Another segment of the trading card hobby is non-sport or entertainment cards. We talked to the founder and CEO of Rittenhouse Archives, Steve Charendoff, about working with actors and celebrities to create trading cards.
A lot of sports card collectors are like The Card Life host Matt Strahm and stick to just sports. But, TCG (trading card games) collecting now accounts for 50% of the trading card hobby. Matt visited TCG grading leader CGC Cards and talked to VP Matt Quinn to learn the basics of Pokemon.
If you are fearful of venturing into the world of digital cards, Upper Deck e-Pack offers a mix of digital-only cards with physical cards you can have shipped to you as well. You can even get a free pack of digital cards every day on the site. Here is a breakdown of how everything works.
From math to history, trading cards can be used as a teaching tool to motivate students to learn.
Looking to sell your cards? You might not have to look far for a place to do it! Reed Logan did it at the end of his driveway.
We realize that most of you are beginners and a long way from having a large-scale business selling cards, but we wanted to show you what technology now exists for people that have built businesses around selling trading cards. Matt Strahm got to see a demo of how a Ricoh scanner and Card Dealer Pro software allows quick pictures and listing of cards for sale.
Finding older sports cards in good condition is always a challenge. We opened a pack of 1967 Topps baseball cards and had CGC Cards VP Andy Broome talk through the condition of these “pack fresh” cards.
CGC Cards VP Andy Broome goes over the four things to check to review the condition of your cards at home.
FCG provided us an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at not only their process for grading cards, but also the equipment they use to do it.
Every MLB team now has a store within their ballpark that sells game-used authenticated items. The Card Life host Matt Strahm talked to some of the representatives from Phillies Authentics about their process and some of the cool things you can buy at the ballpark.
We always find it interesting to hear a card grader talk through what they are looking at and thinking when grading a card because it gives us an idea of how to judge our cards at home. At CGC Cards, Matt Strahm had the CGC team walk through the condition of two Luke Doncic rookie cards that he had just pulled out of packs.
CGC Cards has been the preferred grading company of The Card Life since it started in 2021. Vice President Andy Broome goes over the best method to prepare you cards for grading when shipping them to CGC.
Caution is important when buying old boxes or packs of cards. Vintage packs, in particular, were easy to tamper with and reseal. Kurt Christensen with Ripping Vintage Packs went through what he looks for in boxes and packs to have a better chance that they have never been opened.
Ryan Nolan of Breakout Cards is an expert at spotting fake and counterfeit cards, he literally wrote the book on it! Here are Ryan’s 5 Simple Rules for spotting fake cards.