The Sports Card Show

Been away for about a month so there's a mix of news that we cover on today's show. 2014 Topps Chrome Football taught anyone that didn't know already that Topps makes products 'to order' ... so if everyone orders it - the product ends up being a dud. Looks like Topps is doing group breaks now ... just like I predicted they would years ago. Topps Dynasty Baseball contained a Don Mattingly card with an Angels patch in it. The diamonds in Panini Flawless cards might not be real. COMC now has auctions. Plus I give out some sleeper NBA talent and some advice on selling your cards.

On today's show I blast off more on the 2014 Panini Flawless cards that Panini's CEO Mark Warsop originally called "mistakenly labeled." We now know more cards are effected and it's clear Panini didn't mislabel all these cards. Instead of taking ownership of it, they've tired to pass this off as a "mistake" or a vendor issue - BUT IN FACT IT'S PANINI LYING TO YOUR FACE. They knowingly made these cards, knowingly put game used on them. Someone needs to get fired and Panini will need to EARN MY TRUST BACK. I'm not going to just ass-slap them just because they make cards and neither should you.

On today's show we discuss mostly news from Panini, but mix in some other items along the way. There's 2 Blowout Forum threads I discuss this week. One is about how there's likely some patch cards in Panini Flawless football that aren't what they are advertised as. Second is a thread about the business end of cards and I give you my thoughts on both. Panini is releasing a Donruss Baseball factory set, and find out what inside is making collectors upset. Panini signed a deal the Texas University and COMC black Friday sales have started.

There's a new podcast about cards out there if you haven't heard called "Trading Card Preservation" and can be found on iTunes & heartbreakingcards.com . Panini is charging customers to ship items on the "rewards" website. Topps & others have very flimsy "game-used" language on cards these days. National Treasures to have Barry Bonds and Kris Bryant. Will Alibaba buy ebay and/or PayPal soon? Box prices for 2013/14 NBA Basketball cards and 2013 Football are all down from original price. Does the Hobby have a supply/demand issue?

On today's show we run down several topics including the SF Giants winning their 3rd World Series in 5 years. I talk about the NASCAR events over the last weekend. We talk about Derek Jeter buy-back autographs that will appear in Panini MLBPA products soon. Also, Panini signs exclusive deals with licencing agents representing over 200 colleges. I went to a card show with a former guest on the show and more.

On today's show, I give my takes on some topics, news and products I've seen cross the wire recently. First I discuss the Upper Deck Basketball exclusive license with EuroLeague basketball. Next I discuss Collector Crate - which I declined a free box because I wanted to give you a non-biased opinion of the business model. I talk about the details of Panini Black Friday promotion. Finally we discuss the 14/15 Panini Prestige Basketball product being exclusive at Target and costing as much as $200!

On today's show I answer several questions that listeners have sent me over the last few weeks. I discuss the Leaf Cal Ripken Jr Ironman set. We discuss some collecting tips including bartering, how age/gender effect collectors and what are the best cards to collect if you are looking for a safe investment. According to Bloomberg - Topps has over $200m in debt with a large chunk due next year. I discuss if that's cause for alarm, or something Topps can manage. Lastly I discuss some tips on how to become a successful webmaster. 

On today's show we talk about the recently published The Modern Baseball Card Investor book. We also field questions from listeners and more.

On today's show, we recap the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention. I talk about the "crickets" pavilion. We discuss if company booth size was in relation to financial stability. We talk about the NFLPA - and what you need to know about the deal. Lastly - we have a listener question & stock tips.

Today our interview guest is @SportsCardNews from the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention. We talk about the new 10 year NFLPA exclusive licence Panini secured ... and who you really should direct your anger towards (guess what: it's not Panini or the NFLPA). We talk about how it's been crickets at the Group Breaking Pavilion with guys struggling to sell through breaks. I even have felt bad watching some of these breakers blow over $10,000 on an event that won't yield them any new business. We talk about the National, Twitter stock, XPO Stock & more.