Hosted by Mike Schopp, The Hobby is WGR's new show for sports card and memorabilia collectors. Listen every Saturday from 8am-9am for in-depth information, interviews, tips, and tricks. Whether you have an appreciation for sports memorabilia, you're just starting a collection, or you're a serious collector, this is the show for you!
Beckett price guides are nice as, well, guides. But a lot of factors play in to the value of a card that the price guide can't help you too much with.
Take this 2005-06 Alexander Ovechkin Ultimate "Debut Threads" card. It books at $40. I opened it from a pack about two years ago. I put it up on eBay a couple weeks ago and immediately started getting offers for the card.
Most collectors can remember their early days with The Hobby, opening cheap packs that Santa left under the tree. (How long ago was that?!) Mike Schopp tells of his Hobby beginnings, and also talks about a star NFL quarterback whose cards he thinks are undervalued.
Listeners frequently inquire about grading -- when to do it, how it works, etc. Bob Snyder of Dave & Adam's Card World stops by to give some tips in that area. Also, Mike Schopp catches up on some listener email.
An area collector says he purchased a Mickey Mantle jersey for $40 at an estate sale recently, and he called back this week to tell us that the jersey has been authenticated as game-worn! What a find! Also, Tracy Hackler, publisher of Beckett Media, weighs in on what the Tiger Woods scandal will mean to his "collectability".
Mike Schopp says he's been unimpressed with manufactured letter patches, but he's got an idea to help make it interesting. Tune in for that topic and others.
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