One of my favorite cards, and my old Babe Ruth card, is this sweet 1948 Leaf card that has been graded a BGS 5.5. I think it has an easy shot at a PSA 5 with an outside shot at a PSA 6. People don’t love BGS for vintage but I think if you find a classic card in a BGS slab, it can represent a buying opportunity. I have very little desire to try to cross this though. It’s not worth the cost and I’m happy with the current slab (if I did anything, id move it to a BGS slab that is silver rather than the paper just for aesthetic reasons).

As a career filmmaker, the last project I ever imagined I’d get hired to direct is a feature-length documentary on the trading card world. It was such an honor and a dream to create a film about a hobby I’ve been passionate about since the 90s as part of my ‘job.’ When we were traveling all around the country shooting footage for The Hobby between 2021-2023, I was truly like a kid in a candy shop, as emphasized here where I got to hold one of my favorite cards ever when we were shooting at SGC in Boca Raton.

Here’s another leaf I had to scratch and claw to get. Really glad I did. Seems the market for this one keeps getting stronger.

Been working on this set for a few years. 21 cards to go.

Not my card. But man, for those who have never seen it, this Upper Deck card contained cut autos of the first HOF class in baseball history. True legends. The question: is this the best cut auto card ever made? I think it has to be…right?! I don’t know who owns this, but this is a true museum piece. So cool.