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This is arguably the easiest and simplest way to make money in sports cards; buying in the offseason. When whatever sport you dabble in is on vacation, there is very little buzz surrounding it, this is when you strike! This hobby is built around the present; what have you done for me lately and the reactionary purchases during the season. Yes, it’s really as simple as buying Football Cards in February/March, Baseball in November/December and Basketball in July/August. This particular strategy is one of the long plays in the how […]

As we all know card prices have been on a steady and historic rise for some time. Prices on cards vary for many different circumstances, but usually follows performance. Unsurprisingly, not all cards have gone up over the years. I will dive deep into the 2003 and 2004 NBA Draft classes which were once full of young promising players and compare prices at that time of the established classes from yesteryear, the 1996 and 1997 class.  All data will be taken directly from an old paper Beckett Price Guide from […]

As a Hobbyist and Investor of sports card for decades I have seen trends come and go. Ranging from boring old sports cards, to “Linsantiy”, to “ Ben Simmons Prizm”, explosion of Giannis, Mahomes, and the Covid takeoff. I am a collector at heart; however I am not beyond cashing in on these anomalies. Cards which I’ve held onto for years, are suddenly worth more than a monthly mortgage payment. I have changed strategies over the years, from just collecting, to grading, to only buying Slabs. There is no right […]

This 2020 NFL campaign has been a wild one to say the least for the sports card market. Injuries have crippled card prices of superstars and unknowns have burst onto the scene almost weekly. So let us look back at some of the highlights from the first half and what we can expect headed into the playoffs. Dak Prescott was one of the hottest QBs coming into the season. He lived up to the hype until Week 5’s horrible injury. We saw his 2016 Prizm rookie PSA 10 peak around […]

Is now the time to re-enter the NBA market? Is the selloff finally over?  It is my opinion that the Sports Card Market is still very cyclical, and you absolutely should look at basketball cards AGAIN. Some might be thinking why now, the season is almost over. All I have to say, is “Good things happen to those who are patient”.  There are no free lunches and buying offseason and holding for 6 months is as close to a free lunch you will ever get. Just another example of doing […]

It seems as if all you ever hear in the sports card world is the vast opportunity in basketball, football and baseball. There is plenty of opportunity there, but with everyone’s eyes focused on those three sports, might be time to consider hockey. There is a great opportunity approaching and it’s time to get in early. Hockey is largely overlooked; however, it is a market that is showing signs of growth. Whether it be a rapid increase in card prices, stemming from an impressive single-game performance, or the surge in […]

Every year, I spend as much of my August as I can diving into Warren Sharp’s Football Preview. If you have never read it, I’d highly recommend doing so if you like stats, analytics, etc. It has opened my eyes to an entirely new game within the game. There are so many ways that coaches and players can become more efficient and productive, yet most coaches still ignore the obvious things that could help them. After combing through each team’s chapter, I was left with a handful of players that […]

The title says it all, and I think we’ve all done it at one point or another. You search and search for the card you’re wanting to buy at the price you’re wanting to buy, but you just can’t find the right deal. You send offer after offer and get decline after decline. I’m going to use some examples over the next few paragraphs, from my own personal experience, to help you not fall in to this trap in your own card buying ventures. I will show a few charts […]

The 2020 NFL season is quickly approaching as we are less than 3 weeks away from kickoff on Thursday. I have noticed one trend; the lack of NFL buzz coming around this year. At this point we should be hearing nonstop Training Camp reports and ESPN jamming Matthew Berry down our throats. This all just seems out of the ordinary but nothing is ordinary in 2020. The NBA playoffs have stolen some of the NFL’s thunder, not to mention a lack of preseason games also doesn’t help the hype of […]

Sports Trading Cards have been around for over 100 years and feature some of the most iconic players that have ever participated in their respective sport, captured in time on a piece of cardboard. Initially, trading cards were included with cigarette tins, attached to various food items, then sold in wax packs with bubble gum. Over the years trading cards have changed in many ways; brands have come and gone just as quickly as the players themselves. Today, there is more attention on the hobby than there ever had been […]

You may have heard of someone mention cracking or opening a PSA or BGS slab (graded card). This is typically done  when someone wants to resubmit a card. There are several different scenarios where this would typically be done. It could be to resubmit a card that has an obvious issue like a fingerprint or smudge that may have diminished the grade or to resub to a different grading company. The process is fairly simple, but you will want to make sure that you use care, as there is some […]