HeyJaredThe Talking Shop Podcast
Have you ever wanted to know what running a local card shop (LCS) is like? Do you have questions about buying, selling, or trading sports and TCG cards?
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A Raccoon Rookie Card Sold for $21,100?! | Talking Shop Ep. 204 (opens the original)
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Football is back, fantasy drafts are underway, and apparently raccoons have rookie cards worth more than most professional athletes. Michael and Josh kick things off talking fantasy football, including how AI helped Michael win his league last season, before getting into one of the strangest card sales we've seen all year: the Jimothy Gold 1/1 rookie card sold for $21,100 after starting at just 99 cents. Then things somehow get even stranger. Vault X has created numbered chase versions of its bi
Cooper Flagg 1/1 Pulled: Is a $3 Million Bounty Too Low? | Talking Shop Ep. 203 (opens the original)
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The Cooper Flagg 1/1 Rookie Debut Patch Autograph has finally been pulled — and somehow finding the card may only be the beginning of the story. Alt has already opened a public bounty auction for a card it doesn't even have yet, allowing verified buyers to establish what they're willing to pay if the owner eventually consigns it. Michael and Josh break down whether that's brilliant price discovery or walking dangerously close to the line, how long the owner should hold, and why Josh thinks this
2026 National Card Show: What Social Media Got Wrong | Talking Shop Ep. 202 (opens the original)
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Josh is back from the 2026 National Sports Collectors Convention, and his experience inside the building looked a little different from the version of The National that took over social media.Was this really an unprecedented, overcrowded National? Were the lines as bad as they looked online? What were collectors actually buying? And is paying extra for early entry the single best National hack?Josh breaks down five days at the show, his 2008 Upper Deck Tom Brady autograph pickup, meeting AEW’s K
The National Survival Guide 2026 | Budget Tips, Buying Strategy & PSA Grading | Talking Shop Ep. 201 (opens the original)
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The countdown to The National Sports Collectors Convention is officially on!In Episode 201 of Talking Shop, Josh and Michael share everything they've learned from attending the biggest sports card show in the world—from budgeting and buying strategy to grading decisions and navigating the massive show floor.We also discuss whether PSA's grading slowdown could impact the raw card market, what products are hitting hobby shop shelves this week, and which cards we'd be chasing if we had a $1,000 bud
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