Collectable Daily: Giving Collectibles the Business

Upper Deck's Executive VP of Sales and Marketing hypes his company's forthcoming National Hockey Day celebration (free cards, y'all!), as well as their NHL Series 1 drop, then discusses the MLB labor strife's impact on the hobby, and the troubles in L.A. Laker-land.

PWCC Marketplace's Director of Business Development -- and one of the co-stars of Collectable's "The Panel" -- discusses his company's record-breaking $2 million sale of a Kobe Bryant 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald card.

The father of Collectable CEO Ezra Levine discusses the wonderful familial aspects of collecting, his love for old-school Topps baseball cards, and the interview he conducted with legendary hobbyist, Marshall Fogel, an interview that now can be seen on the Collectable YouTube channel.

The co-host of Collectable's "The Panel" theorizes what might happen in the baseball card world if the Major League Baseball season is compromised, plus he discusses whether collectors might be bullish or bearish on Mike Trout, Juan Soto, Wander Franco, and Fernando Tatis Jr., among MLB stars.

Sneaker expert Tone Stakes discusses his partnerships with such NBA stars as Luka Doncic, Trae Young, and Michael Porter Jr., the game used memorabilia landscape, and his love for the eminently lovable Walter Payton. Also, Collectable CEO Ezra Levine breaks down this week's IPOs.

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

• Nick Cepero (co-star, Collectable’s “The Panel”)
• Chris Corbellini (producer, Collectable’s “The Panel")
• Michael Osacky (PSA)
• Howard Epstein (Wells Fargo)
• David Russel (Collectable Guest For a Day contest winner)
• Rich Mueller (Sports Collectors Daily)

The man we at Collectable Daily call  the hobby's Professor Emeritus discusses the Topps Series 1 drop, the potential of a new junk wax era, and why vintage game tickets are so darn cool.

After winning our Guest For a Day contest with a passionate mini-essay and some cool memorabilia jpeg attachments, diehard Baltimore sports fan David Russel discussed his love for collecting game tickets, the magic of Orioles baseball, and his belief that despite the sport's evolution since his childhood, the Great American Pastime is as healthy as ever.

Hobbyist/wealth manager and the author of the white paper The Sports Memorabilia Market  & Wealth Management Howard Epstein offers his view of today's collecting/investment landscape.

With the Super Bowl in our rearview mirror, Michael Osacky (co-star of Collectable's "What's It Worth") and Nick Cepero (co-star of Collectable's "The Panel") discuss the whos, whats, whys, whens, and wheres of appraising memorabilia associated with some of the world's biggest sporting events.