Global Card Collectors is back and after stepping away from the hobby for a while, John and Will have plenty to talk about.
Will has just returned from New Zealand, where he attended the Auckland Card Show and experienced what he calls the best card show he's ever been to. From meeting old collecting friends and interviewing bare-knuckle boxer Haze “The Huntsman” Hepi, to watching a kid pull a 1/1 on stage and finding $1 rookie cards that are now worth around $100, it was a reminder of what makes card collecting fun in the first place.
But back in Turkey, the hobby feels very different.
John has taken a noticeable step back from the modern card market, while Will talks about the growing obsession with comps, PSA 10s, autos, breaks and the latest “hot” cards. Have sports cards become too focused on money?
We also talk about:
🏀 Michael Jordan cards: including a card Will bought for around NZ$50–70 that's now averaging around US$800
🔥 Whether Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley or another NBA legend could be the next player to explode
📉 Why John has stepped back from the modern card market
🏆 The return of 90s and early-2000s basketball cards
🇳🇿 New Zealand sports cards and why cards featuring the Kiwi flag are so special
🏉 Will's new “ghost card” chase: a Dan Carter autograph from his playing days in Japan
🇯🇵 The rabbit hole of Japanese rugby cards and BBM
👨👦 Collecting with your kids and rediscovering the fun of simply ripping packs
🐐 John’s growing International Treasures collection
🐲 Pokémon, the 30th anniversary and whether the current hype can get even crazier
And finally, Will reveals a Dennis Rodman & Trinity Rodman card that has a much deeper story than simply being a father-daughter card.
This is a conversation about collecting, nostalgia, the changing hobby and perhaps most importantly, remembering why we started collecting cards in the first place.
Welcome back to Global Card Collectors.
