Sports Cards Live

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These are the audio tracks from Sports Cards Live (on YouTube). Host and lifelong collector Jeremy Lee is joined by passionate collectors, industry insiders, hobbypreneurs, content creators to educate, inform, entertain, and inspire hobbyists of all genres and experience. Sports Cards Live is an interactive livestream video podcast where you are part of the show as your comments and questions are in play. 

  1. 1h ago

    Why We Became Collectors + What Changed Along the Way + The Cards That Got Away

    What made you start collecting in the first place, and is it still the same reason you collect today? Joshua Adams joins Graig Miller and David Chase as we wrap up our conversation with Phil Kronakis and then turn the focus inward. We go back to our earliest memories as collectors, the cards and sets that first grabbed our attention, and how our motivations have evolved over decades in the hobby. From completing sets and chasing favorite players to nostalgia, vintage, rookie cards and finally being able to own some of the things that seemed completely out of reach when we were kids. Then Greg asks a dangerous question: what’s the hobby decision you still regret? That opens up some stories about cards we sold too early, cards we passed on, money we wish we had spent differently and decisions that look very different with the benefit of hindsight. Are the mistakes simply part of the collecting journey? And would the wins mean as much without a few painful losses along the way? Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby at AuctionWire.ai and use promo code SCL for 45% off your first year. Check out Pops & Comps on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 1d ago

    What Turned the Hobby Into a Gambling Machine? + Breaking vs. Collecting + Who Should Regulate the Hobby?

    When did sports become so intertwined with gambling, and what did that do to the sports card hobby? Phil Chronakis remains with us as Greaig Miller of Midlife Cards joins the panel as the first-ever Sports Cards Live guest co-host. We dig into a major shift that happened years before the COVID hobby boom and ask whether the legalization and normalization of sports betting helped create the environment that transformed sports cards as well. That leads us straight into one of the hobby’s most contentious questions: is opening wax gambling? Collecting, breaking, ripping, chasing, compulsive spending and the psychology behind all of it come into the discussion, with some very different perspectives around the table. We also hear from Collectors MD about what they are seeing firsthand from collectors struggling with these behaviours. Finally, we look ahead. Does a hobby with this much money flowing through it eventually face greater scrutiny? And if some form of regulation is coming, is the better answer government intervention or a hobby that learns how to govern itself? Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby at AuctionWire.ai and use promo code SCL for 45% off your first year. Check out Pops & Comps on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 2d ago

    Scarcity + Nostalgia = Dopamine Rocket Fuel + Are Hobby Monopolies Real? + Giving Back Through Cards

    Phil Chronakis of Sealed Wax Nation joins us for a conversation about collecting sealed wax, the nostalgia attached to unopened boxes and packs, and why some collectors have absolutely no desire to find out what’s inside. But Phil’s relationship with the hobby goes well beyond collecting. We get into the story behind Sealed Wax Nation, his Keep It Sealed American Tour, and his mission to use sports cards to support children’s hospitals and youth organizations across the country. From there, the conversation expands into scarcity, nostalgia and the psychology that makes collecting so powerful. We also tackle affordability and access to the hobby before putting one of the hobby’s most frequently used words under the microscope: monopoly. Is having enormous market share enough? What about exclusive licenses? And what does competition actually mean from the consumer’s perspective? A wide-ranging conversation about collecting, giving back, business and the forces shaping the modern hobby. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby at AuctionWire.ai and use promo code SCL for 45% off your first year. Check out Pops & Comps on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 2d ago

    The Gretzky I Never Expected to Buy + SPA Grading’s New Sports Card Formula + Inside the Card Show Surge

    Card show season is heating up, and this episode starts with a look at what’s happening on the show floor on both sides of the border. Carter Yelle joins us ahead of year two of the Saskatchewan Sports Card & Collector Experience to talk about building on a successful first year, creating a show people actually want to return to, and what collectors can expect when the hobby descends on Saskatoon. Then David Chase joins me as we compare notes from two very different card shows, talk about what we’re seeing from buyers and sellers right now, and share a few of our pickups. I also show off a major Wayne Gretzky card that I never expected to come home with me. And finally, SPA Grading is back with its first major update. All that and plenty more from another Saturday night on Sports Cards Live. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out the Hobby Spectrum and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby at AuctionWire.ai and use promo code SCL for 45% off your first year. And check out Pops & Comps on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 6d ago

    Are You Buying Cards or Price Histories? + Finding the Next PMG + When Comps Become Self-Fulfilling

    Are you buying the card, or are you buying its price history? Jeremy, Chris McGill, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams bring their discussion about the next generation of collectors to its conclusion by asking whether newcomers really need to inherit the collecting preferences previous generations created. Chris remembers a time when sellers couldn't find buyers for a Michael Jordan PMG Red at $10,000. Today, that same card is worth many multiples of that amount. So why couldn't the next generation of collectors do the same thing? Instead of spending enormous amounts chasing the cards previous generations already turned into grails, perhaps new collectors can discover overlooked cards, sets and players, build their own collecting culture and eventually create an entirely new hierarchy. Jeremy boils his advice down to something simple: forge your own path. The panel discusses independent thinking, research, critical analysis and why finding overlooked value doesn't simply mean declaring that an unpopular card should suddenly be valuable. Scarcity, aesthetics, distribution, history, player significance and relative value still matter. They also discuss hobby cycles and why quieter markets may actually encourage collectors to become more creative, explore new areas and discover cards that get ignored when established grails are rapidly appreciating. Then the conversation takes an interesting turn into comps themselves. What happens when a collector is willing to pay MORE for a card if the transaction becomes a publicly recorded comp? Conversely, if you buy a card privately for considerably less than its perceived market value, what incentive do you have to report that sale and potentially establish a lower comp for something you now own? Jeremy and Chris discuss the incentives surrounding private-sale reporting, while the panel considers how collectors can estimate value when a rare card simply doesn't have a recent comparable sale. Plus, Jeremy discovers Frank Robinson in real time and, within minutes of hearing more about his career, is already making offers on cards. Four decades into the hobby and there are still new lanes to discover. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 17

    Why Is This Curry $60,000? + Who Decides Which Cards Matter? + Finding Value the Hobby Missed

    Why is one Steph Curry rookie worth $60,000 while another rare rookie-year Curry card can be bought for a tiny fraction of that? Jeremy, Chris McGill, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams continue their discussion about how collectors find value in a hobby where the established grails have become increasingly expensive. Chris puts a real-world example on the screen. Steph Curry's 2009 Topps Chrome rookie, numbered to 999, has become one of his iconic cards and commands an enormous premium in a PSA 10. Meanwhile, Chris finds a 2009 Certified Fabric of the Game Curry, numbered to just 99 and containing memorabilia, available for dramatically less money. So what exactly are collectors paying for? The card itself? Scarcity? Eye appeal? History? Brand recognition? Or decades of hobby consensus telling us which cards we're supposed to want? That leads into a larger conversation about how hobby grails are created, how influential collectors and content creators can shape demand, and whether social media simply reflects collecting trends or actually helps manufacture them. The panel also debates changing perceptions around players including Shaquille O'Neal, Nolan Ryan, Jackie Robinson and Steph Curry. Can established hobby hierarchies change? Can overlooked players suddenly become hobby royalty? And when prices explode after decades of relative stability, is that organic discovery or something collectors should approach with caution? Jeremy explains why he likes having multiple collecting lanes, from serious five-figure purchases where financial value matters to inexpensive cards he can buy simply because he loves them. When one lane gets too expensive, there is always somewhere else in the hobby to explore. And that may be the biggest lesson for new collectors: don't automatically buy what everyone else has already decided is important. Learn the hobby. Do your research. Think critically. Then find value where value makes sense to you. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 16

    Should New Collectors Ignore Us? + Question Everything in the Hobby + Who Decides Which Cards Matter?

    Should the next generation of collectors want the same cards we do? Chris McGill brings a fascinating question to the panel: when new collectors enter the hobby, should they buy into the hierarchy of cards, players and grails that previous generations have established, or should they use their fresh perspective to discover entirely new collecting lanes? Jeremy, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams dig into what that means in a hobby where many of the cards longtime collectors grew up chasing have become extraordinarily expensive. Are newcomers really best served spending huge amounts of money chasing the same Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Mickey Mantle and other established grails everyone already knows? Or are there overlooked players, sets, inserts, eras and cards sitting right in front of us simply because the existing hobby establishment hasn't decided they matter yet? The panel discusses herd mentality, questioning conventional hobby wisdom, the importance of understanding why certain cards became iconic and the difference between teaching someone WHAT to collect and teaching them HOW to think about collecting. Jeremy argues that your approach may ultimately depend on where you fall on the Hobby Spectrum. Someone primarily interested in making money may be better served understanding and participating in established markets, while a collector has considerably more freedom to explore, experiment and build something completely unique. The conversation also explores whether the collecting experience many longtime hobbyists enjoyed growing up can even be recreated today. Packs are different. Prices are different. Information is everywhere. Market data is instantaneous. And newcomers arrive in a hobby with far more infrastructure, money and established narratives than previous generations ever encountered. So maybe the goal isn't to recreate the old hobby. Maybe it's helping the next generation find its own. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 15

    PSA Says It’s Real, Steve Grad Says It Isn’t + Fake Jackie Robinsons + Autograph Horror Stories

    How certain can anyone really be that an autograph is authentic? Steve Grad joins Jeremy and David Chase for a fascinating deep dive into autograph authentication, beginning with one of the most controversial signed cards currently in the hobby: the 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle that PSA has authenticated and Steve believes was NOT signed by Mickey Mantle. Steve explains why he believes the signature is secretarial or clubhouse signed, walks through the exemplars and signing tendencies he uses to reach that conclusion, and discusses what it's like to publicly disagree with another major authenticator when hundreds of thousands of dollars may be at stake. But how certain is an autograph authenticator? Steve explains when instinct enters the equation, when an authenticator should simply "punt" on an autograph, and even recalls reversing one of his own authentication decisions after going back and doing more research. The conversation then turns to another potentially enormous issue: signed 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson cards. Of the nine known examples discussed on the show, Steve says he has seen five that he believes are not authentic. They also discuss increasingly sophisticated forgery techniques, autopens, aging ink, whether autograph grades should have expiration dates and why an autograph sitting inside a slab can still change dramatically over time. Then things get considerably more entertaining. Years ago, David bought a collection of celebrity autographs on eBay, each accompanied by a letter of authenticity. He sends them to Steve for his verdict live on the show. Michael Jackson. Aerosmith. The Sopranos. The Goonies. Michael J. Fox and more. The verdict isn't pretty. Meanwhile, Jeremy puts his own three vintage hockey autographs in front of Steve, including Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Steve Yzerman, with dramatically different results. Finally, Steve explains why education remains a collector's greatest protection. Learn the signature. Learn the signing habits. Learn the known secretarial and clubhouse versions. And never assume that simply because an autograph is already inside a slab, the question has been settled. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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These are the audio tracks from Sports Cards Live (on YouTube). Host and lifelong collector Jeremy Lee is joined by passionate collectors, industry insiders, hobbypreneurs, content creators to educate, inform, entertain, and inspire hobbyists of all genres and experience. Sports Cards Live is an interactive livestream video podcast where you are part of the show as your comments and questions are in play. 

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  • Creator
    Cloud10
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    779
  • Rating
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    © Cloud10