Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast

20:16

Ranking the Top 50 Junk Wax Era Football Cards! - Ep....

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/10/06

This episode explores Scott Hedrick’s ranking of the Top 50 Junk Wax Football Cards, using 1981–1995 as the era’s boundaries.The top five: 1981 Topps Joe Montana, 1989 Score Barry Sanders, 1984 Topps John Elway, 1984 Topps Dan Marino, and 1986 Topps Jerry Rice.Standout sets: Why 1984 Topps, 1986 Topps, and 1989 Score feature so prominently in the countdown.Beyond rookie cards: First Topps NFL cards of former USFL players and a memorable 1985 Topps Walter Payton.Four for Emmitt: Emmitt Smith leads

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72:52

What 50 Years of Collecting Sports Cards Taught Me -...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/29

7 Sports Card Newsletters Worth Adding to Your InboxDavid recommends seven sports card newsletters that each serve a different kind of collector. The conversation covers J.R. Fickle’s entertaining Mantel’s Mail Day, Evan Parker’s Above the Mantel, Sooz’s industry-informed Card Chat, vintage discoveries from Post War Cards, collector commentary from Trading Card Dumpster Fire, practical flipping lessons from Ballcard Genius, basketball coverage from Conor Collects and modern hobby trends from The

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14:06

Ranking the 7 Best 2026 Topps Update Rookie Cards -...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/25

Which 2026 Topps Update rookie cards belong on your collecting radar? In this bonus episode, David Gonos brings his video countdown to the podcast, covering six top picks and one wildcard with room to move up.The lineup includes Kevin McGonigle, JJ Wetherholt, Konnor Griffin, Carson Benge, Travis Bazzana, TJ Rumfield and wildcard Justin Crawford. Follow along, compare the picks with your own favorites, and tell us which rookie you think we’re overlooking!Read the full rankings and find the card

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17:28

7 Sports Card Newsletters Worth Opening Every Time -...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/22

7 Sports Card Newsletters Worth Adding to Your InboxDavid recommends seven sports card newsletters that each serve a different kind of collector. The conversation covers J.R. Fickle’s entertaining Mantel’s Mail Day, Evan Parker’s Above the Mantel, Sooz’s industry-informed Card Chat, vintage discoveries from Post War Cards, collector commentary from Trading Card Dumpster Fire, practical flipping lessons from Ballcard Genius, basketball coverage from Conor Collects and modern hobby trends from The

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14:58

How to Start Collecting Sports Cards Again — Without...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/15

Maybe you collected sports cards when you were a kid. You bought packs at the grocery store, traded cards with your friends and organized them in those horrible binders without ever once wondering about print runs, population reports or whether your Ken Griffey Jr. was perfectly centered.Then life happened.You stopped collecting. The cards went into a closet, your parents’ attic or one of those giant 5,000-count boxes that somehow weighs 83 pounds when you try to move it.And now, 20 or 30 years

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19:18

12 Best NFL Rookie Cards To Own Since 2020! - Ep. 3.34

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/08

Collecting great football rookie cards usually means 1st-year quarterbacks — so let’s see how many young QBs land in the top 21!If you want to find all the great rookie cards over the past 70-plus years, check out our article here, listing the Best NFL Rookie Cards From Every Year!Counting Down the 12 Best NFL Rookie Cards To Own Since 2020!Ten years from now, which football rookie card from the 2020s will you be happiest to have in your collection? That’s the question we’re trying to solve

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16:41

10 Baseball Cards That Define the 1960s: My Sports...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/09/01

We’ve been told for decades now that the goal of collecting is to get bigger cards, higher grades and more expensive slabs. Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade! Improving the value of your sports card collection isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It’s just not the only thing you should worry about.Lately, however, I’ve realized that’s not the kind of card collection I actually want.Instead of just spending my money on the biggest cards i can afford, I began to pivot how I collect, and I started buying

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25:09

12 Best NBA Rookie Cards To Collect Since 2020 - Ep....

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/08/25

From Victor Wembanyama’s generational hype to Anthony Edwards becoming one of the faces of the league, and now Cooper Flagg ushering in the new Topps era of NBA cards, there’s no shortage of incredible rookie cards to chase from the past six years!But here’s the question: Which rookie cards actually belong at the top of your want list?Our list is not based solely on who the best players are today, but on which chromium base rookie cards will collectors still be chasing years from now?Grab your

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25:57

The 1950s Ballot For My Sports Cards House of...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/08/18

We’ve been told for decades now that the goal of collecting is to get bigger cards, higher grades and more expensive slabs. Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade! Improving the value of your sports card collection isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It’s just not the only thing you should worry about.Lately, however, I’ve realized that’s not the kind of card collection I actually want.Instead of just spending my money on the biggest cards i can afford, I began to pivot how I collect, and I started buying

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17:24

Why I'm Selling My Best Sports Cards (And I'm Happy...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/08/11

We’ve been told for decades now that the goal of collecting is to get bigger cards, higher grades and more expensive slabs. Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade! Improving the value of your sports card collection isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It’s just not the only thing you should worry about.Lately, however, I’ve realized that’s not the kind of card collection I actually want.Instead of just spending my money on the biggest cards i can afford, I began to pivot how I collect, and I started buying

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27:45

The Best Ways to Organize Your Sports Card Collection...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/08/05

What's the best way to organize a sports card collection?The answer depends on how you collect.In this podcast, I break down the best organization systems for budget collectors, set builders, sports card investors, and sports card flippers, so you can spend less time digging through boxes and more time enjoying the hobby.I'll also share one of my favorite card-sorting tricks—a method based on a computer science algorithm called Radix Sort that helps organize hundreds of cards with less handling and

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14:39

7 Sports Card Logos We’d Love to See! - Ep. 3.28

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/07/30

One of the little things that can make a sports card feel special is a great logo.In a previous article, we talked about some of the greatest sports card logos that changed the hobby forever. , including: The Rookie Card logo, Future Stars banner and the Topps All-Star Rookie Cup. They’re tiny design elements, but they instantly tell a story about a player.That got me thinking... What logos haven’t been invented yet?If I somehow became Commissioner of Sports Cards for a day (which sounds like an

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42:49

Top 101 Junk Wax Baseball Cards To Collect! - Ep. 3.27

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/07/21

Junk wax extraordinaire and Happy Hobby Chrome Member Scott H wrote this article and chose the 101 best baseball cards from the ‘80s and ‘90s that budget-minded sports card collectors can happily chase!When our esteemed friend, Mr. Gonos, mentioned he was looking at putting together some Top 101 lists, amongst them Top 101 Junk Wax baseball cards, I felt compelled to offer my service in compiling the list. You see, I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur. In fact, the main reason I got back into

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27:33

From Rookie to Farewell: Every Mickey Mantle Base...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/07/14

The Complete Mickey Mantle Base Card Story: Looking at All 21 Base Cards Over 19 Seasons!Mickey Mantle had 21 base cards across an 18-year career. Twenty-one little rectangles of cardboard that tell the story of the greatest switch-hitter who ever lived — from a wide-eyed rookie in 1951 to a legend saying goodbye in 1969.Today we’re going card by card through all of them. Bowman, Topps, oil paintings, TV-set borders, wood grain, ocean-dumped rarities — it’s all here. And every single one has a story

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12:09

Sports Card Collection Pillars: How to Define,...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/07/09

How to define your collecting focus, avoid random buys, and build a collection with real identity.What Are the Pillars of Your Sports Card Collection?Every sports card collection needs a backbone.Without one, it’s easy to drift into impulse buys, chase hype, and end up with a stack of cards that doesn’t really tell a story. That’s why understanding the pillars of your collection matters so much: they give your hobby purpose, focus, and staying power.The good news is that pillars are not complicated

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43:29

What Two Weeks of Getting Hacked Taught Me About This...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/06/30

After two weeks of going dark because a hacker hijacked our YouTube channel and Gmail account, we finally regained control and our brains are clearer because of it!Well, I’m back.Build a better sports card collection on a real-world budget — that’s what this whole Happy Hobby world is about, and for two weeks, I genuinely didn’t know if I’d get to keep doing it.If you missed it: my YouTube channel got hacked. Not just the channel — my Gmail too. When those two things go down at once, your entire

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15:10

12 Best 2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball Rookie Cards To...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/06/09

While most Series 2 flagship releases seem to pale against their Series 1 and Update counterparts, this year’s 2026 crop appears to be solid!If you want to find all the great rookie cards over the past 70-plus years, check out our article here, listing the Best MLB Rookie Cards From Every Year!12 Best 2026 Topps Series 2 Baseball Rookie Cards To Target!As a member of the eBay Partner Network, I earn commissions from qualifying purchases through the links on this article. Thank you!It’s certainly a

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22:57

11 Best MLB Rookie Cards To Own Since 2020! - Ep. 3.22

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/06/02

Baseball cards are the heart of any great sports card collection – and we’re looking at about a dozen great rookie cards with upside to spare.If you want to find all the great rookie cards over the past 70-plus years, check out our article here, listing the Best MLB Rookie Cards From Every Year!Counting Down the 11 Best MLB Rookie Cards To Own Since 2020!As a member of the eBay Partner Network, I earn commissions from qualifying purchases through the links on this article. Thank you!Just Missed the

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11:39

5 Steps To Building a Great Sports Card Collection! -...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/05/26

Everyone wants a great sports card collection… but “great” means something different to every collector. In this episode of the Happy Hobby Sports Card Podcast, David Gonos breaks down five simple steps to build a collection you’re actually proud of – even if you’re working with a limited budget.Whether you’re just getting started, coming back to the hobby after a long break, or trying to upgrade a box full of random cardboard into a focused PC, this episode will help you think more clearly about

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16:51

✨7 Sports Card Logos That Changed the Hobby Forever!...

Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast ·

2026/05/19

There are certain logos you never forget pulling.You didn’t need to understand the checklist. You didn’t need to know the player. The second you saw that symbol on a card, you just knew it mattered.For a lot of us, these logos helped us figure out what to sleeve, what to trade, and what to hold onto just a little longer — just in case.7 Sports Card Logos That Changed the Hobby Forever!As a member of the eBay Partner Network, I earn commissions from qualifying purchases through the links on this

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