about his oddball collection and I think both of us were really happy to go down the rabbit holes we did. This was a live stream on YouTube...

Happy Veterans Day to all the incredible military service men and women who protect the United States of America! This is an opportunity to hear from military veterans in The Hobby and how their service helps shape their experience with sports cards. Here are their socials and where you can find them: Trent - on Instagram @trentl41 and @slabfalconsportscards and breaking with Jetbreakers on Facebo...

In this podcast episode, Ryan from GemRate drops by to talk about the state of grading with Victor Wembanyama cards. He shares his knowledge of the data around Wemby's most graded cards, such as which cards of his have the highest (and lowest) gem rate, and then we talk about the now-infamous 2023-24 Panini Crown Royale Kaboom insert set and how there is literally just one Gem Mint PSA 10 (coincid...

With Fanatics Collect Orlando now officially cancelled/postponed (no set date as of this recording on October 16, 2024), I brought on three guests to talk about the impact of this cancellation. This was not a bashing of Fanatics, but it was also a very real, but also civil, discussion about the event cancellation. My three guests were: 1. Whiz (@mf_whiz) - a dealer who was planning to set up and h...

Back in July of 2023, I tried to record a podcast episode with Raphael (Prizm Gawd), and we just could not make it work out, but it was just not meant to be. One plus year later, I feel like I am a better podcaster and have a bigger platform in The Hobby. Raphael shares who he was before he became Prizm Gawd and also his post show thoughts after Culture Collision V. Apologies for any audio issues!

🎙️CHAPTERS 🎙️ 00:30 Intros 01:31 Zach ​⁠ ‪@Collector_Creative‬ 03:09 Gavin @631sportscards 04:35 Rob @collectorschoicecards 08:44 Which Shows They’ve Been To 12:00 Elephant In The Room - Fanatics Fest 13:15 Gavin’s Decision To Choose East Coast National Over Fanatics Fest 14:55 Rob’s Decision To Choose Fanatics Fest Over East Coast National 20:11 Full Disclosure On Any Conflicts 22:02 Zach’s Decis...

This 90th episode of the The Card Diary compares/contrasts the two varying styles of two different card shows - East Coast National and Culture Collision. They were held on different dates and areas of the country, but I talk about how one was more traditional and there was more baseball (and vintage baseball), while the other felt more modern and possibly going in the trend in which card shows ar...

The Card Carver is the first ever card artist to be a guest on The Card Diary podcast. He talks about the different types of card art, his experiences at the last three Nationals, grading companies like PSA recognizing his work, the effect and influence of Piggy Banx, and much, much more! This was essentially a glimpse into one of our phone conversations and so I really hope you enjoy this special...

This episode puts the spotlight on one half of the power couple duo that runs the Culture Collision Trade Show. Prizm Gawdess (on IG @prizmgawdess) joins the podcast studio to talk about her hobby journey and the origins, logistics, and numbers behind one of the largest card shows in the US. The fifth iteration of Culture Collision will be held from Friday, September 13, 2024 to Sunday, September...

Episode 87 of The Card Diary puts the spotlight Bailey (on IG @fire.sportscards), show promoter for a new local card show in the Northern Virginia area, specifically the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. We rank the 2022, 2023 and 2024 National, our local card show scene in Northern Virginia, and why he decided to get into card show promotion. Enjoy! - Denny

Episode 86 of The Card Diary focuses on my latest experience selling 8 low end PSA slabs at auction on eBay and lessons I learned from it, such as being willing to put cards up at auction even if I sell at a loss, I still get liquid. I also share what I do for shipping and packaging. Thanks for watching! Cards Sold and Net Earnings 2021 Bowman University Chrome Prospects Michael Penix Jr. Pink Ref...

I talk about my plans for Fanatics Fest, but not before talking about the LeBron Curry Durant (or should it be Durant Curry LeBron?) Triple Auto 1 of 1 Topps Now Card Who's going? If you are, comment below or better yet, DM me on Instagram  @denny_cards  so we can maybe meet up! Hope to see you there, and if you are not going, I hope that you subscribe and follow along for a lot of content fro...

Cards To The Moon's very own Clark (@fivecardguys) and I do a special podcast episode where we interview each other in a way. I have been a fan of the podcast for a while, and I've been meaning to have Clark on for a while now and so I'm glad we finally did this. He and I will both be going to Fanatics Fest in NYC from August 16-18, 2024 at the Javits Center. Will you be there? Let&#39...

Our thoughts on setting up as dealers at the Greenville NC card show while driving back home!

Come along with me and first time dealer David as we set forth for a spontaneous road trip adventure to set up as dealers at the Greenville, NC local card show. This would be my first ever show traveling more than an hour and doing an overnight to set up as a dealer, but my sixth time setting up. Recorded the evening of July 26, 2024 as David drives and I press the record button for a pre show con...

What even is a podcast? What is the measure of success? Is there more than one measure? Answers to those questions and what I learned in my one year of making this podcast. Thanks for giving it a listen! - Denny

Here is the audio recording from April 21, 2024.

Spotify for Podcasters has converted to Riverside, and I'm still trying to figure out how to handle this change, but the past music interludes (e..g Compton, Swapping Tubes, and Rodney Skopes) are all gone. We truly are at the mercy of these platforms and have to adjust to whatever changes they make. The actual recording about getting into a break for Eddie Murray back from April 2024 will fol...

7 min intro recorded on July 7, 2024 Then 44 min monologue recorded on March 30, 2024

I hope I got it right this time! This *should* be the full audio of both Tom and myself having a conversation about data in The Hobby. My apologies to both my special guest Tom and to you, the listener, for not uploading the episode correctly the first time and for taking so long to make it right. Thank you to those of you who reached out to let me know about the issue and thank you all for your p...

Episode 76 welcomes Tom Ferrera (on IG @pancake_analytics), where we talk about data analytics and how it applies to The Hobby.  We talk about glitches in the Matrix, aka eBay’s Terapeak, being on panels for The Hobby, and the reason sometimes we buy into breaks even when we know from an analytical standpoint, it may not make the most sense.  We also of course talk about the biggest debate between...