Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my page). All cards will be just 25 cents.  If you purchase 100 or more, they will be 20 cents apiece.  Shipping is a flat $4, no matter how many you purchase. I will have baseball, football and a small amount of hockey and racing.  Cards are sorted by team (other than racing) and I will go through teams as requested. Please bear with me as I work out some kinks, this will be my first sale.  I know that others running sales usually have someone helping th ..read more

Hobbyists share their opinions on Gary Vaynerchuk almost as much as they do about Allen & Ginter.  Love him, hate him, or somewhere in between, he is one of the biggest voices involved in the sports card hobby.  He’s worked with Topps to produce a set with his name on it, and even was a subject in 2019 Allen & Ginter. Gary Vaynerchuk was on The Dan Patrick Show this morning talking sports cards.  He said that he’d rather invest in cards than stocks as well as mentioning Luka Doncic and Pokemon.  You can watch the full conversation below.   Please sign up to r ..read more

I’ve acquired a lot of cards over time and had begun setting up at card shows before COVID hit.  I’m not sure when I will feel that it’s time to start again, so I’m going to start moving some things on Twitter.   I’m starting tonight with close to 600 cards from my 3-for-$1 boxes.  Tonight will be mostly baseball with some smaller amounts of basketball, hockey and football.  I’ll be posting for the foreseeable future, so follow me on Twitter at @beansbcardblog.  That will be the only place I’m selling them.   Rules and shipping info Cards will be posted and sold ..read more

Leaving no mystery about it, I’m thrilled with my first two experiences selling to Blowout Cards. Sports cards are booming and many in the hobby are looking at ways to benefit, myself included.  Three weeks ago I knew nothing about the process, or even that Blowout Cards purchased unopened product in small quantities.   Submitting cards to COMC is not a cost effective option at the moment.  Basic submissions are taking months longer to process that in “normal” times, and with no compensation to sellers missing sales throughout this boom.  Selling on eBay right now is a sca ..read more

What is Hobby Palooza 2020?  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that The National was supposed to be this week.  For many, the most anticipated part of the show isn’t adding to one’s collection.  You can do that on eBay.  Many look forward all year to interaction with hobby friends spread across the world.  That may have been taken from us, but as thehobbypalooza.com says, the “goal is to replicate this (the community of The National) in the most natural way possible.” Something about the hobby that frustrates me is that collectors are quite segmented ..read more

Why am I showing my top three Michael Jordan cards?  The quick answer is because I’m replying to the House Of Jordans podcasts’ call to action.  The team focuses on Instagram, but on their most recent show asked us to share our top three cards via social media. A couple of the notes were that you don’t have to own the card and also, it’s not just the most valuable cards.  Also, they want to know the “why,” which is a big part of me sharing mine. I’m not a high-end card snob.  I don’t buy expensive cards just so I can show them off, as I feel many others do. My most “valuabl ..read more

Last week I posted a YouTube video showing off my George Gibson T206 card after receiving my copy of a book I ordered in the fall, George “Mooney” Gibson: Canadian Catcher for the Deadball Era Pirates.  I’ve completed a Q&A with the co-authors, Richard Armstrong and Martin Healy Jr., to share.  They are just like you and I, sports fans, collectors and neither had written a book before now.   In the video, I mentioned picking up my T206 Gibson after meeting Armstrong on Net 54. He informed me that George Gibson is actually connected to Scoops Carey, a man whose cards I collect because he a ..read more

Perusing YouTube, I came across this video from the Fox Business Network about the “Black Swamp Find” of more than 700 E98 caramel cards in 2012.  I had heard about the find, but this is a fantastic video that I thought I’d share. You can purchase cards from the historical Black Swamp Find on eBay.  Click here to search for them.  I hope you enjoy the video. Black Swamp Find Honus WagnerSadly, the home that these cards lived in the attic of, for decades, was torn down in 2017.   Please sign up to receive emails on the upper right of the page. The only emails sent notify you of new posts t ..read more

The coronavirus ramifications are hitting hard across the country and affecting many aspects of our society.  It’s affect on TTMs is small in the grand scheme of things, but many collectors’ collections are heavy, if not completely, TTM related. YouTuber Troy (TTM Autograph) gives his thoughts on how the coronavirus situation may affect TTMs.  Troy’s channel has more than 2400 subscribers and he is very knowledgeable on this aspect of the hobby. SEE ALSO:  Other TTM Posts Please keep in mind that this video was posted on March 15, just before areas of the country began shutting down ..read more

Joining Trading Card Database is free, easy and this is the perfect time!  The world is crazy right now.  It’s a great time to trade cards.  You may be stuck at home by the government.  You may be on a card buying hiatus.  Perhaps both are true.  Most collectors flock straight to eBay, but there are many other options and Trading Card Database is one of the best. Trading Card DatabaseIt feels like more collectors are very unorganized than actually are organized.  So, why not use Trading Card Database now to update and/or organize your collection?  If you’re on a buying freeze but can afford to ..read more