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EP 35 - The 2026 Card Market: What we have learnt so far this year!
In this episode Hank & Mick discuss all that we have learnt from the card market in 2026. Prices have exploded. Overall demand has spiked. Is it a good time now to stop and appreciate the cards you currently hold in your collection? We think so. But being a collector is an active thing - we always want to keep growing and improving our collections. How do we do this, when prices are so high and the market is so hot?
Hank has learnt how iconic cards, with strong design (like the 1993 Scoring Kings) may have large population counts, and not be super rare... but still garner insane demand from collectors. Mick has watched the Non-Sport market explode this year... and is grateful for the Star Wars collection he has managed to piece together. Hank is still yet to buy a single non-sports card. What a year so far... and its not over yet!
EP 34 - Hobby Influencers: Is Gary Vee the Elon Musk of Non-Sports Cards?
In this Episode, Hank & Mick chat about the impact that high-profile Influencers have on the Hobby. We discuss how Gary Vee drops a video about 1930s Mickey Mouse cards, and hours later the prices run out of control. This year we have also had Logan Paul and his record setting sale of his Pikachu Illustrator. Do these Influencers really push the needle on prices and demand for these cards, or are some of these cards so low-pop, that the market can be controlled easily?
We also do a deep-dive into the explosion of Non-Sports cards. We chat about the recent Disney and Star Wars trading cards boom. Mick explains his nostalgia for Star Wars, and Hank is fascinated how some of these cards are 50+ years old, and they lie dormant for years... only to have a sudden price discovery seemingly out of nowhere.
EP 33 - The National Recap: We're back. We're exhausted... and we bought cards!
In this Episode, Hank & Mick are back from Chicago and unpack their first ever National Sports Collectors Convention. What was it like? What did we see? What cards did we buy? It was the busiest and biggest National ever... and in this hot market, we chat about the cards we saw, and the ones we pulled the trigger on.
We chat about everything from having a plan, tossing it aside. Buying overpriced Jordans. Adding a 2013 Select Gold. Meeting other podcast legends at the Card Ladder booth. Buffet breakfasts. VIP Passes. Trade nights. PSA and Beckett grading lines. Seeing million dollar cards up close. The sheer scale of the largest trading cards show in the world. The Card Casino! Its all here. Enjoy!
EP 32 - Ready for The National: The biggest card show on the planet... here we come!
In this Episode, Hank & Mick are clearly excited that they are flying out in a couple of days for The National in Chicago. The National Sports Collectors Convention is the worlds largest card show, spanning a mammoth 5 days. Hank and Mick have their flights booked, have our VIP tickets ready... and are days away from heading to the airport.
We discuss how we plan to negotiate the insane 21 hour flying time from Melbourne to Chicago. How we spend a couple of days acclimatising to the timezone by cruising around the city. Then we chat about everything from what cards we are hunting at the show, the benefits of pacing yourself... and the fact that you never know, you might find the card you want in the first hour - then what?