Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

There are many, many factors working against you pulling an awesome card out of a box — and we list just how difficult it really is in this episode.

But we also share several tips on how you can still have fun in this hobby, along with a very special tip on a great PSA 9 card worth picking up today. The PSA 10 version is selling for 9x the PSA 9 slab, and that makes the regular ol’ mint condition card a great value!

Drop your thoughts in the comments below — or shoot me a note at [email protected] !

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

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* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

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Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

If you’re not a new sports card collector, you might be an old collector — like many of us Happy Hobbyists! That means the sports cards of the ‘80s and ‘90s, with their gum, bad packaging and collating, and lack of autographs, hold a special place in your heart!

Our Junk Wax Junkie Extraordinaire, Scott Hedrick, shares his 10 favorite junk wax boxes to rip — each for under $125! Many of these boxes can be had for less than $100 — or you can choose to spend that money on a outfield prospect who isn’t old enough buy a beer yet.

We want to know which boxes you would buy from this list if you had $200 to burn! Drop your thoughts in the comments below — or shoot me a note at [email protected] !

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

With the 2025 NBA season upon us — and the 2025 WNBA season behind us, what better time for us to rank the best 2025 rookie cards!?!

The latest drop of 2025 Topps Basketball cards has everyone incredibly excited, and people have been ready for the release of 2025 Donruss WNBA cards for months!

For our website, we ranked the Top 11 NBA Rookie Cards From 2025 Topps Basketball and we ranked the Top 7 Donruss WNBA Rookie Cards, also!

That’s what we talk about in this week’s podcast episode — the best rookie cards to collect in both leagues!

Let’s hear what you think about Topps Basketball cards in the comments below — or shoot me a note at [email protected] !

Sign up for the “Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter” here!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

Now that Fanatics and Topps finally has basketball under their control, we saw the release of 2025 Topps Basketball — which was a pretty huge success. And then this week, we saw the release of the new Topps NBA Living Set, which is the cousin to the ultra-successful Topps MLB Living Set!

We talk about the things we love and hate about the new flagship release, and we discuss some rankings for the Topps NBA Living Set cards we are excited to get our hands on!

Let’s hear what you think about Topps Basketball cards in the comments below — or shoot me a note at [email protected] !

Sign up for the “Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter” here!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

Collecting awesome sports cards is what we’re all about! Who doesn’t want more great cards!?! But when you’re working with a limited budget, you don’t always have the funds available to buy more cards!

Then what do you do?

It’s important to go back through your collection and consider when and where you got them, maybe there’s a specific story about that player or his team, or that set. This podcast is all about recollecting, and how you need to add it to your collection task list!

Got some interesting stories about your sports card collection? Let’s hear ‘em in the comments below — or shoot me a note at [email protected] !

Sign up for the “Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter” here!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

If you’re a sports fan — or a sports card collector — October has to be the best time of the year!

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

After a long lull in exciting sports card releases that lasted a couple months, October is about to catch fire!

We’re getting new cards for Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, WNBA, Baseball Prospects — it might be time to change the name of this month to Boxtober!

When you think of just how exciting October is from just a sports perspective, with the MLB Playoffs in full swing and entering World Series time, along with the starts of the NBA and NHL seasons, a sports card collectors life is good!

Here’s what’s coming out in chronological order of release, then I dive deeper into each set from what I believe our listeners care about the most in our podcast!

* 2025-26 Upper Deck Hockey Series 1 - Released 10/15/2025

* 2025 Topps Basketball - Release 10/23/2025

* 2025 Donruss WNBA - Release 10/23/2025

* 2025 Topps Update Baseball - Release 10/29/2025

* 2025 Topps Pro Debut Baseball - Release 11/12/2025

Which sports card products are you most excited about in the coming weeks of Boxtober and Cardvember!?! Let us know in the comments below!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

It’s time, once again, to get jacked up and excited over another big group of awesome rookies getting their 2025 Topps Update rookie cards!

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

Every time Topps flagship rolls out a new release, we rank them! On my website, DavidGonos.com, we just finished posting our 2025 Topps Update Rookie Card Rankings, and we’re excited about this final release!

Got some 2025 Topps Update rookie cards you think I missed? Is a player too high — or too low? Let’s hear ‘em!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

“The great ones have the ability to focus and tune everything else out and see more than the others.” — Kurt Warner, Hall-of-Fame Quarterback

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

The NFL season is well underway, so we thought now would be a great time to discuss some of the best tips for collecting football cards for beginners, and for card collectors working with a limited budget!

Do you have some great football card collecting tips? Let’s hear ‘em!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: “I dunno“ by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Trading one addiction for another is rarely a good idea — except this time!

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

Collecting sports cards, whether it’s baseball cards, basketball cards, football or hockey, often feels like we are stepping into a never-ending hole where no matter how much we collect, we’ll never get everything!

The hobby lends itself to people getting addicted to several different aspects. Whether the rush of adrenaline we get from buying into a break is what gets us going, or ripping through tons of packs in hopes of pulling that elusive rookie card we’ve been hunting, we sometimes feel like there is never enough.

I’ve recently discovered that selling my sports cards can be equally addictive! I’m not talking about selling the cards I love. I’m not even talking about selling the cards I hate!

I shared in this sports card podcast the steps I took (and you can, too) to sell cards, which helps me fund the collecting part of my hobby.

Let us know if we’ve helped motivate you into selling some cards you don’t love/like in the comments below! Let us know what you are selling — and one of our readers might buy it!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: "I dunno" by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Regrets, I've had a few… But then again, too few to mention.

I did what I had to do. And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course, Each careful step along the byway

And more, much more than this, I [collected cards] my way

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

There are certain moments in our sports card-collecting careers we remember as pivotal to improving our collection. Maybe it was that great card trade you made, or a super prospect whose card you bought early for nothing is now on his way to his 8th MLB All-Star Game.

But quite often, we make those great decisions because we made bad moves earlier in our collecting career, and we learned from them.

I’ve been collecting cards since I was about four years old, and I share all the bad moves I made — from bad trades, to not buying a card when I should have, to not selling a card when I should have. These are my biggest bone-head card-collecting moves!

We’d love to hear what your biggest sports card regrets are! Let’s hear them in the comments below!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1941

* Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948

* Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

Connect with David Gonos on:

* Facebook

* Twitter/X @DavidGonos

* Instagram @DavidGonos

* TikTok

* Link Tree

Email me: mailto:[email protected]

Have a #HappyHobby!

Podcast Music: "I dunno" by grapes - 2008 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)