
On The Cards - A Podcast about collecting sports cards.
A Podcast about collecting sports cards from a couple of degenerate collectors in Melbourne, Australia.
Episodes
13 episodes
EP 13 - Hot Card Markets - how to avoid being burnt
In this episode, Hank & Mick discuss the current state of the market - which is scorching hot! We discuss our tactics and thoughts of collecting through a bull market, from consolidation to fewer but more significant cards, pivoting to chea...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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39:37

EP 12 - Ten Commandments of The Hobby - Our Top 10 collecting rules.
In our biggest and best episode yet, Hank & Mick get out a pair of stone tablets, and chisel our 10 Commandments for The Hobby. From tips such as avoiding the hype, embracing selling cards, and adding cornerstone cards, we dig deep on the m...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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47:21

BONUS EP 02 - The Grading Game: PSA vs BGS
In this second part of our ongoing Grading discussion, Hank & Mick chat who we grade with - for us, its a choice between PSA and BGS. BGS has sub grades, half grades and a sturdier slab, where PSA is the industry leader and PSA 10s are gett...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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39:25

BONUS EP 01 - Grading: An ongoing discussion. It begins in the '90s.
In this Bonus Episode, Hank and Mick begin a multi-part discussion about all things Grading. This episode is all about the beginnings of grading in the 1990s. We reminisce about how when we ran our cards store in 1993, grading was purely subjec...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:25

EP 09 - Vintage vs Modern: What has better long term value?
In this Episode, Hank & Mick discuss collecting Vintage vs Modern cards, and which has the better long term value. Vintage cards are all about condition: centering, corners, registration, surface etc... In 1986 Fleer, there were approximate...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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39:33

EP 08 - Inserts and Parallel cards: all you need to know
In this episode, Hank and Mick discuss everything to do with inserts and parallel cards. We kick-off sorting out what actually is an SSP, and then deep-dive about how inserts shaped the 90s era and how parallels have dominated the modern era. H...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:46

EP 07 - The Big Show: Card Shows in Australia and Overseas
In this episode, Hank and Mick are excited to discuss Card Shows in Australia and Overseas. We chat about the upcoming Hobby Hangout XL show in Melbourne, Collect Fest in July and The Oz National in September. We talk about buzz of attending th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:41

EP 06 - The Big Sell: How, where and why we sell our cards
In this episode Hank & Mick discuss selling cards and the variety of platforms we use in Australia and overseas. From everything from Ebay, Fanatics Collect, Alt, Consignment services, FaceBook Marketplace and selling at Card Shows - we cov...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:10

EP 05 - Our biggest hobby mistakes in the last 5 years
In this episode, Hank and Mick take a good, hard look at their biggest mistakes collecting sports cards and TCG the last 5 years. They discuss buying Pokemon cards at the top of the market (in the covid boom), buying the wrong NBA player at the...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:23

EP 04 - Sports Card Market vs Pokemon TCG Market
In this episode, Hank and Mick dive into a discussion about the Sports Card Market versus the Pokemon/TCG Market. We discuss the current state of the Pokemon market, and our strategy for buying and selling in a hot market. We compare the size o...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:39

EP 03 - Consolidation: Is less actually better than more?
In this third episode, Hank and Mick discuss their experience and thoughts about consolidating down to bigger and better cards. How many cards is too many? How many cards are too few? Is there a perfect balance?Hank evaluates a recent tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:59

EP 02 - Sports Card Content: Who we listen to and why
In this episode, Hank and Mick discuss the Sports Card Content they have been listening to over the last 5 years. From podcasting legends, to YouTube heroes, they chat about where they have found the best content to consume in order to level up...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:07

EP 01 - Collecting 90's cards versus Collecting Modern Cards
In this first episode, Hank and Mick (a couple of degenerate collectors from Melbourne Australia) have a heated discussion about collecting 90's cards versus collecting modern cards. Hank (instagram @ jordancardman) is a 90's collector of predo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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42:49
