Collectable Daily: Giving Collectibles the Business

In an in-depth primer on the collectibility of sports photographs of the hobby's leading photo experts discuss the "Five C's" of vintage sports photo collecting:

• Condition
• Contrast & Clarity
• Content & Context

Collectable's President, Sports -- and the author of "Legendary Lumber: The Top 100 Players Bats in Baseball History" -- takes a deep dive into baseball bat collecting, touching on how to determine a bat's value, proper care and storage, and the growing importance of attaching a narrative to the item.

David Kohler, the venerable president of SCP Auctions and co-star of Collectable's "The Panel," discusses the ins and outs of sports auctions, breaking down everything from proper ways of researching the offerings, to building a cool collection on a reasonable budget, to preparing high-end items for sale.

Collectable's VP of Acquisitions and Consignments Nick Cepero discusses the collecting toastiness or chilliness of such NHL stars as Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, as well as Formula 1 studs like Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. 

Card Ladder co-founders Josh Johnson and Chris McGill utilized their ever-reliable facts and figures to tell us which players have recently dominated (or tanked) the NBA card landscape with their postseason performances (or non-performances). Also, Collectable CEO Ezra Levine drops an exceptionally hockey-centric Weekly IPO Report.

On this week's clip show, you'll hear highlights from our chit-chat yakkity-yaks with...

• Nick Cepero & Chris Corbellini (Collectable)
• David Randolph (Sports Investors Authentication)
• Martin Nolan & Eric Hirsch (Julien's Auctions)
• Jesse Gibson (Sports Cards Nonsense podcast)
• Sam Farber (Goldin)

Goldin's Head of both Business Development and Content -- and Boston Celtics truther -- Sam Farber discusses the state of the NBA Playoffs, and how the postseason might impact the card values of Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum, and Ja Morant.

Jesse Gibson, the co-host of The Ringer's Sports Cards Nonsense podcast, drops some investment advice, discusses his journey from hobby novice to hobby pundit, and hypes his team's new app, Card Shop Live.

Martin Nolan and Eric Hirsch from Julien's Auctions discuss two of their upcoming events: May's Music Icons auction, which features everything from a Kurt Cobain guitar to Oasis handwritten lyrics, and June's Sports Legends, in which you'll see a pair of Michael Jordan game worn shoes, a Pele gamed worn jersey, and much more.  

Collectable's in-house Emmy-winning producer Chris Corbellini discusses the most important aspects of sports content creation, among them unshakeable consistency, developing a persona, and staying on-message.