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Sports Cards Live
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.
Episodes
- Sports Cards Live
When Marketing Money Sets Card Prices + Why We Hold Onto Cards + How to Player Collect
When a company spends millions of dollars on a sports card for marketing purposes, is that transaction really comparable to a collector buying a card for their…
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The Not-For-Sale Price + Overpriced Cards on eBay + Should eBay Regulate Sellers?
How much is too much to ask for a sports card? And should marketplaces have any say in what collectors are allowed to charge? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Joshua…
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Are Rookie Cards Overrated? + Collect What You Like, WHEN You Like + The 90s Insert Rabbit Hole
Are rookie cards really the most important cards to collect? And should collectors feel obligated to stick with the same collecting interests throughout their…
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Are Card Shows About More Than Cards? + What's Next for Strongsville + Toronto Expo Goes Bigger Than Ever
Mikey Singer, the Card Show Maestro, joins Jeremy Lee and David Chase to preview the upcoming Toronto Sport Card Expo, which promises to be the largest edition…
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Dr. Beckett on PSA vs. BGS + The Truth About Shill Bidding + Grading's Future
Dr. James Beckett of Sports Card Insights joins Jeremy Lee for an Ask Us Anything edition of Sports Cards Live, tackling questions from collectors about the…
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Is Curry a Forever GOAT? + The $1 Million Gretzky + Cards You Can't Replace
Will today's biggest sports superstars still be hobby legends 20 or 30 years from now? David Chase puts that question to Joe Poirot about his Steph Curry…
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The High-Grade Vintage Gamble + Altered Cards + Is the Hobby Heading for a Reckoning?
Can high-grade vintage cards really be trusted? Matt from Providence raises a provocative question that sparks a fascinating discussion with Jeremy Lee, David…
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Are Dealers Picking Shows Clean? + Early Access Issues+ Who Gets First Shot?
Are collectors getting a fair shot at the best cards when they attend a card show? Jeremy Lee and David Chase welcome Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams to the…
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The Card Matt Had to Buy + The Grail Tony Had to Sell + It's Only Cardboard?
What happens when a vintage card dealer encounters a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? And is it really ever just cardboard? Matt from Providence makes his…
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Are Vintage Cards at Risk? + The GOATs vs Everyone Else + Stories That Matter
Will the vintage cards we treasure today still matter to collectors 50 years from now? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, and sitting-in co-host Tony Leebrick (Southern…
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Grail Chase Anxiety + $336K Gretzky + A New Era for Non-Sport?
What happens when a dream card comes within reach, only to slip away? Jeremy Lee and David Chase kick things off with the story behind Jeremy's pursuit of a…
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Stop Judging Other Collectors! + Free Speech or Bullying? + Our Most Wanted Cards!
When is it appropriate to comment on someone else's collecting decisions? And where do we draw the line between expressing an opinion, constructive criticism…
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Are Investors Taking Over the Hobby? + The Jordan Obsession + Do Young Collectors Know Better?
What brings people back to the sports card hobby? Is it nostalgia, the excitement of collecting, the potential to make money, or some combination of all three?…
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What Makes a Card Iconic? + Can a 1/1 Be the Most Important? + Football's Greatest Card Debate!
What makes a sports card truly iconic? Is it the price, the rarity, the player, its historical significance, or simply how many people recognize it? On this…
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The Eye Appeal Sticker Controversy + Is Jordan Bigger Than Wagner? + Are Jackie Rookies Being Pumped?
On this episode of Sports Cards Live, Jeremy Lee and David Chase are joined by Al Crisafulli of Love of the Game Auctions and Joshua Adams for a fascinating…
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Will a Honus Wagner Finally Lose Money? + Accused of Price Manipulation + Topps History on the Auction Block
Al Crisafulli of Love of the Game Auctions joins Jeremy Lee and David Chase on Sports Cards Live for a fascinating conversation about vintage cards, auction…
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Grail Anxiety Is Real! + Accused of Pumping My Own Card! + SPA Grading Strikes Again!
On this episode of Sports Cards Live, Jeremy Lee and David Chase discuss the excitement, stress, and anxiety of chasing a major grail card. Jeremy has his…
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What If You Were a Billionaire? + The Ultimate Hobby Flex + Why Low Grades Still Win
Would having unlimited money make sports card collecting better, or would it take away some of the magic? And is the ultimate hobby flex owning the most…
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Have Sports Cards Already Peaked? + Today's Million-Dollar Madness + Cards We Refuse to Collect
Has the sports card hobby already experienced its golden era, are we living through it right now, or is the best still ahead of us? And what makes a collector…
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Are Sports Cards Art? + The Fine Art Debate + HOJ's Surprise Rookie Card
Are sports cards art? Do they need to be? And what are collectors really saying when they compare their cards to fine art? Jeremy Lee and David Chase are…
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Would You Buy This Beat-Up Card? + The Price of Eye Appeal + Are Card Ladder Values Reliable?
How beat up are you willing to let a card be just to get it into your collection? When does owning the card become more important than its condition? And how…
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Why He's Selling His PSA 10s + The Price of Perfection + SPA Grading Goes Green?
What would make a lifelong collector sell a collection he spent more than 20 years building? And is there a point where the premium for a PSA 10 simply stops…
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Are Hobby Influencers Faking It? + Who Can You Trust? + Why David Won't Reveal the Price
Do hobby influencers actually need to know what they're talking about, or is being entertaining enough? And when content creators get things wrong, what…
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Bear Market Microscope vs. Bull Market Binoculars + Are GOATs Really Blue Chip? + The Best Hobby Flex
What does a bull market actually do to us as collectors? Chris McGill introduces two great metaphors. In a bear market, we reach for the microscope. Every card…
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David’s Grail Acquisition Story + What If Cards Fall 40%? + Are You Collecting Cards or Prices?
How did David Chase actually pull off the biggest acquisition of his collecting life? We get the full story behind David's 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige, and it…
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Are Sports Cards ART? + Why 1948 Leaf Is Punk Rock + The Story Behind Satchel Paige’s Iconic Image
Are sports cards art? David Chase's acquisition of his dream 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige leads Jeremy Lee, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams into a completely…
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Is This the New Hobby Normal? + David Chase’s ULTIMATE Grail Reveal + Buying in a Crazy Market
Are today's sports card prices sustainable, or are collectors setting themselves up to relive the painful correction that followed the 2021 boom? Adam from…
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Why Are “Undervalued” Legends Suddenly Exploding? + Who’s NEXT? + The Real Glue of the Hobby
Why can a retired superstar be called "undervalued" for years...and then suddenly explode? Guest co-host Adam from Splendid Sports joins Jeremy Lee and David…
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Dipping Into a 401(k) for a ’52 Mantle + Favorite vs. Most Valuable Cards + SPA Grading Wants Your Altered Cards
We kick things off with another completely serious update from SPA Grading, which is now actively soliciting your trimmed, altered, counterfeit, restored and…
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The Hangover: Cards Aren’t Investments? They sure can be! + Three Gretzky Rookies + Selling Cards You Love
Special podcast episode of The Hangover from the Sports Card Clubhouse platform. Are sports cards investments? According to Jeremy, the answer depends on the…
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What Would It Take to Beat PSA? + Is Today’s Grading Model Obsolete? + SPA Grading Goes Corporate
What would it actually take for another grading company to seriously challenge PSA? Grai Miller, David Chase, Joshua Adams and I close out the show by digging…
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Cards, Memories & Regret + Blowing Up a Collection for One Card + Can PSA Be Dethroned?
Some collectibles can be replaced. Others take a piece of their story with them when they're gone. We continue our conversation about hobby regrets with an…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Introducing SPA Grading + The Star Wars Card Explosion + Autographs That Weren’t Actually Signed
Sports card grading will never be the same. Jeremy officially unveils SPA Grading, the hobby's first full-service card wellness experience, where every card…
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Adapt or Get Left Behind + Mark Wahlberg Gets Into Cards + Are Old-School LCSs in Trouble?
The hobby is changing. The question is whether everyone in it is willing to change with it. Jeremy is joined by David Chase and Leighton Sheldon for a…
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Why the Last Comp Isn’t the Whole Story + Hidden Fees & Taxes + What Is Your Card Worth?
What is a sports card actually worth? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Chris HOJ and the very wordy Josh Adams finish the night by digging deeper into one of the…
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Can You Trust Your Comps? + Fake Sales & Green Check Marks + The Hobby’s “Dummy Tax”
How much should you actually trust the comps you're using to buy and sell sports cards? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Joe Poirot, Chris HOJ and Josh Adams dive deep…
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Seven-Figure Cards From Thin Air + Could Baseball Trigger a Downturn? + The $5 Million Showdown
How big is the Shohei Ohtani effect on the sports card hobby? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Joe Poirot, Chris HOJ and Josh Adams dig into a phenomenon that may…
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Is the Hobby Smarter This Time? + Which Cards Get Crushed? + The Hobby Never Sleeps
If the sports card market eventually turns, will every card get hit equally? Jeremy Lee is joined by David Chase, Joe Poirot, Chris HOJ and Josh Adams for a…
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Inside the Card Show Business + What Promoters Get Wrong + The Future of Strongsville
What does the explosion of card shows tell us about the health and future of the hobby? Steve Menzie, owner and operator of the Sport Card Expo and co-operator…
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Is This a Bubble or a New Hobby Era? + When to Take Profits + Front Row Card Show Report
The sports card market is running hot, cards are hitting prices many collectors never imagined, and suddenly a new question is creeping into the conversation…
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Have We Learned Nothing? + Prospecting Is Alive and Well + The GOAT Movement
Did the sports card hobby actually learn anything from the boom and bust of 2021? Joe Poirot, Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David Chase join me as we wrap up…
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If Everyone Should Sell, Who Should Buy? + The Hot Potato Problem + The Ritual of Owning Grails
Everybody can't sell. Every card that gets sold needs someone willing to buy it on the other side. Joe Poirot joins Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David Chase…
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Stop Regretting the Cards You Sold + Process Over Results + Is the Hunt Better Than the Card?
How do you stop regretting the cards you sold too early, the cards you didn't buy and the money you left on the table? Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David…
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Everybody Else Is Winning + When Will the Bull Market End? + The Junk Slab Era
The sports card market just keeps climbing. Record prices, massive auctions and seemingly endless demand. So how long can this possibly continue? Leighton…
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A New Way to Transport Grails + Does the Hobby Care Too Much About PSA? + Vintage Treasures
Mack Cheli introduces Grail Guard, his new white-glove transportation service designed to move valuable cards door to door without putting them into the…
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Is Eye Appeal Taking Over? + Who Grades the Graders? + Mack Cheli’s Incredible Collection
Is eye appeal taking over the sports card hobby? Mack Cheli of Big Mack’s Card Box joins me to talk about his collecting journey, why he learned to prioritize…
- Sports Cards Live
When Collecting Gets Overwhelming + Buying Cards Just Because They’re Beautiful + Is Hockey Still Undervalued?
How do you decide where your collection ends when there are seemingly endless things you could collect? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams…
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When a Card Just Grabs You + The $1M Market Goes Crazy + Collecting Players You Don’t Care About
Have you ever seen a card, known almost nothing about it, and wanted to buy it anyway? Joshua Adams joins Jeremy Lee, David Chase and Joe Poirot for a…
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He Bid $1.2M on Celebrini + Trusting Yourself Over Comps + Would You Gamble on a Young Star?
What goes through your mind when you're bidding more than $1 million on a hockey card? Jason Koonce joins Jeremy Lee and David Chase after revealing that he…
- Sports Cards Live
Passion or Pumping? + The Problem With MBA + What Really Makes Someone a Flipper?
When does sharing your passion for a card become "pumping" it? Jeremy Lee and David Chase tackle one of the hobby's favorite accusations: that anyone publicly…
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Non-Sports Cards Go Nuclear + Mickey Mouse Mania + Is This Just the Beginning?
The non-sports card market has gone absolutely nuclear. Jeremy Lee and David Chase dig into the explosion in vintage Mickey Mouse, Disney, Marvel and other…
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The Hobby’s New Trajectory + How Big Is This Market Really? + Are We Underestimating Its Size?
Joe Poirot puts Jeremy on the spot. As a longtime hockey collector, how does he put the astonishing $1.281 million Macklin Celebrini 1/1 Young Guns sale into…