It happens every year about this time--the sports card market takes a little dip, for no great reason. Vintage is not immune. Baseball is ending. Football is starting. People start to think about holiday shopping and travel, and tighten the budgets a bit. If you're...
You might think that with today's grading and authenticating technology, counterfeits would be on the decline. But you would be wrong. According to CGC VP and lead grader Andy Broome, he still sees counterfeits daily. Broome says "we see them nearly every day. I have...
With the recent news of SGC's precipitous drop in volume, it's a fair question: Can CGC make inroads into grading vintage sports cards? Regardless of the future of SGC, it is obvious that less volume is the plan for the brand. That means there is available vintage...
I have been closely following SGC news since they were acquired by PSA parent company Collectors. An SGC loyalist, I had early optimism that SGC might be repositioned as a vintage-only boutique-type grader. Frankly, that would just represent a return to pre-COVID...
The new collectibles app Mantel came along at the perfect time for me. I have grown increasingly tired of wading through so much toxic content on big social media just to get to my card groups. Collecting is supposed to be my escape from those daily stressors. And as...
It's the age old question in hobby groups: "So, what is the current turnaround time for (insert grading company here)?" Of course, answering this question should be as simple as going to the grading company's website, clicking on the appropriate level of service, and...
Cardhound Connections This list of Cardhound-approved resources and vendors will eventually get its own "page" on the site. But until then, bookmark this info on trusted vintage buyers and sellers, resources and groups, hobby suppliers, discount codes, and more. ...
Cardhound Vintage is excited to host card grading legend and current CGC VP Andy Broome as a forum Guest Expert on August 28-31. Click here to enter the Guest Expert Forum--a free account is needed to post on the Collector's Club Board. Here's How it Works Drop...
Foreword I made a new friend at the National this year. Angel is from Puerto Rico, and he was kind enough to share with me a draft of his amazing Toleteros book in progress. In case you're not familiar, Toleteros were Puerto Rican cards first issued in the 1948-49...
You have likely heard by now: there's a new king of sports cards. Well, 2 kings actually: Koby and MJ. Their 2007 UD Exquisite Dual Logoman 1/1 just sold to an investment group that includes "Mr. Wonderful," Kevin O'Leary and others. The Heritage sale grossed $12.9...
