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Sports Card Lessons Podcast — 416 episodes

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QB Hype vs Performance & hobby value

2

PSA new grading level | Ohtani on IL | NFL Card Market all 32 QB's

3

Does the hobby value greatness?

4

2000's Jordan Cards |SGC | Buying raw cards| Sicker Autos on high end cards

5

Forget Modern QB's are the 80's the next boom?

6

2021 Hobby Bubble vs 2026 | NFL Season Predictions | Zip's big deal

7

Is SHAQ The Next Hobby Breakout?

8

Prospecting HOF Players | Dealer POV | Vintage Market Update

9

Flight to Quality - Is the hobby money moving to the best cards?

10

Flagg Debut Patch Pulled | Top 10 players trending | Hobby Math w/Zip

11

The National 2026 final recap

12

Theft at The National | Raw selling better than Graded | Grading Landscape

13

The National 2026 day 3

14

The National 2026 Day 2

15

The National 2026 Day 1

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

Was it worth it?

20

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

21

Is PayPal still safe for sports cards

22

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

23

Buying Strategies - Risk vs Reward

24

Hobby Relationships | Lunch break deals | POP or CHOP

25

Wax or a Repack?

26

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

27

Trading at card shows

28

TCG Take Over | Is winter coming | Buying strategies

29

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

30

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

31

This market is about to explode

32

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

33

Does the economy affect the hobby?

34

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

35

Who gives the best comps?

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

Know the value of your cards

40

Listener Questions - Thursday Night Live 4/30/2026

41

Turning Sports card Trash into Cash

42

Off-season buying strategy

43

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

44

Show Respect

45

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

46

Is the hobby out of control? Quincy Show Recap

47

I Hate TOPPS - Shill Bidding - Bye Panini

48

The National - Calling an audible on inventory

49

Bowman Basketball - How this product will change everything

50

Market Correction? Is it coming?

51

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

52

Absolute Hobby Insanity - Philly Show Recap

53

March Madness | eBay Fraud | Preparing for the Philly Show

54

Stop using bulk at PSA... Do this instead

55

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

56

I'm buying the crap nobody wants

57

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

58

What the heck is going on in the hobby?

59

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

60

Are grading delays forcing new money into the hobby?

61

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

62

The work it takes to buy & sell Collections

63

Are Ohtani cards a dangerous investment in 2026

64

Building an online hobby community

65

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

66

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

67

New Buying Strategy | New Collaborations | Hobby Wins

68

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

69

New Hobby Strategies - A perfect plan for success

70

Buying Percentages & Variables | Weekend Recap | Big Announcement

71

Everything you need to know before grading your cards

72

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

73

Building a destination card show

74

Causeway Show Recap | NSCC Table | Huge Pickup

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

Are value boxes losing their value?

79

Probstein back on eBay | EC3con Recap | Grading Strategies

80

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

81

Singles & Breaking Using the hobby to make a difference

82

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

83

Postal Problems

84

Buy / Sell NFL & NBA | Kabooms & Downtowns

85

Hobby Math

86

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

87

Rebuilding my inventory & Hobby excitement

88

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

89

Where's all the new wax?

90

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

91

How different the LCS looks across the border

92

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

93

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

94

Grading Deep Dive

95

Quantity or Quality - How does your PC balance out

96

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

97

Don't Waste your money

98

PSA Buy back | QB Prospecting | Too many injuries

99

Northeast Sports Card Expo Recap

100

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

101

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

102

Hobby Currency

103

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

104

West Coast Card Show Recap

105

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

106

Hobby Reset - Selling all my cards

107

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

108

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

109

Day 4 Recap The National 2025

110

Day 3 Recap The National 2025

111

Day 2 Recap The National 2025

112

Day 1 Recap The National 2025

113

The National Wish List

114

Everything you need to know for the 2025 National in Chicago

115

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

116

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

117

Inside The Card Hustle with Troy @trikecards

118

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

119

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

120

It's sellers' market

121

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

122

The Hobby New Year | Preparing for NSCC & WCCS

123

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

124

Fanatics Fest 2025 recap

125

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

126

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

127

The perfect time to sell your football cards for maximum profit

128

PSA Cleaning Service, GameStop new direction & Walmart Breaking

129

Interview w/Jonathan ⁨@BasketballCardGuy⁩ & big show recap

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

Hitting a hobby pothole

134

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

135

Changing lanes in the hobby - Causeway Card show recap

136

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

137

Football prices down, Uptowns, Caitlin vs. Jayden

138

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

139

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

140

Why Panini has dutch auctions

141

PSA Bulk Timeframe, NBA Playoff predictions, & WNBA Draft

142

Hobby Hero's

143

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

144

Building hobby relationships

145

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

146

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

147

Profit over greed

148

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

149

How to Maximize profits in the card market

150

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

151

Bad Deals in your hobby circle

152

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

153

Causeway show recap

154

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

155

Big Mahomes pickup - Communication & Body Language at card shows

156

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

157

Are card shows the best place to buy inventory?

158

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

159

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

160

Super bowl impact, offseason strategies, & the new vintage

161

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

162

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

163

Culture Collision Recap 2025

164

The Hobby Chop E2

165

No Trade Zone & weekend show recaps

166

Hobby Chop E1

167

Destination Card Shows - Causeway show recap

168

Building a PC through grading - Season 5 finale

169

Goodbye 2024 w/Jordan @zipscards

170

Card consignment follow up

171

Hobby Chat with Tom @hudsonfan15

172

Value & Upside

173

Major mistake - In person auto gone bad

174

Bad Deals that never get done

175

Consigning cards & finishing the year strong

176

Buying percentages for easy deals

177

Grading - PSA or SGC

178

Adapting to today's card shows

179

Hobby Chat

180

Record Day - East Coast Collectibles Convention at Mohegan Sun

181

What's going on in the hobby?

182

Trying to sell rare & scarce cards

183

Hobby Forecasting - The plan for 2025

184

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

185

Whatnot Hangover & Shriner's show recap

186

Current Hobby Market - Trends & Predictions

187

Is there enough profit to go around?

188

The Universe responded - with a Gretzky 1/1

189

Buying a PC card in a down market

190

Capitalizing on other people's mistakes

191

Are you surprised?

192

Acquiring other people’s collections

193

Are we teaching bad hobby habits?

194

Priced out of the hobby?

195

East Coast Collectible Convention Recap

196

Going viral in the hobby

197

Too many card shows?

198

Buying & Selling - percentages and comps

199

First time setting up at a card show

200

Hobby Talk with Tim @slabstrong

201

It's more than money

202

Scared the hobby market will crash? Or just diversifying?

203

Bad hobby decisions

204

Percentages are rising and cards are falling

205

Who's your buy?

206

Did I make the right decision?

207

I purchased a massive non-sport card collection

208

Promoting a card show & What it takes to be successful

209

Selling all my cards

210

The 2024 National Recap

211

The 2024 National Day 3 & 4

212

The National Day 2

213

The National day 1

214

His hobby passion project

215

Top 10 tips for The National

216

Spotting hobby glitches

217

Looking forward to The National

218

Lessons Learned

219

Hobby Circles - buying & Selling to other dealers

220

Keeping up with the hobby - with Joe @premiersportsri

221

Selling Old School - Chantilly Recap

222

Trading up to PSA 10's

223

What's the end game?

224

EC3 - Mohegan Sun Card Show Recap & Pickups

225

Is it football season yet?

226

Dealing with friends When it comes to Cards & Money

227

Breaker to Repacker with Nik @goldsealcards

228

Buying formula for sports cards

229

QB Pricing - Who's a buy right now

230

Kabooms over comps - Fenway Card Show Recap

231

NSCC & The rising cost of table space

232

The Hobby Math is wrong!!

233

State Of The Hobby - Soccer & The SoCo Expo

234

Big Card Pickups - North East Card Expo

235

Lessons learned - 4 years of prospecting

236

Getting re-energized in the hobby

237

Hofstra sports card show recap

238

Adjusting dealer strategies for today's card market

239

Deals gone bad

240

PSA 10 or Bust

241

Stay in your lane

242

Now is the time - Liquidating Baseball

243

Buyer beware with retail wax

244

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

245

Now's the time to buy football

246

Recapping Nashville & Chicago w/Chris @blanketcardcollector

247

Dealing with dealers

248

Another hobby dead zone

249

No Consistency with PSA Grading

250

Prospecting with a purpose

251

Jackpot!! Selling out at the East Coast Collectibles Convention

252

Good Money - Dead Money & Market Timing

253

Adapting in the hobby & making it legit

254

Being active in the hobby creates hobby success

255

Does traveling to shows make "cents"?

256

State of the hobby - from the dealers POV

257

What's going on with football prices?

258

Culture Collision 2024 recap

259

The challenges of hobby transitions

260

3 Very different shows in 3 days

261

Talking all things hobby with Jon @basketballcardguy

262

Tighter Margins 2 shows in 2 days

263

Valuable hobby lessons learned

264

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

265

Looking forward to 2024

266

What Players I'm prospecting and why

267

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

268

Making plans & Setting goals

269

Buying for the NFL playoffs

270

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

271

Hofstra recap & What makes a great show

272

Riding the hobby wave

273

A Busy week in the hobby

274

Rinse and Repeat for 2024

275

Hobby Positives & Tarrytown show recap

276

Card Show-Magedin Recap

277

You Can't fight PSA

278

Staying active in today's market

279

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

280

2 Shows in 2 days

281

Preparing for the Shriner's card show

282

A great day in the hobby

283

Hobby Talk with Rob & Big Ken

284

Buyers Market with Brad @outlaws_sports_cards

285

Creating my own hobby experience

286

Sold out & what's next with Jordan @zipscards

287

Slowing down to refocus with Rob & Big Ken

288

Hobby Octoberfest with Rob & Big Ken

289

Buyer beware when buying raw cards

290

Card Data & Content with Chris McGill from Cardladder

291

Make a Plan and stick to it

292

Have attendees flipped the script?

293

Are we starting to see some card show fatigue?

294

Card Rich vs. Cash Heavy

295

Moving great cards that just don't sell

296

Don't get caught in the hobby dead zone

297

The Dealer's Playbook w/Brad @outlaws_sports_cards

298

Strength of the hobby from a dealer POV

299

East Coast National Recap

300

Preparing for The East Coast National

301

Card profit margins & prospecting with Jordan @zipscards

302

What's next for us?

303

Post show hangover & A new hobby plan

304

2023 National Recap Part 3 with the Wolfpack

305

The 2023 National recap part 2

306

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

307

The Wolfpack's 2023 National preview

308

Fully loaded for The National with Nick @the_slab_exchange

309

Freeing up card money to make a move

310

Grading success & prepping for The National with Jordan @zipscards

311

Did the plan pay off?

312

Bleeker trade night recap with @sportscardtherapist

313

Fighting old hobby habits

314

So What's Next?

315

Chantilly Recap Part 2

316

Acquiring a chase card & Chantilly Recap Part 1

317

Lessons learned in 100 episodes

318

When it's just not your weekend in the hobby

319

Final push before The National

320

Hobby wins when you least expect them

321

An expensive lesson learned in the hobby

322

Disappointing hobby experience

323

My hobby business plan

324

Hobbying at Home

325

Geoff Wilson & Great Curator roundtable recap & in person autos

326

Fenway Card show recap

327

Evolving in the hobby

328

Hobby participation & Flippin show recap

329

Collections, content, and collaborations with Rob Girard @sportscardtherapist

330

Tale of 2 card shows

331

Winding road to the National

332

Shriner's card show recap and meeting Mike Tyson

333

How listeners changed my grading ways

334

Lessons learned at the Toronto Sports Card Expo

335

Finding your niche

336

Adjusting dealer strategies

337

Spring cleaning my card inventory

338

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

339

Our different collecting lanes

340

Are today’s deals tomorrow's new comps?

341

Can the hobby continue to police itself?

342

Where are all the true collectors?

343

Dealer vs Attendee?

344

Learning from attending shows

345

Different collecting styles

346

What’s the big deal with low pop cards?

347

Interview with Brian Dwyer, President Robert Edward Auctions

348

The 4 P's of the hobby

349

My road to National 2023 part 1

350

Is football a year-round seller?

351

His Hobby Progression with Rob Girard @sportscardtherapist

352

Sports Card Lessons Podcast - Does nostalgia sell cards?

353

Hobby talk with Sports Card Dad

354

Negotiating a PC pick up

355

Hobby talk with John Newman from Sports card Nation podcast

356

Preparing for big deals at card shows

357

Making hobby connections

358

Evolution of the sports card collector

359

Collector? Flipper? or Both

360

Is all the grading worth it?

361

Switching gears in our collections

362

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

363

Selling football cards during the playoffs

364

Has the hobby turned a corner

365

Hobby Vacation

366

New Hobby direction & goals for 2023

367

Season 1 finale with Sportscard Therapist

368

Who makes the rules on trading?

369

Content Creator Roundtable

370

Are dealers honest at card shows?

371

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

372

Hobby Talk

373

Is the sports card hobby alive and well?

374

Have football card prices hit bottom?

375

How will the 2022 world Cup impact the soccer card market

376

Has the state of the hobby made smarter collectors?

377

Staying diversified in today’s sports card hobby market

378

My Strategies with the current state of the Sports Card hobby

379

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

380

State of the hobby

381

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

382

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

383

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

384

QB Pricing - Listener Questions - Weekly deals

385

QB Pricing - My side PC - Deals of the week

386

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

387

Recent pickups & Holiday deals

388

A busy week in the hobby

389

East Coast National Recap - Deals of the week

390

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

391

Interview with John Bonetti @behind_the_diamond

392

My first year in review

393

Sports card shops Winnipeg MB - Pickups

394

2022 National day 3 & 4 - National card purchases

395

National Day 2

396

National Day 1 recap

397

Garden State Recap - 2 Big Deals - Ready for National

398

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

399

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

400

Holiday Steals - Soccer deal recap - Deals without cash

401

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

402

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

403

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

404

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

405

Interview with Alan Greenberg JA Sports Cards

406

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

407

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

408

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

409

Sports card lessons podcast Interview with Craig @newyorkcitysportscards

410

Hofstra show recap & teachable moment

411

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