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Leighton's Loft
by Leighton's Loft
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks talks sports, collecting, life and whatever else comes up from his loft, with some of his famous and not so famous friends!
Episodes
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E162 - Show Me the Mone ... Err Purpose
Leighton Sheldon, from Vintage Breaks and Just Collect, shares his experience at the White Plains Show and discusses the individual purposes and goals that people could have at a typical card show.
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E161 - Universal Pop
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect talks about the hurdles, pitfalls, and benefits of a potential Universal Pop Report for collectors. Would PSA ever let that happen?
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E160 - Movin' on Out
J5 fills us in on the Christmas move of the offices on Just Collect and Vintage Breaks! Big news for the Vintage Breaks Community!
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E160 - Margin of Error
Leighton provides an inside look into how Just Collect assesses collections and discusses the normal gaps between the seller's perception of value and the selling cost factors.
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E159 - Vivid Vintage
It's just this simple. Leighton shows off a recently acquired vintage baseball collection, spanning several different sets, that has some, no, a lot of cards that are in amazing condition, starting with a gaggle of 1956 Topps. Make sure you catch the video version on one of the outlets that's...
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E158 - And 2000 Seconds
It's a special edition of Leighton's Loft with Crosby and Leighton getting ready for Thanksgiving, in part by telling a heartwarming Derek Jeter story and giving away a Derek Jeter autographed ball!
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E157 - Vintage Hoops - Who Do you Trust?
Leighton tells us about his trip to the Pacific Northwest to purchase a MAJOR collection of Vintage basketball cards (40s and 50s included) and the very daunting task of getting all back to New Jersey!
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E156 - Vintage Football and Hockey
As the seasons change, Leighton talks about Vintage Hockey collecting and shows us some amazing examples from a Vintage Football collection that Just collect is evaluating. He also lets us in on an upcoming adventure to Seattle to see yet another massive collection!
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E155 - Behavioral Tips
Leighton talks about some do's and don't's regarding making deals for collections with professionals
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E154 - Philly Specials
Leighton tells us tales from the Philly Show including some tips on how to efficiently interact with dealers, trade partners, and customers.
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E153 - Shopping Up to Boston
Leighton Sheldon from Just Collect and Vintage Breaks recently returned from a trip to Boston where he acquired some remarkable collections. He didn't stop there, take a sneak peek at his latest purchases!
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E152 - Chrome 22s!
Leighton Sheldon gives us a look at his latest collection purchase, which includes some amazing 1953 Topps cards, and tells us the story behind its journey to Just Collect before breaking, live, a beautiful pack of 2022 Topps Chrome Platinum 1953s!
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E151 - LIVE From The 2023 National Sports Collectors Convention!
Leighton Sheldon, from Vintage Breaks and Just Collect, provides us with a brief live glimpse of The National Sports Collectors Convention for 2023!
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E150 - Tips for the National!
Leighton Sheldon is literally a pro at attending the National. And in this episode, he shares some last-minute tips for getting the most out of your trip!
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E149 - Mind Blowing - A Record High Grade?
There is no other way to describe the collection that Leighton will show you in this episode than "mindblowing". Actually what you'll see is just a small part of a newly-purchased collection by Just Collect, only a dozen ungraded cards, but that will be plenty to see including what Leighton...
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E148 - Fun New Thinning the Horde Options and a Happy Birthday to Rico!
Leighton talks up his upcoming visit to a card show in Nashville and explains all the ways Just Collect is willing to help you free up some funds to attack The National with in a few weeks. He then shows us some great cards being offered for a limited time at a double-digit% discount! And don't...
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E147 - The Hobby Ocean is Deep
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks shows us the latest collection purchased by Just Collect which includes well over 400 T206 cards with dozens of Hall of Famers and some cards present in handfuls of gorgeous examples! If you are a T206 fan, don't miss this episode! Leighton then...
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E146 - Caveat Emptor in the Hobby
In this episode, Leighton Sheldon from Vintage Breaks and Just Collect recounts two stories - one about a reprint of a Michael Jordan Rookie and the other about a court case related to an alleged card switch. The key takeaway from both stories is that despite our love for the hobby and the...
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E145 - Haggling Over a Columbian Collection
Leighton Sheldon tells the story of Just Collect's latest great acquisition! A resident of Puerto Rico was visiting New Jersey and walked into our @just_collect store unannounced with a 1933 Goudey Sport Kings, near complete set (only missing Ty Cobb)! The story is fascinating about how the...
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E144 - 15% Off Mickeys!
Leighton Sheldon is back in the host chair and he offers everyone a 15% discount for a limited time, on a select group of cards slated to be posted on eBay. The group includes several Mantles and potential savings of up to $500 or more. Take a look while the discount is still available!
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E143 - The Box Collection
J5 walks us through an incredible, recently-purchased collection that came in a beautiful wooden box that was filled largely with pre-war non-sports tobacco cards including some 1938 Horrors of War cards. But there were also a ton of baseball, football, and boxing cards, many pre-war including a...
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E142 - Baseball's Endangered Species
This week, Leighton is off. So Lou chats with renowned baseball author Lee Lowenfish about his new book "Baseball's Endangered Species - Inside the Craft of Scouting by Those Who Lived it"! Hear the story of Tom Greenwade and why he's responsible for Mickey Mantle. And find out how Nolan Ryan…
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E141 - Scouting Grading Tendencies
After showing us an amazing collection that will be appraised by Just Collect that includes more than a couple of dozen Mantles, many from 1965, along with some Hank Aarons and Roberto Clementes, Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collects tells us that scouting the grading companies is...
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E140 - Philly Show Debrief
Leighton gives us a recap of the Philly show and talks about what was hot at the show and why. There's talk about "climbing the ladder" with a favored card, buying lower grades, and working your way up to higher-graded versions. Leighton gives us a new way to "thin the hoard" and the benefits of...
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E139 - A Handful of Mickeys
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks previews the upcoming Philly Show before showing us a newly acquired collection. To be more accurate he shows us a portion of that collection that can best be described as a handful of Mickey Mantle cards. It's as impressive as it sounds. Next...
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E138 - Modern Questions
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect shows us some modern gems that have recently landed at the shop and answers some listeners' questions about the releases of Tom Brady baseball draft cards, and a Bowman Babe Ruth base card. Then we get a look at some of the great vintage cards...
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E137 - With Evan Drellich on The Astros Cheating Scandal
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect talks with The Athletic's Evan Drellich about his brand new book "Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sport's Biggest Mess" which gives us exclusive and total access to the Astros' cheating scandal!
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E136 - The BIG Prizes
J5 fills in for Leighton Sheldon on this episode of the Loft and after discussing the great Super Bowl we just saw, John shows us the grand prizes in Vintage Breaks' biggest upcoming promotions!
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E135 - Odds Are You'll Love This One!
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect talks with Chris Cichon, host of the "By The Book" betting show on Monumental Sports Network in Washington DC about his Super Bowl betting thoughts and strategies. They also compare and contrast sports betting and breaking packs at Vintage…
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E135 - 1948 Bowman Set
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect talks with VB Community Member Daniel Lynch about the completion of his 1948 Bowman Set, and what he loves about the Vintage Breaks community. As a bonus, we get a peek at some of his amazing player runs, and some fascinating insights into the...
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E134 - Playball, Baby
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks shows us some Hall of Fame highlights of a recently acquired 1941 Play Ball Set and gives away a Bobby Doerr example to a lucky live viewer on FB or YouTube. He also fills in a new set of grading-related services available for cards purchased at...
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E133 - 20,000 Steps a Day! Oh, and ...Have you ever been to Hot Springs Arkansas? Honus Wagner has.
Your host Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks gives us a pretty elite preview of a W514 private collection that is close to purchase by Just Collect. And he asks if you have ever gotten a graded card back that you think was significantly under graded, show us a great Ted Williams...
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E132 - Happy New Year!
With Leighton down at Disney, J% takes the reigns of this week's Leighton's Loft, telling us all about Vintage Break's upcoming Celebration of Baseball giveaways, laying out the incredible prizes and how to participate! We also see the highlight's of a very interesting collection. And three lucky...
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E131 - The Happiest Place on Earth
It's a free-flowing Holiday week edition of Leighton's Loft as Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect tells us about his upcoming visit to Disney, some of his favorite shows and movie props and of course another great giveaway that you could win! We at Leighton's Loft and the Vintage...
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E130 - Duck, Duck, Go!
J5 fills in for Leighton Sheldon on this edition of Leighton's Loft and has presents for everyone! Everyone who participated in the show got a prize today distributed by a very exciting duck race! Join us for the pre-Christmas edition of Leighton's Loft!
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E129 - This Just In ... !
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks often gives Leighton's Loft's audience the very first look at new collects arriving at Just Collect, but in this episode Leighton is seeing the collection for the first time along with us as it literally just came through the doors while we were...
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E128 - The Very Definition of a Unique Collection
If you have never experienced Leighton's Loft before, this may be the best possible episode to start with as Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Collect reveals for the first time live, a freshly-acquired, 20-card collection of PC796 Baseball Postcards that includes an incredible card that…
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E127 - Philly Show Pre-Game
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect tells us how to make the most of the upcoming Philly Card Show, especially in terms of our ongoing discussions about "thinning the hoard". Learn how to best sell your cards in a trade show environment.
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E126 - Thanksgiving Feast
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks opens this Thanksgiving Eve episode with an awesome live giveaway to EVERY live listener who participates in the show, even by just saying "hi" to the VB family! Then he showed of the newest collections purchased by Just Collect including a very...
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E125 - Market Pause and/or Big Sale?
Leighton Sheldon talks about the slip in card prices recently and says that this might be a great time to revisit your "thin the hoard" strategy to reel in some capital for whatever you might need it for this holiday season. However, if you don't need the cash, perhaps this pause in prices…
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E124 - I Double Dog Dare You to Miss This One!
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect gives a packed episode, which includes a look at an amazing collection he purchased last week with a great story that includes, oh by the way, a couple Ted Williams Rookies and a Bronko Magurski card! You'll get a look at all of them and more!...
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E123 - This Just in!!
J5 fills in for Leighton on the Loft, giving us a very first look at a collection purchase that was closed just minutes before the show. After a look at the pen box it arrived in, John shows us this trove of 1951 and 1952 Topps including a Ted Williams and yes, a Mantle rookie! Then J5 gives us a...
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E122 - SCG Reveals
Vintage Breaks and Just Collect just got their grades from SCG on a stack of legendary cards and J5 walks us through them. This is as good a stack of cards as you are likely to see anytime soon, so get your popcorn and join J5!
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E121 - A $2,000,000 Bounty
Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks talks about the $2 million bounty Memory Lane put Aaron Judge's 62nd HR ball. Then he talks about his trip to the Valley Forge Show and the changes he's seen in the Vintage and Modern markets in the hobby and what might be behind them. And at the show he showed…
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E120 - All Humans and all 8s Are Not the Same!
Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks tells us how card values can vary within a grade and how you should deal with that value range. He also shows a great Joe Namath Rookie card that Vintage Breaks is giving away as a bonus (video is available on Spotify and FB live), and discusses...
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E119 - Think Like a Monk
It's the most anticipated edition of Leighton's Loft ever! Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks shares with us the incredible adventure of The Scottsdale Collection, with over 100 Goudey baseball cards from 1933 and 1934, which included close to a combined two DOZEN Gehrigs and…
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E118 - To Michael
Leighton Sheldon is back on the Loft and in this episode, he shows us the result of the authentication process on two autographs that are potential purchases of Just Collect. Find out if these autographs from Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner and authentic and listen as we talk about the autograph market...
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E117 - Tease
J5 is filling on for Leighton Sheldon once again this week, spending most of the show teasing us about what he can't show us yet about the huge purchase of a '33 Goudey collection in Arizona last week and what he can't tell us yet about a possibly bigger and better collection purchase that is in...
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E116 - Where is the Pitcher Love?
J5 fills in on this edition of Leighton's Loft as Leighton is on the road trying t close the deal on a major collection of Goudey baseball cards in Arizona. Hear all about it and see some photos, too! J5 also tells us about Vintage Breaks "The National After Party" promotion and tells us how in…
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E115 - Is The National Too Big?
More Musings about the National from Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks. Has the National gotten too big? Leighton talks about ways to deal with the sheer size of the event. And Just Collect is purchasing a stunning autograph collection, including signatures from Ty Cobb and…
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Leighton Sheldon of Just Collect and Vintage Breaks talks sports, collecting, life and whatever else comes up from his loft, with some of his famous and not so famous friends!
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