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Dave Portnoy has taken Barstool Sports to the moon. And what he has done during the COVID-19 pandemic to help small businesses has been amazing. Seven years ago Topps put a trading card of Dave Portnoy in their annual Allen & Ginter baseball card sets. Barstool’s Dave Portnoy’s baseball card sales are skyrocketing. Who isContinue reading “Barstool’s Dave Portnoy’s Baseball Card Sales Skyrocketing”

Near the end of 2020 eBay announced a new shipping option in the trading cards category. With the constant increases in USPS postage prices many trading cards are not worth it to sell because shipping along in a bubble mailer with tracking can now run close to $3.50. Buyers do not want to pay $5Continue reading “Ebay Shipping Update: Standard Envelope (PWE) With Tracking Almost Here”

Scott Crull was a very sick 12-year old boy in the summer of 1977. Even though young Scott lived on the south side of Chicago in Calumet City, he was a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan. His favorite player was Bobby Murcer, who had been acquired by the Cubs prior to the 1977 season from theContinue reading “The Sad Story of Bobby Murcer, Scott Crull, and an ABC Mistake”

The most common question I am asked regarding the One Million Cubs Project is, “do you count duplicates?” The answer is, yes. Fun fact: there are only around 200,000 unique Cubs cards produced since the 1870’s. I keep the Cubs baseball cards coming in by selling 99 cent cards on Ebay. Selling 99 Cent CardsContinue reading “Selling 99 Cent Cards on Ebay: Is It Worth It?”

Here we are two weeks into the new year, so I’m a bit behind in releasing my hobby goals for 2021. Before we get started on this year’s goals I want to preface this post by explaining how I set my goals. I discuss S.M.A.R.T. goals in my 2019 goals blog post. Last year wasContinue reading “Hobby Goals 2021: Buy, Sell, and Trade”

The year 2020 is finally history. Along with a worldwide pandemic, the year also brought another wave of national hysteria around sports trading cards. It was something the hobby had not seen since the early 1990’s. The “junk wax era,” as it’s become known, brought about massive production to the point cards could be foundContinue reading “Some Target Stores Limiting Sports Card Quantities”

Grading trading cards has been a hot topic over the past year with trimming allegations, certain graders getting preferential grades, and the latest is PSA potentially cutting off bulk subs. I have never submitted a trading card to be graded. Grading is another avenue for collectors in the hobby. In today’s episode of Hobby EvolutionContinue reading “Hobby Evolution Episode 26 – Opinions on Baseball Card Grading”