Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter” pack has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

The links in this newsletter are affiliate links with eBay, which means we will make a commission on any purchases off those links. So, thank you! Also, all sports card images come courtesy of BuySportsCards.com.

Literally, hundreds of thousands of people are going to be drafting their Fantasy Football teams over the next couple weeks, which means there’s a lot of player evaluating going on out there!

That means there are ways sports card collectors can learn about what the crowd thinks about the incoming rookie class, as well as which players are believed to have breakout season — or disappointing seasons!

We share five ways Fantasy owners can help card collectors improve their collections!

What Else You Got!?!

Patrick Imhoff also shares another great nugget on how he’d fix Fanatics if he were CEO, before the unification of all the major sports card licenses in 2026.

Finally, we share another edition of “CARDS THAT MAKES US HAPPY!” We highlight all the reasons that the 1991 Upper Deck Baseball Michael Jordan #SP1 card was a big deal back then — and still a big deal now

Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com

23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy: https://davidgonos.com/sports-card-supplies/

Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956: https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-rookies-from-each-topps-baseball-set/

Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948: https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-basketball-rookie-cards-from-each-nba-season/

Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956: https://davidgonos.com/best-football-rookie-cards-from-every-nfl-year/

Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951: https://davidgonos.com/best-hockey-rookie-cards/

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Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter” pack has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

The links in this newsletter are affiliate links with eBay, which means we will make a commission on any purchases off those links. So, thank you! Also, all sports card images come courtesy of BuySportsCards.com.

This is the FREE version of the “Happy Hobby Sports Cards” Newsletter, with the PAID version coming again next week.

⚾LESSONS LEARNED AT THE NATIONAL SPORTS CARD CONVENTION

Josh Scarberry of MJ Family Time Cards took his family, including his card-collecting son Micah, to The National Sports Card Convention in Cleveland a couple weeks ago.

First, he shared how he prepared to go to the convention, and in this podcast, he’s sharing all the new things he learned, which he hopes will help him – and others – for the next time he goes!

He talked about the freebies and all the cool corporate stuff that was handed out, including some random free stuff given to his family by other card collectors!

Josh also discussed some of the cards he picked up, as well as some of Micah’s best pickups.

Finally, he shared some tips and suggestions that should help others who might be thinking of going in 2025.

We also discuss the 10 most-graded cards according to GemRate.com during the month of July!

There are five basketball cards atop the list, with just a couple baseball and a couple football cards. Can you think of who they might be?

We move on to list the best rookie cards of all four sports from the year 1997! Of the 12 great rookies we listed, nine of them are in their respective sports’ Halls of Fame!

Finally, we look over all the things happening across the Happy Hoppy Sports Card world, including our current giveaways (like a graded card carrying case from OnlyGreats.com), our most popular videos, articles, and podcasts from the month of July!

⚾Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com!

* 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy

* Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956

* 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

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Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter” pack has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

⚾🏈🏀5 UNDERVALUED ROOKIE CARDS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE TO ME!

We look back at some rookie cards from the past couple decades we believe are currently undervalued, and have room to rise! We touch on baseball rookie cards, football rookie cards, and even a basketball rookie card you should consider adding if you haven’t already!

Also, go to the David Gonos YouTube channel and watch the video we did about our Graded Card Case giveaway from the people at OnlyGreats.com! Learn how to become eligible to win this baby for free!

Patrick Imhoff shares another interesting nugget on how he would fix Fanatics if he became the CEO before they get all three major sports card licenses in 2026!

The great minds over at FantasyPros.com have ranked the Top 20 Dynasty Quarterbacks heading into the 2024 NFL season, and we discuss them — along with collectability!

We also look back at another one of the greatest Cards That Make Us Happy, which is a rookie card of one of the greatest running backs in NFL history!

Finally, we head over to Patrick Imhoff’s Substack to discuss his curiosity if the Mike Trout rookie card is overvalued or not!

Let us know if you have any ideas for the podcast and/or the newsletter! Email me at [email protected]!

Have a Happy Hobby!

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The Dandy Dozen Video Series – Best Players to Collect in Each Sport, in Each Era!

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Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter” pack has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

⚾🏈🏀Top 25 Most Graded Athletes According to GemRate.com⚾🏈🏀

We look closer at GemRate.com’s list of the top 25 players from all sports whose cards have been graded and slabbed the most among all the top sports card grading services!

You can read see this list on Instagram here:

And in some cases, we discuss some of the specific cards that have been graded the most by each of these athletes. You can read that chart here on GemRate.com.

⚾TOP 21 ROOKIE CARDS FROM 2024 TOPPS CHROME BASEBALL

Finally, I share the list I posted on DavidGonos.com where I rank the best rookie cards to get out of any 2024 Topps Chrome product! You can read more about that article here!

Let us know if you have any ideas for the podcast and/or the newsletter!

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Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter” pack has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

One of the most exciting times of the baseball season is the possible player movement before the MLB Trade Deadline — which is Tuesday, July 30, at 6pm ET.

Our Patrick Imhoff looks at seven six players who might get traded before the deadline, which means different things for collectors. Some players’ rookie cards will get a little boost, depending on where they land, but some prospects who get traded back for a star might become more valuable because of an increased chance of starring in the majors sooner than later.

Randy Arozarena was already traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle, for Aidan Smith and two other players! What do we think of that!?!

Patrick Imhoff’s newsletter can be found here — check it out when you can! He does some great Thrifty Thursday articles to help us know which prospect and rookie cards we should target!

In this podcast, we also go over how we feel about great youngsters who get busted for Performance Enhancing Drugs! Do we still target their cards? Do we avoid them?

Finally, we head to Pittsburgh to see another great Card That Makes Us Happy — 1973 Topps Roberto Clemente!

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One of our Happy Hobbyist partners, MJ Family Time Cards, led by Josh and his son Micah, are taking over the podcast with their prep for The National! Happy Hobby. indeed!

Josh and his young son Micah, along with Josh’s wife and daughter are headed to Cleveland this week for The National Sports Card Convention, the largest card show in the world!

This is their first visit, but they’ve done a lot of preparation and watched plenty of videos to know how to attack it! They share all their tips with us, which we can use — even if we’re going to a much smaller card show near us! Here’s the newsletter issue where they list all their tips out!

Also, our Patrick Imhoff shares another nugget on how he would make Fanatics even better if he became CEO before their 2026 unification of the three major sports card licenses. This time, he shares which products he would keep producing — and which cards would be found on the cutting room floor!

Finally, we share one of our all-time favorite Cards That Make Us Happy — the 1971 Topps Thurman Munson All-Star Rookie Cup card!

Have a Happy Hobby! And don’t forget to listen to our Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast on Apple or Spotify!

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Who doesn’t love the 2024 MLB All-Star break!?! Well, in the Happy Hobby Sports Card world, we take this time to reset, do a fun break of a 2023 Topps Pro Debut hobby box (with a giveaway on YouTube!), and we look back to figure out which of the players with 2024 Topps Rookie Cards from Series 1 and Series 2 are playing the best!?

In this podcast episode, we also discuss what happened at the Dallas Card Show, when someone stole a case full of about $2 million worth of sports cards, including rookie Mickey Mantle cards! How does this affect sports card shows going forward? We try to figure it out.

We also look at the Top 10 Athletes whose cards were graded by PSA in the month of June, 2024, according to GemRate.com. It’s interesting to note that FIVE basketball players made the top-10 on this list, but only two of them are active players!

Finally, I explain how our new “Happy Hobby Zoo” works, with our first resident, Ken Griffey Jr…. I mean Ken Gruffey Jr.! (We have fun.)

We also look at what’s happening in the Happy Hobby World, with links to our new articles listing the Best Topps Chrome Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year on DavidGonos.com.

Let us know if you have any ideas for the podcast and/or the newsletter!

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Collecting sports cards is one of the best hobbies around! You can connect with your childhood, connect with your friends and family who also collect, and you can even learn to be at peace while going through your collection. But spending too much money while collecting cards isn’t any fun at all! It can actually rob you of your fun!

We list off close to a dozen pieces of advice to help both novice and experienced collectors alike spend less money while still improving their collections!

Also, Patrick Imhoff continues his manifesto on how he would run Fanatics if he were to become CEO. (We’re actually rooting for this to happen because his ideas are just too good!)

Finally, we look at another one of our favorite “Cards That Make Us Happy!” This time, we’re turning our attention to mid-’80s baseball cards, and one that is etched in the minds of Gen-Xers everywhere! The 1987 Topps Bo Jackson Future Stars card!

Have a Happy Hobby! And don’t forget to listen to our Happy Hobby Sports Cards Podcast on Apple or Spotify!

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This podcast is the sister to the 1.14 Happy Hobby Sports Cards Newsletter! Each podcast has several subjects, like a pack of cards, with one big hit to start it off!

With the 2024 NBA Draft officially behind us, allowing us to start dreaming of the new rookies in their new rookie jerseys on their new rookie cards, we thought we’d look back at basketball card history. We tracked down nine great rookie basketball cards that we never got to see! In some cases, we saw their rookie cards in later years, but in the case of many of these players, they were more like third-year cards than rookie cards!

While we list nine, 🏀we actually discuss another 13 rookie basketball cards🏀 everyone also missed out on, for various reasons.

🎧Peeking Behind the Podcast Curtain🎧

I shared some numbers I learned about podcasters as they begin to judge the success or failure of their own podcast. How is the “Happy Hobby Sports Cards” Podcast measuring up!?! (Spoiler alert: Pretty good!)

Our buddy Patrick Imhoff also shares ⚾three players whose baseball cards he’s down on — as he climbs off their card-collecting bandwagons⚾, with no intentions to get back on!

🏀5 AWESOME EBAY STATS!🏀

Our friends at eBay shared some pretty great news about their vaulting services and their partnership with PSA, but even more importantly, they tell us who the five most bought/sold NBA players were during the 2023-24 NBA season! Can you guess who they were!?!

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In this podcast, Patrick Imhoff looks ahead to 2026 and he implores Fanatics to make some much-needed changes for the sports card industry to benefit the company, collectors and local card shops. He shares the first of many suggestions in this episode!

Imhoff isn’t done there, though, as he also lists off three rookie cards he’s picking up right now because of three players on the rise! (This is going to be an ongoing series, where he lists off three players he’s growing on and three players he’s liking less than he did before.

I share the list of the top-11 baseball players whose rookie cards have been clicked on the most in the past 30 days from my Best Rookie Cards From Every Topps Baseball Set From Every Year article. Several currently injured players are atop the list, which tells us there are some buy-low opportunities!

Along with Patrick’s picks of who he’s picking up, I share three players (one in baseball, one in basketball and one in football) whose rookie cards I’m considering picking up right now for various reasons!

Finally, I we look at Cards That Make Us Happy, and I go back to the 2007 Topps Series 1 release to find our latest fun gem. Derek Jeter swinging from his heels, with Mickey Mantle behind him in the dugout and U.S. President George W. Bush waving from the stands! It’s a fun card — and a fun history!

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