Tag: BGS
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UPDATED Maslow’s Hierarchy of Modern Sports Card Grading
It’s been a while since we tried to demystify modern sports card grading by introducing, “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Modern Sports Card Grading.” But collectors and investors are more mystified than ever and a new grading company, CSG, has entered the fray since our last post. CSG, part of the Certified Collectibles Group empire, global home…
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king kong cards – peyton manning edition
What did Peyton Manning ever do to you? Whatever Peyton did to most sports card collectors and investors had to be downright awful and very, VERY personal. Steal your girlfriend or punch your Mom in the face kind of awful and personal. Which seems hyperbolically ridiculous and totally out of character… except for his Emmy-worthy…
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king kong cards – shohei ohtani edition
Today is our 3rd installment of KING KONG CARDS, where I track one specific rookie card with MONSTER profit potential. Shall we examine today’s majestic beast? Yes we shall! What if I told you there is a 26 year old baseball playing unicorn who runs home to first faster than Trea Turner… throws a 4…
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6 ways NOT to lose all your money in sports cards.
The sports card market continues to thrust its giant middle foam finger in the face of the pandemic and economic shutdown to reach new — seemingly daily — heights. It doesn’t seem to matter what singles or sealed wax collectors and investors buy as most card products have seen significant ROI in the short term.…
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demystifying modern graded sports card values
I shouldn’t care. I should shut my mouth, keep taking advantage of these arbitrage opportunities, and let the PSA groupies keep paying their PSA groupie tax… but I’m a man of the people, and for the good of the hobby, I can’t… neigh… I *shaint remain silent any longer.(*shaint should TOTALLY be a word.) Ladies…
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king kong cards – steph curry edition
It’s time for another KING KONG CARDS, where I track one rookie card with MONSTER profit potential. Today’s subject: the baby faced assassin, Steph Curry. Hold on. Hold on. I can hear you shout typing already. complaint #1 “Duh, Freddy. I’d love a Steph Curry rookie, but they’re waaaay to expensive. His Topps base and…
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king kong cards – luka doncic edition
King Kong Cards is a new post category where I examine undervalued rookie cards with MONSTER profit potential. Today’s majestic cardboard beast: Luka Doncic. While most casual American basketball fans and card collectors don’t respect or understand Euroleague basketball, the fact that Luka won a regular season MVP, Playoff MVP, and Euroleague championship by the…
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wax on wax – 2019-2020 prizm basketball
More dizzying than the astronomical prices being paid for 2019-20 Prizm basketball is the amount of wax options available. With 11 buying formats and 40 parallels to chase along with the 300 base cards in the set, it’s impossible and waaaaay too freakin’ expensive to buy them all. So the HUGE question, especially in these…