The Sports Card Show

Show #72 Las Vegas Industry Summit Preview + High End Football

We are just a week away from the 2011 Sports Card Industry Summit in Las Vegas NV - and I try to give you a small preview to the event, but hopefully we have lots more once we are there. I'll be making a pit-stop at Spring Training to check out the SF Giants and other teams too. Expect lots of interviews & other stuff in the coming weeks. Even on a limited budget, buying/selling cards for the challenge against my brother has been fun. The fact that I need to make profits forces me to lower prices when things don't sell, but given some time I think I'll have a nice portfolio that should increase in value as the year rolls along. 2010 Topps Five Star Football + 2010 National Treasures Football are both live super premium NFL sets to cap off an eventful year of football cards. The most interesting thing about these sets is Topps 5 Star sells for over $100 more than SRP ($400) and National Treasures sells for about $50 less than sRP of $400. It just goes to show how tough it is to make money as a hobby shop ... as you would have probably ordered both products - done well with one, and broken even or made very little with the other. Obviously there are many factors involved, but these two similar high-end products, released at around the same time, are a great example of how prices move up/down. Show #73 will be our 2nd Annual MLB Prospect show - Last years: Show #46 Top 2010 Major League Baseball MLB Prospects Show - Listen To Show #72 Below -

Show #71 UFC Knockout - Plates & Patches - Buying/Selling Challenge

We take a look back on a couple of sets that have been released in the last few weeks including 2010 Topps UFC Knockout and 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football. There were some sparkling surprises in 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball and I'm sure there will be some more over the next few weeks as packs/boxes are being busted. Panini made an Official Response to the 2010 Certified Mirror Black Sam Bradford (among other nice cards) and that can be found here. Recently Panini has posted short videos of soon to be released sets being packed out to ease box busters/sellers fears of this happening again. While the official statement doesn't say anything about trying to avoid this situation in the future - the backlash within the community should be enough to get Panini to try and avoid a situation like this happening again. On the last podcast I talked about buying some cards on eBay for the first time in a long time - and my brother decided to get involved and we are now making a challenge. Basically each of us is investing $20 a month in cards and the person with the highest total cash & card value wins it all. I ended up selling the Wesley Matthews 09/10 Timeless Treasures Auto RC I bought (Listed it on eBay the day I got it) and made $1.81 selling it. Talk about a quick turnaround! My brother has made some sales already too - and its pretty amazing that in less that 2 months, I'm up almost 5% and I have almost 50% of my investment in cash (as of Feb. 15 2011). Track our progress throughout the year and see which one of us comes out on top: Sports Card Radio - Sports Card Report Trading Card Challenge I did end up buying some cards I've seen sell online for fairly cheap prices. I guess you could call these my PC or Personal Collection - although I would never hesitate to sell them for a good price. I ended up getting 4 PSA graded LA Lakers Cards from the same seller (to save on shipping) The best cards I got were these 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1981 Topps Cards. 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football - A set like this is an interesting sell for Panini. With Contenders and National Treasures (plus Topps 5 Star Football) on the release date calendar for 2010 Football, its probably tough for everyone to get on board with a high end product this late in the season ... actually football is over. Plus you have the anticipation of 2011 NFL Rookies and on top of that there may be no NFL season in 2011. All that aside, the product looks really nice and it's probably something that would have sold better in the beginning on the season - or earlier in the NFL Calendar, because it does deliver some nice hits. I'd stay away from boxes on this one - and wait for the even more premium 2010 NFL sets to come (Upper Deck even has Exquisite planned) ... so unless you have hundreds of dollars to spend, I'd say this is a product you can just find singles of. 2010 Topps UFC Knockout - Talk about getting knocked out when I looked at prices for autographs in this set. Don't get me wrong, I already knew top fighters sold for a ton of money (often more than Brett Favre, Derek Jeter and many 'famous' athletes sell for) ... but this set is really popping if you pull a low number auto of a top fighter. GSP, BJ Penn, Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell and Anderson Silva low number autograph and relic cards sell for huge money. There are lots of other fighters as well. Even the ring girls Arianny Celeste and Brittany Palmer auto/relics sell for huge money ... which makes you wonder why NFL/NBA don't have more Cheerleader cards. But anyway, this set is pretty loaded - but don't expect to win the lotto on every pack or box - the high end stuff sells for huge money, but there are plenty of 'duds' and its possible people don't pay these prices for long. - Listen To Show #71 Below -

Show #70 Panini Not Packing Out + 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball Preview

We have news, controversy, and information all packed into one podcast today! A Collector on the Hobby Kings Forum posted pictures of cards he has described as replacements for redemption and damaged cards he sent to Panini America. In return he gets the Case/Product Hit from 2010 Panini Certified Football, a #1/1 Sam Bradford Auto/Jsy RC worth potentially thousands of dollars. He also received several other nice cards, including a #1/1 Derrick Rose and Tom Brady #5/5. These cards (especially the Sam Bradford) bring up lots of questions on why these cards weren't originally inserted in packs ... and how many other #1/1 Product Hits does Panini still have hanging around in the office?? At the time of recording, no 'official' statement had been made from Panini, and collectors are waiting to hear what the explanation on this goof will be. I decided to start spending a little more money on cards each month ($20 to be exact). On today's podcast I tell you about a bidding strategy that worked for me (and has worked for me since recording the show as well). I will be monitoring what I buy closely, and I'll be challenging my brother from Sports Card Report to see who can have the highest card portfolio value at the end of 1 year. Keep track of our Sports Card Bankroll Bet Challenge Here. We preview 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball, which now has a wrapper redemption added for Hobby and Jumbo boxes only. There will be a chance at getting real diamonds in this stuff, these cards are 1/1 but with 330 total versions (1 for each base card) there is a chance! Collectors now don't have to wait long as the release date was moved up to February 2, 2011. We will have to wait to find out all the SP and variation cards, as nothing too concrete has come out, other than the standard inserts. - Listen To Show #70 Below -

Show #69 10/11 Limited Hockey + 2010 Bowman Draft Baseball + Top 10 Cards

On this episode of the Sports Card Show Podcast we mix in some product news and our coin toss segment - this time with a Fan Forum Member submission to play on air! There were lots of products that came out over the last few weeks ... too many to talk about on the show. So we take 2 products that have come out recently that people seem to like. 2010 Bowman Draft Pick and Prospects Baseball This product came out in mid-December and has many prospect and rookie autograph cards. You'll even find AFLAC Bryce Harper Autographs inserted - those sell for $500+ at the moment. There are lots of young talented players in this set - and we will find out more about them over the coming months. Boxes were PreSale around $79.99 but have gone down a little since release. 2010/11 Panini Limited Hockey This set contains all serial numbered cards - and you'll also find many of the top 10-11 Hockey Prospects autographs. Maybe the coolest jersey card set of the year so far for hockey are the Manufactured Marks #1/1, which contain jumbo Reebok logos (and possibly others). This set came out right before Christmas on December 22 - and has been selling fairly well on the secondary market. 1956 Topps Baseball We go back in time to 1956 Topps Baseball. This set is known for the two different card stocks Grey & White ... each have short prints depending on the card number. The Checklist cards from this set have no numbers on them, and are tough to find in good condition. This set has 340 (+2 Checklists) cards, which was more than most of the sets Topps had come out with in the last few season. Bowman was its own company making cards before this season when Topps bought the company in 1955. Top 10 Most Watch Sports Cards in 2010 This is a cool list where you can go back and see some of the most popular sales online over the past season. Stephen Strasburg cards set records both in terms of number of watchers and how much people paid for his cards early on in the 2010 baseball season. People still pay top dollar for his cards, but not nearly as much before he was injured. The Coin Toss This week we have a Fan Forum Member send in his response!! Plus I read all the reactions from our Fan Forum Members to these questions: This years football overall: Topps vrs Panini Shopping online for gifts vrs Going to mall/stores to buy gifts 1 great gift vrs several good gifts Check Beckett For Card Values vrs Checking eBay/Online for value Give us a Call: 916-222-1116 - Listen To Show #69 Below -

Show #68 COA's + Box Previews & Reviews + More

Lots of great information in this podcast! We talk about our recent box breaks and the types of cards you can expect from those sets: 2010 Panini Certified Football Very cool set that we were lucky to pull an Emmitt Smith Jersey Card from and Colt McCoy Prime Materials, who was playing well for the Cleveland Browns at QB before getting hurt. Check out the video, pictures & winners: 2010 Panini Certified Football Box Break. 2010/11 Panini Rookies & Stars Basketball We love basketball cards at Sports Card Radio, so its always fun to check out the newst cards from Panini. We got 2 Autograph Cards + 2 Jersey Cards, with one of the autos being Chris Bosh in his new Miami Heat uniform. You'll find all the top 10/11 NBA Draft Picks in this set including John Wall. 2010 Topps Sterling Baseball Can't say I know much about this set, other than its expensive! The interesting thing is the base set is 150 cards, but some players that have played for multiple teams like Nolan Ryan, Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez - will have mulitiple base cards for each team they have played for (in most cases). There are player theme packs within each box as well as a regular pack. 2010 Press Pass 5 Star Racing The super premium set - and only a select number of elite drivers make it into the set. The base cards are serial numbered to just 35. Each sealed wooden box actually contains 2 packs - one with a book card - one with the base card + other firesuit/autograph cards. I talked about Wesley (Wes) Matthews on a previous show when he got a few starts over the injured Brandon Roy. He now starts for the TrailBlazers - and looks to be a quality player. He has some rookie cards from last season that have been going up due to his quality play: 2009/10 Wes Matthews RC Rookie Card Checklist Amar'e Stoudemire and Paul Millsap have been playing well too early in the season. We talk about Certificates of Authenticity or COA for buying autographs. I would say that the majority of these are fake authentication - and you should only purchase autographs authenticated by TriStar, Upper Deck and PSA/DNA. There are others, but these are the most trusted in the business at the current time. I personally would not spend money on an autograph unless it was from one of those companies. Be sure to check out our Exclusive 2010 Panini Gridiron Gear Hidden Gems Autograph Photos. Give Us A Call: 916-222-1116 - Listen To Show #68 Below -

Show #67 Call In Phone Number + Limited Basketball + Triple Threads FB + Contests

916-222-1116 is Sports Card Radio's new call in voice mail line. Give us a call and hear it on a future Sports Card Podcast. If you can't think of anything to say ... tell me your product of the year for 2010 - and you might win a prize! This week we talk about a product we had the pleasure of breaking an entire box of recently. 2010/11 Panini Limited Basketball Box Break was a great one and 1 lucky fan forum member was able to take down all the cards for free! The cards were thicker than I remember past versions of this set being - and it feels like an expensive set. Every card is serial numbered - we even pulled a Kevin Love autograph before he went on his record setting rebounding tear in the NBA. 2010 Topps Triple Threads Football is probably a set we won't be able to bust open in person, but its filled with triple hits all over. You'll find triple auto's, triple relic cards and more. The coolest cards are probably the Jumbo Sleeve Patch Book-Cards. We touch on a video I got from a listener about how he turned $99 into over $1,400 when he really needed it the most. Sure is cool to see people hit it big when collecting cards - especially people that have served for this country and needed the money too. We have so many great contests going this week that you have to join our Fan Forum to get involved in the action. We'll have contests for 2010 Bowman Chrome Baseball, 2010 Topps Chrome Football and 2010 Topps Update Baseball. To top that off - right after that we have 2010/11 Panini Rookies & Stars Basketball & 2010 Panini Certified Football to bust as well!!! Give us a call anytime 916-222-1116 Send us an e-mail: sportscardshow@gmail.com Visit our website: Sports Card Radio - Listen To Show #67 Below -

Show #66 Panini Contests + 1971 Topps + 2011 Baseball Prospects

Show #66 Panini Contests + 1971 Topps + 2011 Baseball Prospects This show is dedicated to a special friend of the podcast that passed away last week. We haven't done a show in a while where we just kind of talk about all kinds of different things. We'll talk about 2010 Bowman Chrome Baseball and 2010/11 Panini Limited after our Box Break Contests this month. There were some huge sports happenings, including my favorite team: SF Giants winning the World Series. Great to see prospects I saw play in the minors like Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner be such a huge part of the team. We talk a little bit about the NBA and how the season is going so far. A popular Jersey Authenticator actually is selling all the NBA Tip-Off week 1 jerseys on www.auctions.nba.com We do a little past & present when we talk about 1971 Topps Baseball and the kind of cards you can find in that set. There are some cards that are tough to find with good centering, let alone clean borders & edges. Our Sports Card Radio Fan Forum Members all took a shot on some Baseball Prospects that might make some (or more) noise during the 2011 MLB Season not name Bryce Harper or Aroldis Chapman. There are some good suggestions here, I encourage you to listen to the segment or check the forum thread. We are having OUR BIGGEST FREE Box Breaks This Month Big Thanks To: http://www.paniniamerica.net For These Contests: 2010/11 Panini Limited Basketball 2010 Panini Crown Royale Football 2010/11 Score Hockey Mor Big Thanks To: http://www.fsfuk.co.uk For These: 2010 Bowman Chrome Baseball 2010 Topps Chrome Football 2010 Topps Update Baseball Be on the lookout for the debut Sports Card Focus Podcast next week! - Listen To Show #66 Below -

Show #65 Just Jerseys + 2010 Crown Royale Football + Score Hockey

Its that time of year where you wish your Visa Card had an unlimited amount of money available - or you have awesome friends and family to buy you gifts for the holidays ---- because there are tons of great cards on the market and coming onto the market during the end of 2010. Product Previews: 2010 Just Minors Jersey Baseball This set is pretty cool - and not all that expensive if you are willing to take a gamble on an unopened box. You get 1 autographed Full Jersey per box/pack. There are Game Used Jerseys inserted 1:120 Boxes (some auto'd some not). This set takes you away from traditional cardboard, and gives you an entire signed jersey of some recognizable MLB players and prospects. These jerseys sell on the secondary market as well if you don't want to gamble on a box purchase. 2010/11 Score Hockey Still not enough information on this set to run to the store and buy it ... but we will find out this week. Its cheap ($0.99 Per Pack) and rookies fall 1:2 Packs. There are autographs 1:20 Hobby Boxes - so they are rare, but the Anniversary Buy-Back Cards will probably sell well if you pull one. You will also find the top 2010/11 NHL Rookies and redemption cards for future rookies. 2010 Panini Crown Royale Football This might be the best Panini Football product to date in 2010 ... we'll see when it comes out November 3rd. People are loving the design and look of the Rookie Die Cuts ... myself included. I'll probably wait until the set cools off - and possibly wait until even more premium 2010 football sets like Topps Five Star and Topps Supreme - to pick up a Jermaine Gresham and Jordan Shipley being a Bengals fan. I make a call on this show - if Stephen Strasburg 2010 Topps Update Peak Performance Autographs are still selling in the $140 - $150 range 6 months from now ... I'll buy a $150 box for a Free Box break on Sports Card Radio. We have our first (I think) Buy - Sell - Hold listener style. Buster Posey Tim Tebow Stephen Strasburg John Wall Stay up to date on current releases: - Sports Card Release Calendar - Join Our Fan Forum For A Chance To Win 2010/11 Panini Certified Hockey Cards - http://www.sportscardradio.com/forum - Listen To Show #65 Below -

Show #64 2010 Panini Absolute + Certified Hockey + Topps Update + EEE Baseball

We have one of our longest shows this week and we discuss 4 different products that have come out recently - along with our Coin Toss game with our loyal Fan Forum Members. Product Releases 2010 Panini Absolute Memorabilia Football We had the priveledge to open one of these hobby boxes recently - and really like the look of the cards, along with the quality. I didn't see any noticible damage or dings to the corners or edges, which is good to see in a premium product. You will find 1 Tiple Memorabilia Autograph RC Card per box among many other hits. 2010 Donruss Elite Extra Edition EEE Baseball Cool product that has some interesting quirks and players inside. The main focus is on the baseball prospects that have autographs - many considered RC autographs within the set. You also have Bay Watch star Pamela Anderson signing cards. Also of note - Jordan Swagerty Autograph Cards often feature the signature of NBA Legend Magic Johnson .... so you might want to go check those if you have any. 2010 Topps Update & Highlights Baseball This set covers the second half of the MLB season - but you will recognize many of the names in the set. The most interesting cards might be the 2010 All-Star Game Relic & Autograph sets. You also have Collector Sketch Cards - which should be interesting to see what those sell for on the secondary market. 2010 Panini Certified Hockey One of the first sets of the season - and one that will set you back around $8 - $10 per pack. There are the top NHL draft picks, along with many familiar veteran, retired and current NHL hockey players. This set has something for every hockey collector. Our Coin Toss Segment Returns: Colt McCoy - vrs. - Jimmy Clausen (Someone just gave you $1,000 to spend on the following) $1,000 For 1 Case Of Cards - vrs - $1,000 For 1 Single Card (ie: MJ Rookie, LeBron Auto RC, Walter Payton Auto, Vintage Mickey Mantle...ect) (Just for buying single cards) eBay - vrs - COMC Topps Chrome - vrs. - Topps Finest - Listen To Show #64 Below -

Show #63 2010 Topps Finest + Chrome Baseball + Prestige Basketball

Some really good products have come out recently so we talk about them and what you can possibly get inside a box or two. We also poll our Fan Forum Members on what card they have pulled that is worth the most money! Product Discussion: 2010 Topps Finest Football For whatever its worth - people have been claiming that this is the 'early season product of the year.' There is some good value inside a complete hobby box - and even just 1 mini box should have a nice hit. The rookies are really what everyone is after - including SuperFractor and other parallel cards. 2010 Topps Chrome Baseball This was supposed to be a very expensive and hot selling product if Stephen Strasburg stayed healthy. As it is, you still see strong prices on Mike Stanton Autographs and even Strasburg and Heyward auto's sell pretty well online. 2010/11 Panini Prestige Basketball Kicking off the NBA season with a solid mid-priced product that contains 2 autographs and 2 jersey cards per box. People are paying between $150 - $200 for John Wall autographs ... all the other rookies fall in the $60 or less. You will also find LeBron James in a Heat uniform. Our Question of The Day is: What is the best card you have pulled from a box or pack? Prize: 1 Pack 06/07 Topps Full Court Basketball - Listen To Show #63 Below -