JELI CARDS PODCAST

A 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Case went unpaid for on Heritage Auctions! This case is likely to have 20+ Wanye Gretzky rookie cards, but the winner never completed the transaction. Also, the National announced that they will be adding 75 tables to their 2025 show in Rosemont, IL, and that the tables will be given to new dealers currently on their waiting list!

PSA is on pace to grade between 15 and 16 million cards this year. Last year PSA graded 13 million cards so what does this mean for the hobby going forward? Can all of these PSA slabs sustain value in the future? Also John and I discuss the impact breakers have on the hobby. Are breakers starting to corner the wax market? Is it worth ripping wax product or should you just join a break?

The NHL season is officially on its way, and Upper Deck is releasing a ton of new sets! Sets such as O-Pee-Chee Platinum and Series 1, and future sets like SP Authentic and Skybox Metal can be great buys with major upside. Of course Connor Bedard is still a top pull with gold 1/1's to hit, but there are other rookies like Lane Hutson who's hitting some major amounts on eBay!

Topps Mercury cards have already been hitting the eBay market! We are seeing cards sell for thousands of dollars, but is this FOMO? Will these cards remain this valuable over the next few years? Also John and I utilize the new MLB Top 100 List to find some new prospects that could potentially be great investments in the future!

Some big hobby news was announced the other day. Connor Bedard signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics to be the sole distributor of his signed memorabilia! Also Topps is set to release a box dedicated to Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 season! This box will contain chrome parallels, SP's, chrome autos, relic autos, and of course 1/1 cards.

We at Jeli love collecting baseball cards, but we understand that other hobbyists might not enjoy baseball collecting as much. We wanted to dedicate an episode that is both enjoyable and knowledgeable when collecting baseball cards. We give you our strategies when researching prospects, which refractors we focus on, and when we believe the best time to sell the card.

Topps is releasing a new set called Topps Mercury which will be dedicated to only Victor Wembanyama. It will be a high end set for top collectors in the hobby. Also the debate continues on whether or not the 84-85 Star Michael Jordan card is his true rookie card. It has always been the 86 Fleer card, but now the Star Jordan card has surpassed his 86 Fleer in highest sold price!

The dual auto topic comes from The Cards Professor on Instagram. Do both players need to perform well in order for the card to either retain value or increase in value? Also John and I recap week 1 in the NFL, and give you our buy, sell, and hold players!

Is there only a small percentage of the sports card hobby that can buy into high end cards such as National Treasures or Flawless? Also John and I debate which players in the NFL could be considered a generational talent like Patrick Mahomes. Will those players ever reach the same card sales that we see Mahomes sell for?

This episode John and I discuss multiple topics related to the hobby. We talk about the massive bounty that was placed on Wemby's rookie auto Superfractor 1/1 from Topps Chrome, the unfortunate use of CT scanners in the hobby, and if you can purchase lower graded BGS slabs of rare cards to flip for profit.