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Mister Swerb gives his thoughts on Fanatics/Topps CEO Michael Rubin's insightful interview with Bill Simmons, which provided a lot of breadcrumbs of where Fanatics (and the hobby) is headed.
In his latest sports card market update, Mr Swerb talks about Panini's rapid-fire release dates of football card products amidst ongoing legal woes with Fanatics. And touches on the release of a new product that will have CJ Stroud rookie autos in it.
Mister Swerb checks in with his latest sports card market update, touching on some new releases, players with hot card markets, '23 Prizm football, MLB free agency, and the Babe Ruth rookie card that could sell for a record sum.
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Mister Swerb checks in with his latest sports card market update. This week he hits on Panini trudgung forward, LeBron autos, GemRate data, grading specials, & PSA's market share dominance.
Mister Swerb checks in with an update on a slew of relevant new news in the sports card world.
Mister Swerb looks to stay hot with his best bets, offering up his top three plays for week 4 of the NFL slate.
Mister Swerb checks in with a recap of what was a wild and exciting week 3 of NFL action.
Mister Swerb checks in with his latest sports card market update ... giving his thoughts on the latest (bad) news for Panini, new releases he's excited about, and what players card markets are flyin' as we head into week 3 of the NFL season.
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Mister Swerb checks in with his three top bets in the NFL for week 2, coming off a 2-1 week 1 effort,
Mister Swerb checks in to break down a week 1 NFL slate of action that saw home teams go 4-11 straight up and 3-12 against the spread.
Mister Swerb takes a look at some recent data points and makes some observations that he believes points to a very rosy future for the sports card industry and hobby as we head into the fall.
Mister Swerb goes over PSA's new September card grading special and goes through all the latest in the legal war between Fanatics and PSA. Panini continues to release products and Mister Swerb gives his thoughts on when we could see 2023 Topps Football cards hit the market.
Leaf quickly moved to name a new CEO and Mister Swerb breaks down what the new hire should tell the market and collectors. He also provides an update on '23 football cards and what hobby box products they're seeing as the hottest right now.
Will we see new 2023 football card products this year with Panini and Fanatics slugging it out in the courts? Mister Swerb checks in with his prediction on how things will play out in the short term.
Any thoughts of a quick and seamless transition of the production of football cards from Panini America to Fanatics were quickly laid to waste as Panini shot back after receiving a letter from the NFL Players Association stating it had decided to “terminate” its deal with Panini and to concurrently sign an exclusive licensing rights deal with Fanatics.
Mister Swerb checks in to make sense of the latest developments and what they mean for the hobby and collectors.
The sports card industry and hobbyists were thrust into a state of flux this week upon receiving the bombshell news Sunday night that the NFL Players Association had terminated their trading card agreement with Panini and that they’d concurrently inked a new exclusive trading card deal with Fanatics, who purchased Topps Trading Card Company in January of 2022.
What does this all mean for Fanatics/Topps? For 2023 NFL football cards? For collectors? Much is still unknown. Here’s a breakdown of where things are at.
Mister Swerb checks in with some refreshed thoughts on the NBA Playoffs at the mid-point of four incredible conference semifinal series that could all go seven games.
Mister Swerb takes a look at the Elite Eight of the NBA Playoffs field with one round in the books and how the first round winners match up against one another.
With the MLB season now 10% of the way complete, Mister Swerb takes a look at some of the statistical impacts of the new rule changes, most notably the rise in stolen bases.
Mister Swerb checks in with some thoughts on an exciting start to what should be an incredible first round series between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In our latest episode we take a look at the impact of the new rules in Major League Baseball and also discuss the teams and players off to the fastest start to the 2023 season.
In our latest episode we provide a quick recap of the World Baseball Classic and what's happened to the rookie card prices of Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout since the tournament's storybook finale between Japan and the USA.
Bigger bases, shift restrictions, and the implementation of a pitch clock. The Cardboard Jungle looks at what happened in the minor leagues with these rules implemented the last couple of years and what lies ahead for MLB.
Today we take on a topic of great debate these last 9 months - the current and future state of the sports card market.
It was the third highest Super Bowl ever, and certainly one of the greatest. Take a trip down memory lane with The Cardboard Jungle's quick recap of the Chiefs 38-35 win over the Eagles.
We take a look at what all the contenders did at the NBA trade deadline, and how it sets up what should be a wide open and very exciting 2023 NBA Playoffs.
In our first episode ever we lay out the landscape for the NFL off-season NFL Carousel, making predictions on who ends up being the starting QB for all 32 NFL teams next September.