Market Intelligence for Trading Cards
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Released: February 17, 2026 | Duration: 27:09 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This sports card portfolio analysis reveals what works in soccer investing. Some collectors approach soccer cards like stock portfolios, diversifying across mid-tier players…I know I did. After analyzing 311 sales across 10 months and $55,000 deployed, the data reveals a different story: concentration … Read more
Released: February 10, 2026 | Duration: 17:31 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode The Problem/Question: How do you compare players from different sports when every set has different prices, different supply levels, and different collector bases? Most cross-sport comparisons are subjective: GOAT debates, legacy arguments, cultural rankings. But what if you could put actual numbers to … Read more
Released: February 2, 2026 | Duration: 20:45 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode The Problem/Question: We know Michael Jordan cards are worth more than Karl Malone’s. We know Tom Brady outvalues Rex Grossman. But can you articulate exactly why – or by how much – in a way that’s systematic and predictive? Most of the valuation … Read more
Released: January 26, 2026 | Duration: 22:17 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode The Problem/Question: You listed your card on eBay. A week later it sold – but for less than you expected. Was it the timing? The format? The opening bid? The data says the format matters more than most sellers realize. A Stanford research … Read more
Released: January 13, 2026 | Duration: 24:23 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode The Problem/Question: You’ve been told PSA 9 is a solid grade. Safe. Respectable. But in modern and ultra-modern cards, that PSA 9 is increasingly selling for less than a raw copy fresh out of the pack. The grading explosion of the last five … Read more
Released: January 5, 2026 | Duration: 27:36 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode The Problem/Question: Most collectors assume a bull market means everything goes up. But demand doesn’t work like a tide – it works like a current. It has a direction, a velocity, and a target. When capital enters the sports card market, it flows … Read more
Released: December 30, 2025 | Duration: 31:06 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode Everyone said 2025 was just 2021 again. They were wrong – and if you positioned like it was, you likely got hurt. This is the State of the Hobby episode: a full equity-analyst treatment of the 2025 bull market, built from PSA SEC … Read more
Released: December 15, 2025 | Duration: 16:08 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode PSA has officially acquired Beckett – and combined with their earlier purchase of SGC, all three major grading companies now operate under one roof. This isn’t breaking news. It’s a structural event, and it tells us exactly where we are in the market … Read more
Released: December 9, 2025 | Duration: 1:01:48 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode Tyler "TPott" Nethercott is Senior VP of Product at Sports Card Investor and one of the architects of Market Movers – the most comprehensive card data platform in the hobby, tracking 6.1 million cards across 11 auction houses. His background is as unlikely … Read more
Released: December 2, 2025 | Duration: 33:48 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This is a slower episode than most, deliberately. After several episodes reviewing a full year of buying, selling, and grading data, this one steps back and asks a harder question: what does time actually do to a sports card? Not in terms of … Read more