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Sports Card Lessons Podcast — 401 episodes

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National Prices | Prospecting = Gambling | Death of the rookie card | POP or CHOP

2

What's More Important... The Cards or the Money?

3

Spend 10K | Mahomes Pricing | Singles | Barry Bonds Market

4

Was it worth it?

5

Getting ready for The National | WC Picks | Zip's PC Pickups

6

Is PayPal still safe for sports cards

7

Mid Year Hobby Report Card - Winners, losers & 2nd half predictions

8

Buying Strategies - Risk vs Reward

9

Hobby Relationships | Lunch break deals | POP or CHOP

10

Wax or a Repack?

11

What we're buying | World Cup With @specialonecards | Prospecting Soccer

12

Trading at card shows

13

TCG Take Over | Is winter coming | Buying strategies

14

No Internet at a card show.. Disaster or Opportunity?

15

The Sports Card Hobby Should Be Slowing Down... So Why Isn't It?

16

This market is about to explode

17

PSA Pausing Grading | Have we hit the ceiling on GOATS | TOPPS Case Hits

18

Does the economy affect the hobby?

19

Does the hobby have a pricing problem? | Over Priced Cards | TOPPS vs Panini

20

Who gives the best comps?

21

PSA's Big Announcement | TOPPS retail Sitting | NFL Schedule Release

22

Buying SSP Low Pop Cards & The North Haven Card Show Recap

23

PayPal G&S Denials | TOPPS Chrome Football | Bowman Basketball

24

Know the value of your cards

25

Listener Questions - Thursday Night Live 4/30/2026

26

Turning Sports card Trash into Cash

27

Off-season buying strategy

28

NFL QB Pre-Season Prices | Multiplier PSA 9 vs PSA 10 | TOPPS Chrome Football

29

Show Respect

30

TOPPS Football Announced - 2025 Rookie Class - Downtowns - Low pop Messi's

31

Is the hobby out of control? Quincy Show Recap

32

I Hate TOPPS - Shill Bidding - Bye Panini

33

The National - Calling an audible on inventory

34

Bowman Basketball - How this product will change everything

35

Market Correction? Is it coming?

36

Ohtani vs Mahomes - Hobby Winners & Losers - NFL Free Agency

37

Absolute Hobby Insanity - Philly Show Recap

38

March Madness | eBay Fraud | Preparing for the Philly Show

39

Stop using bulk at PSA... Do this instead

40

Is the hobby booming or breaking | RPA's or Case hits? | TOPPS Monopoly

41

I'm buying the crap nobody wants

42

Player predictions for 2026 | Who we're buying | March madness flips | Fanatics Grading Company

43

What the heck is going on in the hobby?

44

TOPPS Chrome Orange vs Gold | PSA Pricing | 15K Panini Points

45

Are grading delays forcing new money into the hobby?

46

Ohtani's market surging | Damaged cards selling at auction | SB Predictions

47

The work it takes to buy & sell Collections

48

Are Ohtani cards a dangerous investment in 2026

49

Building an online hobby community

50

White Plains Recap | Called a collector | Share my weekend pickups

51

Best place to sell cards | Listener Questions | NFL Playoff predictions

52

New Buying Strategy | New Collaborations | Hobby Wins

53

NFL Playoff Card Market - Playoff Predictions - Whose market is up/down

54

New Hobby Strategies - A perfect plan for success

55

Buying Percentages & Variables | Weekend Recap | Big Announcement

56

Everything you need to know before grading your cards

57

Whatnot - Short/Long term holds - WNBA Troubles - Looking ahead to 2026

58

Building a destination card show

59

Causeway Show Recap | NSCC Table | Huge Pickup

60

Current state of the card market - Youtube card content - NCAA Basketball

61

No case hits guaranteed | 2026 NSCC VIP & Hotels | PSA Buyback

62

New Strategies moving forward | Playing the cycles | Stranger Things & Celebrity Cards

63

Are value boxes losing their value?

64

Probstein back on eBay | EC3con Recap | Grading Strategies

65

NCAA Mens Basketball Players to watch, TOPPS Chrome basketball release, BGS Updates, EC3con Trade Night

66

Singles & Breaking Using the hobby to make a difference

67

Criteria for Card Ladder Comps | Kristina's hobby story | Trade Night Update

68

Postal Problems

69

Buy / Sell NFL & NBA | Kabooms & Downtowns

70

Hobby Math

71

Fanatics auction | PSA Buyback | Card Ladder Indexes | Big Announcement

72

Rebuilding my inventory & Hobby excitement

73

PSA is Horrible - Chrome vs Black - Basketball 1st Bowman

74

Where's all the new wax?

75

Fake Aaron Judge Sale | PSA Changes opens the door for BGS | End of year up or down?

76

How different the LCS looks across the border

77

Whose market is heating up.. Inside the numbers with Chris McGill from Card Ladder

78

Whatnot's breaking news | Leveling up | PSA POP Control

79

Grading Deep Dive

80

Quantity or Quality - How does your PC balance out

81

TOPPS Chrome Basketball | Where & What to sell | buying & Selling collection | PSA Raising Prices

82

Don't Waste your money

83

PSA Buy back | QB Prospecting | Too many injuries

84

Northeast Sports Card Expo Recap

85

America's new team | POP or CHOP | Zip's big announcement

86

2 Years Later - Rob G formerly of The Sports Card Therapist Podcast

87

Hobby Currency

88

BGS Grading | Keeping the Hobby fresh | Taking a break | NFL predictions

89

West Coast Card Show Recap

90

Traveling to card shows | The costs | Is the travel worth it

91

Hobby Reset - Selling all my cards

92

Hobby Relationships | Current Hobby Events | Getting ready for NFL season

93

The National Recap | Deals | What went right | What went Wrong | Looking ahead to next year

94

Day 4 Recap The National 2025

95

Day 3 Recap The National 2025

96

Day 2 Recap The National 2025

97

Day 1 Recap The National 2025

98

The National Wish List

99

Everything you need to know for the 2025 National in Chicago

100

Beware of fake cards & scammers | Are there too many 1/1's? | Optic rookie QB market

101

Tech in the hobby | Go to apps | sizing up a cards

102

Inside The Card Hustle with Troy @trikecards

103

Selling at The National | 300th episode | Causeway show Recap | Pickups

104

Ebay extended bidding | PSA announcement | Bo Nix signing licensed cards

105

It's sellers' market

106

YouTube Live 7/3/25 with Cary Williams @americanarbitrage

107

The Hobby New Year | Preparing for NSCC & WCCS

108

Inside the Sports Card Industry w/PC SPORTSCARDS | #1 PSA Submitter & Top 5 eBay Seller reveals All

109

Fanatics Fest 2025 recap

110

Fanatics Fest plans, Value Boxes, Grading strategies, & Caitlin Clark

111

Behavior at shows, strong offers, EC3con at Mohegan Sun recap

112

The perfect time to sell your football cards for maximum profit

113

PSA Cleaning Service, GameStop new direction & Walmart Breaking

114

Interview w/Jonathan ⁨@BasketballCardGuy⁩ & big show recap

115

Cards with and without a buying strategy & Who's to blame for Caitlin Clark's injury

116

Ways to make money in the sports card hobby & what you need to know

117

Numbered case hits, hobby case rip & hypothetical Caitlin Clark injury

118

Hitting a hobby pothole

119

PSA new location & minimum grade, NBA Lottery & NBA vs NFL prospects

120

Changing lanes in the hobby - Causeway Card show recap

121

Who you are in the hobby, NBA Players to prospect, 2025 NFL rookies to prospect

122

Football prices down, Uptowns, Caitlin vs. Jayden

123

Undervalued cards, should we be buying the dip? Zip's consignment results & NFL Draft recap

124

NFL Draft - Optic Downtown & Uptowns - PSA not grading Certified mirror gold cards

125

Why Panini has dutch auctions

126

PSA Bulk Timeframe, NBA Playoff predictions, & WNBA Draft

127

Hobby Hero's

128

eBay vs other online auctions, Bowman U basketball race to market, Optic football release

129

Building hobby relationships

130

NE Sports card expo recap, eBay purchases straight to PSA Grading, listener questions

131

Pricing rare/scarce cards with no recent sales, Largest card shows, listener questions.

132

Profit over greed

133

Fanatics vs Panini, Fanatics repacks, & What and where we're buying from.

134

How to Maximize profits in the card market

135

NFL free agency, showcases at shows, pricing your cards, & pineapple on pizza

136

Bad Deals in your hobby circle

137

Players with NBA playoff upside, Card markets are rising, & The next vintage

138

Causeway show recap

139

NBA Vs WNBA Prizm pricing, 4 Nations Tournament, Hobby boxes to chase

140

Big Mahomes pickup - Communication & Body Language at card shows

141

ec3con recap, PSA grading standards, hobby vs industry, & Caitlin Clark cards

142

Are card shows the best place to buy inventory?

143

Profit vs Entertainment, players under the radar to chase, thoughts on Fanatics breaking.

144

First to market - grade & sell as fast as you can

145

Super bowl impact, offseason strategies, & the new vintage

146

Quality over Quantity, Building a better PC, Building better showcases, & pickups of the week

147

Dealer strategies.Too many card shows? Selling cards private vs.auction. PSA 9 vs raw

148

Culture Collision Recap 2025

149

The Hobby Chop E2

150

No Trade Zone & weekend show recaps

151

Hobby Chop E1

152

Destination Card Shows - Causeway show recap

153

Building a PC through grading - Season 5 finale

154

Goodbye 2024 w/Jordan @zipscards

155

Card consignment follow up

156

Hobby Chat with Tom @hudsonfan15

157

Value & Upside

158

Major mistake - In person auto gone bad

159

Bad Deals that never get done

160

Consigning cards & finishing the year strong

161

Buying percentages for easy deals

162

Grading - PSA or SGC

163

Adapting to today's card shows

164

Hobby Chat

165

Record Day - East Coast Collectibles Convention at Mohegan Sun

166

What's going on in the hobby?

167

Trying to sell rare & scarce cards

168

Hobby Forecasting - The plan for 2025

169

Card Values - Do people really know what their cards are worth?

170

Whatnot Hangover & Shriner's show recap

171

Current Hobby Market - Trends & Predictions

172

Is there enough profit to go around?

173

The Universe responded - with a Gretzky 1/1

174

Buying a PC card in a down market

175

Capitalizing on other people's mistakes

176

Are you surprised?

177

Acquiring other people’s collections

178

Are we teaching bad hobby habits?

179

Priced out of the hobby?

180

East Coast Collectible Convention Recap

181

Going viral in the hobby

182

Too many card shows?

183

Buying & Selling - percentages and comps

184

First time setting up at a card show

185

Hobby Talk with Tim @slabstrong

186

It's more than money

187

Scared the hobby market will crash? Or just diversifying?

188

Bad hobby decisions

189

Percentages are rising and cards are falling

190

Who's your buy?

191

Did I make the right decision?

192

I purchased a massive non-sport card collection

193

Promoting a card show & What it takes to be successful

194

Selling all my cards

195

The 2024 National Recap

196

The 2024 National Day 3 & 4

197

The National Day 2

198

The National day 1

199

His hobby passion project

200

Top 10 tips for The National

201

Spotting hobby glitches

202

Looking forward to The National

203

Lessons Learned

204

Hobby Circles - buying & Selling to other dealers

205

Keeping up with the hobby - with Joe @premiersportsri

206

Selling Old School - Chantilly Recap

207

Trading up to PSA 10's

208

What's the end game?

209

EC3 - Mohegan Sun Card Show Recap & Pickups

210

Is it football season yet?

211

Dealing with friends When it comes to Cards & Money

212

Breaker to Repacker with Nik @goldsealcards

213

Buying formula for sports cards

214

QB Pricing - Who's a buy right now

215

Kabooms over comps - Fenway Card Show Recap

216

NSCC & The rising cost of table space

217

The Hobby Math is wrong!!

218

State Of The Hobby - Soccer & The SoCo Expo

219

Big Card Pickups - North East Card Expo

220

Lessons learned - 4 years of prospecting

221

Getting re-energized in the hobby

222

Hofstra sports card show recap

223

Adjusting dealer strategies for today's card market

224

Deals gone bad

225

PSA 10 or Bust

226

Stay in your lane

227

Now is the time - Liquidating Baseball

228

Buyer beware with retail wax

229

State of the hobby pop culture and more with Jeff @jeffs_cards

230

Now's the time to buy football

231

Recapping Nashville & Chicago w/Chris @blanketcardcollector

232

Dealing with dealers

233

Another hobby dead zone

234

No Consistency with PSA Grading

235

Prospecting with a purpose

236

Jackpot!! Selling out at the East Coast Collectibles Convention

237

Good Money - Dead Money & Market Timing

238

Adapting in the hobby & making it legit

239

Being active in the hobby creates hobby success

240

Does traveling to shows make "cents"?

241

State of the hobby - from the dealers POV

242

What's going on with football prices?

243

Culture Collision 2024 recap

244

The challenges of hobby transitions

245

3 Very different shows in 3 days

246

Talking all things hobby with Jon @basketballcardguy

247

Tighter Margins 2 shows in 2 days

248

Valuable hobby lessons learned

249

Prizm Hobby not worth the money & I recap a Trip to a local show

250

Looking forward to 2024

251

What Players I'm prospecting and why

252

Are we starting to see a thinning of the hobby herd?

253

Making plans & Setting goals

254

Buying for the NFL playoffs

255

Mascot app and everything you need to know with Ezra Levine CEO

256

Hofstra recap & What makes a great show

257

Riding the hobby wave

258

A Busy week in the hobby

259

Rinse and Repeat for 2024

260

Hobby Positives & Tarrytown show recap

261

Card Show-Magedin Recap

262

You Can't fight PSA

263

Staying active in today's market

264

G.O.A.T.'s & POP counts

265

2 Shows in 2 days

266

Preparing for the Shriner's card show

267

A great day in the hobby

268

Hobby Talk with Rob & Big Ken

269

Buyers Market with Brad @outlaws_sports_cards

270

Creating my own hobby experience

271

Sold out & what's next with Jordan @zipscards

272

Slowing down to refocus with Rob & Big Ken

273

Hobby Octoberfest with Rob & Big Ken

274

Buyer beware when buying raw cards

275

Card Data & Content with Chris McGill from Cardladder

276

Make a Plan and stick to it

277

Have attendees flipped the script?

278

Are we starting to see some card show fatigue?

279

Card Rich vs. Cash Heavy

280

Moving great cards that just don't sell

281

Don't get caught in the hobby dead zone

282

The Dealer's Playbook w/Brad @outlaws_sports_cards

283

Strength of the hobby from a dealer POV

284

East Coast National Recap

285

Preparing for The East Coast National

286

Card profit margins & prospecting with Jordan @zipscards

287

What's next for us?

288

Post show hangover & A new hobby plan

289

2023 National Recap Part 3 with the Wolfpack

290

The 2023 National recap part 2

291

A big PC card purchase and the 2023 National recap part 1

292

The Wolfpack's 2023 National preview

293

Fully loaded for The National with Nick @the_slab_exchange

294

Freeing up card money to make a move

295

Grading success & prepping for The National with Jordan @zipscards

296

Did the plan pay off?

297

Bleeker trade night recap with @sportscardtherapist

298

Fighting old hobby habits

299

So What's Next?

300

Chantilly Recap Part 2

301

Acquiring a chase card & Chantilly Recap Part 1

302

Lessons learned in 100 episodes

303

When it's just not your weekend in the hobby

304

Final push before The National

305

Hobby wins when you least expect them

306

An expensive lesson learned in the hobby

307

Disappointing hobby experience

308

My hobby business plan

309

Hobbying at Home

310

Geoff Wilson & Great Curator roundtable recap & in person autos

311

Fenway Card show recap

312

Evolving in the hobby

313

Hobby participation & Flippin show recap

314

Collections, content, and collaborations with Rob Girard @sportscardtherapist

315

Tale of 2 card shows

316

Winding road to the National

317

Shriner's card show recap and meeting Mike Tyson

318

How listeners changed my grading ways

319

Lessons learned at the Toronto Sports Card Expo

320

Finding your niche

321

Adjusting dealer strategies

322

Spring cleaning my card inventory

323

New England Card Show Recap & Trade night / Hobby Panel at the Basketball Hall of Fame

324

Our different collecting lanes

325

Are today’s deals tomorrow's new comps?

326

Can the hobby continue to police itself?

327

Where are all the true collectors?

328

Dealer vs Attendee?

329

Learning from attending shows

330

Different collecting styles

331

What’s the big deal with low pop cards?

332

Interview with Brian Dwyer, President Robert Edward Auctions

333

The 4 P's of the hobby

334

My road to National 2023 part 1

335

Is football a year-round seller?

336

His Hobby Progression with Rob Girard @sportscardtherapist

337

Sports Card Lessons Podcast - Does nostalgia sell cards?

338

Hobby talk with Sports Card Dad

339

Negotiating a PC pick up

340

Hobby talk with John Newman from Sports card Nation podcast

341

Preparing for big deals at card shows

342

Making hobby connections

343

Evolution of the sports card collector

344

Collector? Flipper? or Both

345

Is all the grading worth it?

346

Switching gears in our collections

347

Interview with Jeremy Lee, We talk cards, grading & the state of the hobby

348

Selling football cards during the playoffs

349

Has the hobby turned a corner

350

Hobby Vacation

351

New Hobby direction & goals for 2023

352

Season 1 finale with Sportscard Therapist

353

Who makes the rules on trading?

354

Content Creator Roundtable

355

Are dealers honest at card shows?

356

Talking sports cards & the sports card hobby.. with Nick Valakas @the_slab_exchange

357

Hobby Talk

358

Is the sports card hobby alive and well?

359

Have football card prices hit bottom?

360

How will the 2022 world Cup impact the soccer card market

361

Has the state of the hobby made smarter collectors?

362

Staying diversified in today’s sports card hobby market

363

My Strategies with the current state of the Sports Card hobby

364

Sports card Investor, Collector, & High end flipper - Interview with Rohan Gaur

365

State of the hobby

366

Hofstra card show recap - final week QB pricing - Weekly pickups

367

QB Prices - Getting ready for Hofstra - Stale cards that were once liquid

368

Springfield recap - QB Prices - Show pickups - Acquiring my biggest card to date

369

QB Pricing - Listener Questions - Weekly deals

370

QB Pricing - My side PC - Deals of the week

371

QB Comps after week 1 - Apex LCS (Cardiacs) - weekly pickups

372

Recent pickups & Holiday deals

373

A busy week in the hobby

374

East Coast National Recap - Deals of the week

375

Your negotiation style - Purchased lot of cards - Deals at a local show

376

Interview with John Bonetti @behind_the_diamond

377

My first year in review

378

Sports card shops Winnipeg MB - Pickups

379

2022 National day 3 & 4 - National card purchases

380

National Day 2

381

National Day 1 recap

382

Garden State Recap - 2 Big Deals - Ready for National

383

Interview With Sports Card Therapist Rob Girard - His PC - Getting ready for National

384

Trade Night recap - Deals Made - More graded cards from PSA

385

Holiday Steals - Soccer deal recap - Deals without cash

386

Springfield show Recap - National Buzz - Weekly deals - PSA sub

387

Who made the best deal - Leveling up at a local show - The one that got away

388

Mohegan Sun Recap - The perfect trade - 9 Things I've learned so far

389

Thanks Panini - Sell or hold for National - My thoughts on the next 3 months

390

Interview with Alan Greenberg JA Sports Cards

391

My biggest hobby deal to date - Will the financial market effect the hobby - Considering adding basketball to my collection

392

Recap of autographfest - table management - removing the clutter - This weeks card pickups

393

Big Apple card show recap - Me evolving in the hobby - Deals of the week

394

Sports card lessons podcast Interview with Craig @newyorkcitysportscards

395

Hofstra show recap & teachable moment

396

Sports Card Lessons Podcast S1E6

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Sports card lessons podcast

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Sports card lessons podcast S1E4

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Sports Card Lessons Podcast S1E3

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Sports card lessons podcast S1E2

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Sports Card Lessons Podcast S1E1