Videos

June 16, 2020

234B - What If? Card Show Masked Robbery?

With all the masks how can you tell the good guys from the bad guys?

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June 16, 2020

234A - Investment Fallacies: New Money?

New Money vs. Old Money - does it matter?

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June 16, 2020

238 - Upper Deck Product Development (with Grant Sandground)

Grant's experiences.

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June 16, 2020

233 - Player: George Brett (with Tim Shepler)

Tim's favorite player and his cards.

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June 16, 2020

232 - Origin: John Clemens

Media personality John Clemens shares his origin story.

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June 16, 2020

231 - Interview: Kristina Thorson (House of Jordans)

Kristina's Corner host sits down for her origin story.

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June 16, 2020

230A - Topps Project 2020 Trivia Answers

Listen to the Player Trivia Questions episode first!

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June 16, 2020

230 - Set: 1967 Topps Baseball (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss this iconic set.

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June 12, 2020

234 - Origin: Grant Sandground

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-fxvbg-df42f0 Since immediately after graduating from college, Grant has held key positions at two hobby stalwarts, Beckett Publications first, and now Upper Deck as Director of Product Development.

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June 6, 2020

229B - Topps Project 2020 Next 20?

Who would you select for the next round of Topps Project 2020?

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June 6, 2020

229A - Topps Project 2020 Player Trivia

Twenty trivia questions: one for each subject chosen.

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June 6, 2020

228 - Origin: Todd Westover

Todd sold ads for Beckett magazines for more than ten years.

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June 6, 2020

227 - Interview: Paul Wirth and Eric Norton

Joint interview with Paul and Eric, the original Fat Packs.

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June 6, 2020

226 - Topps Project 2020 Explosion (with John Newman)

We discuss this popular phenomenon.

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June 6, 2020

225 - Origin: Tim Shepler (Big Shep)

We trace Tim's hobby origin story.

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June 5, 2020

229 - Mortality (with John Newman)

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jwmwd-de21b8 John Newman's recent provocative episode on his shorter Hobby Quick Hits, IMHO deserved further consideration. Please listen to his episode first, then we hope you enjoy our treatment of a subject that is not typically discussed, but should be!

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May 30, 2020

016 - Tribute: Bruce Paynter

Chicago hobby icon Bruce Paynter was a key force in the success of our National Sports Collectors Convention along with being an all-around great guy.

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May 30, 2020

010 - Set: 1989 Upper Deck Baseball (with Rich Klein)

Upper Deck inaugural set has stood the test of time, thanks to card number 1!

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May 30, 2020

224B - Our Disposable Culture

Were sports cards a disposable commodity? They certainly are not now!

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May 30, 2020

224A - The Hobby is Not a Balloon!

But if you insist that it is, please let some air out before it bursts. How? Self-control!

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May 30, 2020

223 - Faux Sponsor: Front and Center Grading (FCG)

Faux sponsor FCG is proposing a simple, but radical, approach to sports card grading.

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May 30, 2020

222 - Player: Jim Bouton (with Rich Klein)

Baseball pitcher and culture-exposing author Jim Bouton is profiled along with his cards by Rich and me.

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May 30, 2020

220A - Memorial Day Heroes

Each sport has war heroes worthy of remembrance.

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May 30, 2020

221 - Tribute: Barry Halper

Barry was perhaps the face of the high-end sports collecting hobby in the 20th century.

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