Whether their careers end in the Hall of Fame or short of enshrinement, being a No. 1 overall pick in one of the major professional sports' drafts is a distinction that lives on forever. Especially with hobbyists. In this edition of Hit Draft, the guys build their collections from a pool of incredible cards featuring memorable top choices in the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL drafts. As a collector, who is YOUR favorite No. 1 overall pick of all-time?
Jun 08, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 65
In this edition of Guest Submissions , hobby veteran Brett McGrath - host of the Stacking Slabs podcast - is back. McGrath, an Indianapolis native who is a lifelong Colts fan and collector, dives into the thrill of chasing a new modern player PC in the wake of his favorite team drafting a potential franchise quarterback for the first time in a decade. Brett discusses his unique approach to player collecting, the importance of tailoring a PC around what truly connects with you and his plans for b...
May 24, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 64
We're back with another installment of The Index, this time taking a look at some of the most notable hobby player and card trends, backed by data from Card Ladder . As we recap April 2023 with Card Ladder's Chris McGill, we discuss the biggest sale ever of a pro wrestling card, focus in an an NBA Playoffs standout whose market took a big upturn last month and also a rising NFL star whose hobby steam just refuses to cool during the offseason months....
May 10, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 63
April means the NBA Playoffs are underway, providing some of sports' best theater of the calendar year. And for basketball card collectors, the sport's hobby heat is reaching its annual peak, as well. So we've rounded up 12 absolute grails of some of the top names playing in this year's postseason for this edition of Hit Draft, as the guys make the tough decisions making their picks out of this insane, uniquely-curated treasure chest.
Apr 19, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Welcome back to The Index, where we discuss the previous month in the hobby from the vantage point of price data and market trends, provided by CardLadder . The look back at March 2023, led by CardLadder's Chris McGill, will include what to make of a very notable Tom Brady rookie card sale, how to analyze the current hobby standing of Luka Doncic, a sneaky 2019 Patrick Mahomes card that is gaining some steam and much, much more.
Apr 12, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this edition of Guest Submissions , PSA's Ryan Sabga, who leads the company's growing Funko Pop! authentication & grading operation, joins the show. With a unique and eclectic collecting background of his own, Ryan discusses what the company has seen and learned in the first six months since launching this new service. Plus, he goes in-depth on the numerous benefits for collectors grading Funko Pop! figures, and discusses where the service is evolving and heading in the coming year. LEARN...
Apr 04, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 60
In this installment of HIT DRAFT, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer and Chris McGill build collections from a genuine mixed bag of big ticket items. "March Madness" extends well beyond the hardwood here, as this curated draft pool features a little bit of everything, from basketball and baseball to Pokémon and additional surprise categories. Take a listen and try to determine what your strategy would be in this 3-round snake draft if you held a pick.
Mar 29, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 59
In this edition of Guest Submissions , Collectors & PSA Director of Customer Care Chris Carlin joins the show. Chris became a giant in the industry over the past two decades during his time at Upper Deck. In the past year since coming to Collectors, he has not only gone all in on new collecting ventures to learn everything about PSA’s services and processes from the customer POV, but also used that intel and brought his wealth of experience over to help the company’s customer support efforts...
Mar 21, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Welcome to the first installment of The Index, where we discuss the previous month in the hobby from the vantage point of price data and market trends, provided by CardLadder . This includes notable auction prices realized and market swings, both by player and by card. February 2023's notes we'll dive into with Chris McGill include a massive Mickey Mantle sale, what to make of Trae Young from a hobby perspective and much more.
Mar 07, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 57
In the first installment of HIT DRAFT, with Spring Training now underway, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer and Chris McGill build their baseball grail collections in this 3-round snake draft. The curated draft pool features beautiful and unique items of some of the game's top names in the eyes of hobbyists, from hot talent Julio Rodriguez to bona fide superstar slugger Aaron Judge.
Feb 28, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Super Bowl weekend is upon us, and to get ready with a good hobby twist, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer and Chris McGill dive into another perfectly curated hit draft, this time featuring nine grails of Super Bowl QBs both present and past. Also, an NBA-focused installment of Stock Up / Stock Down, including the hobby impact of both the Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant trades that went down this week.
Feb 09, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Last month, Goldin unveiled a pair of new, attractive buying/selling platforms for those in the hobby, each offering something for every collector - the Goldin Marketplace and Goldin Weekly Auctions. For buyers and sellers alike, this launch is the latest major development from Collectors in creating the full, frictionless experience that connects PSA grading , the Collectors Vault and now buying and selling with an industry leader. Goldin CEO Ross Hoffman took the time to join The PSA Pod to di...
Feb 07, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Before diving fully into the upcoming Super Bowl match-up from the hobby perspective - though we do give a taste this week - the guys are headed to the hardwood for the ultimate hit draft, featuring the just-announced starters in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. The selection includes true grails, RPAs, unique 1/1s and much more, featuring some of the biggest names in both the game and in basketball cards.
Feb 02, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Even without several of his key flagship rookie cards on the market yet, Brock Purdy's name is front and center in just about every hobby discussion right now. But is the 49ers' rookie QB going to be a legit, long-term fixture under center for the 49ers? What does his ceiling look like? And what does his emergence mean for Trey Lance moving forward? X's and O's expert Brett Kollman joins the show to weigh in on all of it, with insights that can help any collector trying to figure out what to mak...
Jan 27, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 52
The field of teams vying to be raising the Lombardi Trophy in Arizona in early February is now down to eight, and the first weekend of the NFL Playoffs saw results with significant hobby implications. Hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer venture into "Buy, Trade or Hold" when it comes to several names drawing attention heading into the Divisional round. Does Trevor Lawrence have more magic in him? How are you feeling right now if you're a Lamar Jackson collector? Those and much more, plus an in-d...
Jan 19, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Collecting moments in history can include those across many genres - from sports to politics to pop culture - and even those unique instances and events that see them intersect. Few collectors in recent years have showcased this more prominently than Darren Rovell. He is the well-known Sports Business Reporter for Action Network by day, while simultaneously building one of the most impressive collections of PSA-authenticated & graded tickets that you will ever come across. While visiting the...
Jan 16, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 50
In 2023's first episode of The PSA Pod, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Chris McGill explore who is hot and who is not to kick off the year in the hobby, beginning with a look at the NFL playoff picture. Leading the way is this weekend's Justin Herbert & Trevor Lawrence showdown in Jacksonville, with some big hobby implications on the line, as well. Plus, closer looks at the likes of Tyrese Haliburton, Alexander Ovechkin, Aaron Rodgers, Devin Booker and more. It all culminates with a Hi...
Jan 12, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 49
In the final episode of 2022 and of Season 1 of The PSA Pod, the guys tackle both 2022 and 2023 from a collecting perspective. The discussion includes favorite products from 2022, which athlete could consider this "their year" in the hobby and some favorite pick-ups & collecting moments from the last 12 months. From there, the guys head into the time machine and attempt to predict answers to the same questions if it were 12 months from now.
Dec 29, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Stock Up / Stock Down this week is replaced by the Nice & Naughty list in the holiday spirit, and it was led by a pair of greats both reaching their peak performance in an epic World Cup Final. Did Lionel Messi & Kylian Mbappé put on the type of head-to-head performances that can truly inspire collectors to dive into soccer cards? Also, a conversation with PSA President Ryan Hoge, discussing the itch to rip new Bowman releases and some notable changes coming in early 2023 to PSA's gradin...
Dec 22, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This week, 49ers sudden breakout star QB Brock Purdy leads the way in our Stock Up / Stock Down segment, as he has suddenly injected a dose of added intrigue to the not-yet-released 2022 flagship football products, which begin hitting shelves as the calendar turns to 2023. Also, Dustin Porras from the PSA Set Registry team sits down with collector Max Lee (IG: @maxmaxcity ) to discuss his collecting journey, which includes the build of one of the most unique vintage Pokémon sets in existence. Al...
Dec 16, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 46
The 2020 NFL Draft's QB class has proven to be nothing short of elite now nearly three full seasons later. Despite the emergence of Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts as legitimate MVP candidates in 2022, it's Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert who have been darlings of The Hobby since Year One. In this week's dive into the COR scoring algorithm, Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & CardLadder's Chris McGill attempt to answer the question: Which of the two is more collectable?
Dec 12, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 45
In the latest edition of "Stock Up / Stock Down", Bengals QB leads the way, as he's rewarding collectors with another late-season surge, most recently yet again taking down Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs for the third time in a year. Also in this week's rundown: 2022 Kaboom! inserts hit the market, PSA x Whatnot launches, Bol Bol breaks out, some quarterbacks who need a big rebound and LaMelo Ball's outlook moving forward. ➡️ LEARN MORE ABOUT PSA x WHATNOT ➡️ COLLECTING PULISIC AND THE 2022 WORL...
Dec 06, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 44
The latest athlete to be broken down within the COR score algorithm is the red-hot Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Oklahoma City Thunder's young star has a ton going for him, including All-NBA numbers through the first stretch of the 2022-23 NBA season, plus rookie cards that are within the loaded 2018 Draft class and run of product releases. So how does he stack up in the eyes of collectors, especially against members of that class such as Luka Doncic, Trae Young and others? The guys break it down...
Nov 25, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 43
After spending just over a year with Collectors and PSA as the company's Chief Product Officer, Ryan Hoge now takes over as the new President of PSA. In the first of many drop-ins on The PSA Pod, Hoge joins hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer for an extended conversation not only about his background as a collector, but about priorities he's focusing on taking the company into 2023. Those include significant operational and international expansion, an increased card show presence for PSA and muc...
Nov 21, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 42
In this week's episode, Ryan Greene & Jack Archer dive into another week of "Stock Up / Stock Down" with a football-heavy focus. Justin Jefferson this past weekend made one of the greatest catches in NFL history, and his card market has moved in lock-step with his MVP-caliber play so far in the 2022 season. Plus, the guys break down one of the coolest new insert sets to hit the football card market, and if you're collecting Josh Allen, how are you feeling as the Bills scuffle a bit with the ...
Nov 16, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 41
In the weekly look evaluating Stock Up / Stock Down within the hobby, hosts Jack Archer & Steve Sloan take a look at a fast-rising young QB, offset by the apparent diminishing of the position's old guard. Plus, Spida Mitchell's hot start that's fueling the Cavs, and a peek at the baseball card market: Whose cards will YOU be targeting as the winter offseason months set in?
Nov 09, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 40
In the second installment of measuring one of today's top hobby names with the COR score - Collectability Over Replacement - the guys take a category-by-category look into Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen. The 5th-year star QB is a leading MVP candidate as the 2022 NFL season nears its midway point. Can he finish the job this year and get the franchise - and its incredible fan base - the title it so badly craves? And if he does, how would it further affect where his stacks up among the most collect...
Nov 04, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 39
The calendar has flipped to November, which means that World Cup month is finally here! Back by popular demand is PSA Product Manager and Soccer card expert Matt Hendler. He joins the show to talk about where to start when it comes to collecting USMNT star Christian Pulisic, some more young names to keep an eye on in the World Cup and much more in another educational conversation on where the beautiful game meets cardboard (23:00) . Also, the guys deliver this week's Stock Up/Stock Down (1:30) ,...
Nov 02, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
On the heels of the rare sports equinox, there was plenty to talk about in terms of whose hobby stock went up and down in this past week, including the likes of Joe Burrow, LeBron James, Bryce Harper and many more across the landscape (1:15) . Then, the full house crew this week takes its first dive into the COR score algorithm - Collectability Over Replacement - where athletes across all eras can be compared & contrasted by calculating the average of several key factors that collectors take...
Oct 27, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This week, hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer open the show talking about what has been a wild MLB postseason to this point from a collecting perspective (1:00) , including how Fernando Tatis Jr. collectors are feeling in this unique position. Then, Chris McGill from CardLadder once again joins the show to talk about some significant movement in the Football corner of the hobby (6:30) , involving the rising popularity of non-QB collecting (with some significant sales data to back it up). Also, ...
Oct 20, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 36
