Hobby Quick Hits Ep.188 Card Show Reviews/State of the Union

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Newman hello everybody Welcome to

episode 88 of hobby quick hits today's

episode uh recently did two shows kind

of close to each other so kind of do a

card show review that we do from time to

time and also a little bit of the stated

of a hobby kind of the things I'm seeing

through the card shows but not just uh

at the card shows uh alone so kind of a

card show review slash state of the

union if you will so with that being

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Let's Go Round The Hobby verse and catch

up on this week's hobby

news and find

out it's show Showtime as in show he

oani the first ever 5050 guy 50 homers

50 steals uh you know I've been a

baseball fan since the late 70s early

80s if you will and U I never thought

we'd see a 5050 guy so incredible feat

uh I've talked about him before you know

he's going to be arguably Baron injury

or or major setback a one of the

greatest players of all time and he had

uh one of the SE best seasons of all

time he had one of the best games of all

time to get to 50/50 6 for six three

dingers two Steel deals four runs and 10

ribbies uh takes guys two three weeks to

get uh get those kind of numbers he did

it in a three-hour span just an

incredible player and he hasn't even

pitched this year uh and he had one of

the most incredible seasons and you know

makes you wonder is it worth risking

injury pitching to not have him in the

Batters box and that's a question for

another day but I obviously as a result

his cards have always been uh in demand

but uh just went to the next uh level

you you'll hear me in the uh the main

topic segment I I just did some shows

and uh recent accolades have have you

know really put a dent in my uh Shi

inventory uh if you will so congrats to

him you know at the whole gambling thing

I think I've said it before I'm I'm not

going to shy away from it I think

there's a cover up going on on because I

think baseball knows he's kind of the

face of the of of the league right now

and uh you got a you know you got other

young stars but he's he's the man of the

moment and um you know I hate I hate to

think that way uh but uh you know that's

my that's my honest opinion uh new tops

product uh so kids save your money it's

only $8,000 a box ask mom or dad for a a

rais in your allowance uh it's called

The Mercury product which is they're

going to release more of these

especially with their exclusive athletes

in this case it's uh Victor wanana uh

it's eight cards in the box so $11,000

per cards uh per card they all eight

cards are encased in a MAG Tite sealed

uh two Autos guaranteed per per box geez

thanks uh tops for eight grand I would I

would hope so uh there are dual Autos

with chases with numerous other players

in wemi but the big one being the first

wemi LeBron James uh dual Auto cards

coming out on October

9th uh so uh kids again uh save your

money but this Mercury product they're

going to uh use it on first year player

so uh you know going to be high OB not

going to be it is highend and uh you

know for to each their own right but uh8

8K a

box all right speaking of tops they're

voting for the number one card in the

year 2025 Flagship box which is not

$8,000 uh a piece thankfully uh is open

they have one candidate from each team I

believe the three contenders in my mind

for number one is the man we just talked

about Shi I think Bobby Whit Jr also has

a shot an outside chance and Paul SK

from the Pirates but I got a feeling

you're going to see shoh as the number

number one card on the 2025 tops uh

product but if you don't want them to be

go out there and get get voting uh for

other candidates you feel uh you you

would rather see uh Mattel you know we

had Monopoly prism now we have Mattel

football Uno now it's still the game

they're just using uh the NFL players uh

likenesses on the Uno cards uh so it's

not not exactly like the pris a monopoly

with packs and that sort of thing but

it'll be interesting to see if at all

these these carts people list these I'm

sure they'll get listed but if there's

any secondary market for individual

cards from the Mattel uh Uno set we

we'll have to wait and see there and we

we'll close with the uh cgc has opened

their full-time residence in the

Fanatics collect uh vault in

Oregon formerly p WCC uh they have a

full-time operations uh Fanatics collect

members can submit cards uh for grading

and storage at the Fanatics collect

Vault there if you so too they also

offer a cheap a cheaper uh version where

you don't get a grade but they'll

authenticate the card as real for I

think three four or five bucks somewhere

uh around that uh price low so uh

there's uh this week's and now now our

Feature

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Presentation all right got a couple

shows to kind of weigh in on give my

observations these will be from a dealer

perspective uh as I set up at both of

these shows so uh both shows uh very

good uh let's start with the first one

we'll go in chronological order

September 8th at the New York State

fairgrounds in Syracuse New York I

always refer to this as my home show

it's 4.5 miles from my house to the New

York State fairgrounds and it was the F

the last show at the fairgrounds uh

these collector fests were April uh 21st

so uh not quite five months but almost

five months a couple weeks shy of five

five months so a lot of the locals here

in the Syracuse area were chopping at

the bit uh for the fairground show now

there is another Syracuse show a smaller

one in a hotel uh not my favorite I

usually don't even go and I usually well

not usually I don't set up and I don't

even go even as a from a collector's

perspective so uh you know those that

really look forward to this show had

almost a f Monon wait from the last show

to the September 8th show and it was

apparent a lot of people were there a

lot of people buying it was my second

second best show of the Year very close

to being uh my best show of the year so

comes in uh at second place by probably

50 bucks uh that's how close it was so a

lot of SGC submissions uh sold some big

cards uh traffic was good and uh you

know goes to show you sometimes if you

don't over saturate shows right you'll

you'll get that sort of response it's

that that balancing of the scale

uh if you will so let's go to the show I

just did just completed um September

21st so a couple weeks later the monthly

show that I do in Watertown New York uh

SG subtable was pretty steady wasn't uh

didn't break any records there but uh

solid and steady and had a really good

show on my card side of thing for

selling cards and I've I've changed my

setup uh folks how I do it i' I've using

some new I'm using the card catalogs

from bcw replaced uh some of these

smaller boxes uh and I've really gone

all plastic I don't have any cardboard

boxes um anymore on my table so one

plastic it's more durable more rugged I

can get a little more physical carrying

the stuff around I don't have to worry

about boxes falling apart or replacing

uh and again a very strong show okani as

you might imagine uh was the man of the

hour sold quite a bit of Otani

otanis that became hard to say um but I

also sold quite a bit like the days

leading up to that show on um you know

selling platform so I didn't have I have

a a decent amount of Shan uh Otani

inventory but not as much now cuz

between selling what I had at the show

and the days leading up to the Show

online uh really put a dent uh in my

okani inventory and I have now I don't

put everything out so I I have some kind

of in reserve that I'm probably holding

on to longterm uh if you will CJ stoud

was another popular player where people

ask for and as always I sold a lot of

vintage and I just it's it's getting

harder to replace you know raw sort of

off-grade vintage so I'm going to have

to try to get some lots of those and

kind of re replenish my my boxes if you

will and um you know the new setup uh I

take up less table space um so I'm able

to put more stuff out it's easier to uh

set up and unload I used to be the last

one out of shows I'm no longer that and

that's that's an accomplishment in

itself I'm actually the guys I usually

set up with especially at the Watertown

show we're almost leaving at the same

time and usually I'm an hour behind them

so I've made some changes to the show

setup the what I use how I how I set up

and it's made uh it's made a world of

difference uh TimeWise and uh that's

nice it's nice to you know sort of be

able to hit the road you know when the

show finally is over uh sooner than

comparatively speaking to what you what

I usually do and especially when with

the water town it's an hour drive home

uh for me so the earlier I get on the

road uh the better but uh not a deal

breaker uh either way so two good shows

in a row I got a couple weeks off from

from the show circuit to to kind of

restock reload uh get ready for the uh

next shows if anyone listening I rarely

do this but if anyone listening has some

vintage stars and semi Stars raw you

know don't they don't have to be you

know in gradable shape you know

especially in Lots uh contact me or the

show uh social medias and uh see but we

can we can get a deal done there's a

plea for for uh you know restocking uh

By Me So if you think you might be able

to help uh let me know stars and semi

Stars I'm not looking for comments but

um you know if you got something you

know I I also peruse the message boards

or you know the the Facebook uh selling

groups but uh again let me know but uh

so two great shows got a little break

here um let's talk a little bit you know

I kind of

like the the title of the show right

little State of the Union Topps

composite uh came out which is their

unlicensed football brand features some

rookies and Veteran retired players with

no logos although uh some logos sort of

partially shown which I find interesting

I know we talked about on hobby hotline

that you know if panini would have done

something like that there'd be lawsuits

and and injunctions to stop you know

stop the sale and all that stuff but

tops and I feel the reason is obvious

they're at the same table with the

players and the players union no one's

going to say anything and so kind of a

double standard but uh you know that's

that's where we are you know right now

with you know Fanatics about to really

take a 75% strangle hold if you will in

the hobby that's going to we're closer

to that now obviously than we've ever

been we're a year or year or two away

and and closer Panini starting to wrap

up uh their ni nil deals which they have

to uh do um you know because they

they're going to survive right in some

form or capacity and function so they're

they're looking uh you know longterm to

uh try to survive and um they will

they'll just be a different type of

company so the landscape is is changing

uh quickly

um you know whether you like it or not I

tell I tell collectors right I don't

open much new stuff anymore I I know I

mentioned the composite I haven't opened

any I've seen it um someone gave me some

Steeler cards at the show cuz they know

that's my favorite team from that

product but I haven't opened it

personally and um you know if you don't

like what's going on there's other ways

to hobby like for me i' I'm I'm really

real I've always been vintage but I've

really slanted heavily more so than ever

before folks on on the Vintage side of

the house so you know I could say the

new the new terrain doesn't affect me

but I love the hobby I do content

creation we got to talk about it it does

it does affect me in the fact that I'm

passionate and I care about it right I

want to see the best that can happen to

the Hobby doesn't always work out uh

like that but uh you know if you don't

enjoy the new stuff buy stuff that's

been already printed as I pretty much

you know not 100% but almost 100% do and

um you know that whatever whatever you

have to do to the to enjoy the hobby

there's multiple ways uh to to do it

more break-ins uh you know it seems like

every week including uh one of the

sponsors of this show right the sports

card shop for this I believe the second

time there New Buffalo Michigan store

was broken into and you're just hearing

that again way way too much much and as

people more aware of what these cards

are worth or potentially worth these

stores are targets uh and U it's sad

because you know people you know as a

former store owner which I was uh you

know you work hard to build your store

build your inventory build your business

you know many people who own stores this

is their full-time job this is their

livelihood and to see someone just come

in and take that away or try to take

some of that away just really piss PES

me off pardon my French and uh even

though it's not my stuff it's just the

the the whole premise of it and um we

need to get more you know uh local laws

and and federal laws we need to get

tougher laws you know you read a lot of

times even when they catch these

perpetrators and and committers of these

crimes they get slaps on the wrist and

so there's no deterrent right there's no

deterrent for people who see that to not

try it themselves and we we need to get

stronger stronger penalties uh for for

thefts and and things like that until we

do you know we're we're going to

probably continue to see a rash of of

burglaries and uh sad sad to see and I

hope I root for every uh LCS owner out

there that it doesn't uh happen uh to to

you so you know uh going back to some

local news you know I mentioned that

Watertown show is a monthly show I do

Watertown New York north of me here in

Syracuse about an hour hour um in

November they got JSA appearing uh at

their show and so that will be uh pretty

neat I have I just bought a collection I

if you follow me on social media you saw

pieces of it I I did post it some manual

autos and there was a luk l Garett Cut

Auto that uh looks little legit but

again I got to get it authenticated so

uh I'm going to use that Wednesday uh

that uh you know November appearance by

ASA to get some of that collection

authenticated and um you know going back

to that collection I don't think I've

talked about it on on the show um but

you know I thought it was going to be

more cars and then when I got there it

was more uh autograph memor B there was

some cards uh uh nothing crazy to write

home about but there was some and uh so

you know I got a pretty decent deal on

it uh I normally don't like to buy

memorabilia but it was too good of a

deal like to not do and a couple Billy

Joel Autos in there you a lot of you

know I'm a huge Billy Joel guy so those

were in in there and um probably two to

300 autographed 8 by10 there were some

Perez steel uh autograph cards I think a

I'm I'm very comfortable saying I think

you know a good percentage of it is

legit and uh you know there were seven

manual Autos five of them look real to

me to our our questionable nature but

we'll get those uh we'll get those

verified I talked about the l l gar Cut

Auto there's some other stuff there's a

Jim Brown uh signed uh book um that the

the seller told me they that she got

that signed in person so it's 100% again

that'll probably be something uh I just

get uh you know authenticated for

authenticity purposes obviously um so

that that November appearance by J JSA

in the Watertown show which is a small

show so it's kind of cool that they're

coming to that show how how often they

do I don't know we'll we'll see but uh

uh that that it's perfect timing uh for

me to get some of that stuff sort of you

know authenticated and you know the

stuff that is going to get resold you

know come to Market with it so uh that

kind of wraps up you know my show review

We Touch a little bit

on some of the things going on the hobby

let's keep this uh episode short and

sweet plus I'm I'm pretty tired it was a

busy busy weekend Syracuse football then

Following the show and U um so time to

time to refresh and get charged for the

new week and so with that being said uh

hope you're having fun in the hobby out

there uh uh you know keep collecting be

happy doing it and have a great week

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