Episodes

Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Climb the Ladder to the Top of Collecting
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National
Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and Rico Petrocelli in our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. First up was Al Crisafulli from Love of the Game Auctions, chatting his most recent very successful auction and the next one, as well as speaking of the National.
Our main guests this week are Joshua Johnson, Chris McGill & Kristina Thorson, of
The Card Ladder, a website that allows you to track your collection and even grow it
using the sites analytics. The discuss the sites background and origination as well
as what it can do for you, the collector. They have thousands upon thousands of auction
results that are updated and maintained daily. Our final guest is Scott Russell from
the Collector Connection and he has some great sports and non-sports memorabilia coming up in his next auction, including some really cool Star Wars stuff.
Websites:
https://loveofthegameauctions.com/
https://www.cardladder.com/
https://thecollectorconnection.com/
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Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Auctions are still hot!
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 6-8-2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National
Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and John Molori in our Studio 21 Podcast
Cafe. We have Joe Drelich from East Coast Sports Marketing and Mike Provenzale from
Heritage Auctions, they each take up the first 20 minutes, separately, if you can follow
along. Joe gets his 10 minutes first nd he is all about the shows that are coming up
including the CSA Show, Philly and the National. Next up is Mike Provenzale, with that
sweet tone to his voice and lots of action at the auction block! We hit on Muhammed
Ali, VHS Tapes, yer seriously, and so much more!
Joe Tomasulo, Memory Lane Inc is our main guest and we, as per usual are all over the
place from being a pitching coach, technology in baseball and life, the Yankees start
to the season, Mike Trout, 100 year old signed baseballs are just the start!
Websites:
https://ecsmsports.com/
https://www.ha.com/sports
https://memorylaneinc.com/
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 5-24-2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National
Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and John Molori in our Studio 21 Podcast
Cafe. Mike Heffner is our co-host this week from Lelands Auctions, we get into their
business and we also get into his massive collection! Derek Grady, Heritage Auctions
is on with us for the first segment with Mike. Lelands auction has some amazing items,
including some great Tiger Woods stuff, Steph Curry, Gil Hodges uniform, Jordan cards
and sneakers and so much more! We get into Mike's wrestling collection as well!
Derek for once doesn't get too many opportunities to speak on this episode, which
makes this a rarity! Later in the show we get to chat with Dave Kohler of SCP Auctions
and he always has great items on auction, like some NBA, Championship Rings and more.
Dave also lets us know how the taping of Pawn Stars is going.
Websites:
https://www.ha.com/sports
https://lelands.com/
https://scpauctions.com/
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 5/18/2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and Rico Petrocelli are in our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. We have John Taube, JT Sports as our guest host and our first guest is Brian Dwyer, Robert Edwards Auctions. REA has a current auction going on right now and we get into that, and more! Attention returns to John Taube and he's all about bats and gloves, we discuss as well about Rico's bat and how many gloves he used during is career. We ask get into the modern collector and whether or not they are interested in the vintage bats and gloves. Next we have Dan Wulkan, Memory Lane Inc and talk about his time on Pawn Stars and how much he got paid, Memory Lane has a big auction as well and we hear Dan chat about the highlights!
Websites:
https://gameusedbats.com/
https://robertedwardauctions.com/
https://memorylaneinc.com/
https://tomzappalamedia.com/
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Wednesday May 11, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 5/11
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala is flying solo today, although Leighton Sheldon is joining him and he makes a great co-host! Our first guest is Jordan Gilroy of Lelands, they have some amazing things happening right now. Talking about their auction opening at the end of May, cards and memorabilia will be fun! Leighton then gets into a T206 collection that he came across from a family of non collectors and how to best to deal with people who need information on how to proceed. We also ask Leighton about the status of vintage right now and get into a manufactured scarcity
discussion and how he feels about it. Lee Behrens, Sterling Sports Auction then joins us to chat about his auction that ends tomorrow night, he has some great stuff including a 1951 Bowman Mantle and many other items, get your bids in now!
Websites:
https://www.vintagebreaks.com/
https://www.justcollect.com/
https://lelands.com/
http://www.sterlingsportsauctions.com/
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Wednesday May 04, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 5/4/2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and Rico Petrocelli are in our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. This week we have Scott Russell, The Collector Connection on with us for the entire show to chat about what they are up too. Our first guest is Charlie Parrino, JRI Cards and he always has so much going on, not sure 5 minutes will be enough! Charlie spends his time telling us about various types of auctions and rips and the like he has going on and you can get involved. We then
get deeper into what Scott Russell has going on with auction which always includes all types of levels, from the big time collector to what most of us are, the little guy collector. We do get into some boxing memorabilia as well and what is the most valuable boxing card, and if the hobby is better policed now. Our final guest is Chuck Whisman, Wheatland Auctions and he has a new auction which begins soon and ends June 5th. All kinds of old and new in this auction, plenty of time to get involved!
Websites:
https://thecollectorconnection.com/
https://jricards.com/
https://wheatlandauctionservices.com/
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Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 4-27-2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 4-27-2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and John Molori in our Studio21 Podcast Cafe. Derek Grady, Heritage Auctions is on with us for the entire show, and our first short guest is Jeff Marren, Rockhurst Auctions and he gets into their current auction that ends on the 30th, lots going at Rockhurst! Next up we have Scott Russell, The Collectors Connection joins us to talk about all they have going on. We also have Bob Brodwater, Collectibles Insurance on with us to talk an important subject - getting your memorabilia properly insured, not always a fun topic, but it is super important.
Throughout the show we chat with Derek Grady about the hobby and happenings at Heritage Auctions!
Please take a moment and check out the links for Eric Michaelis below and either
contribute to the Go Fund Me, or maybe buy some cards from him so he can take care
of his children - Thank you!
Websites:
https://www.rockhurstauctions.com/
https://www.ha.com/sports
https://thecollectorconnection.com/
https://collectinsure.com/
Elizabeth (Liz) Michaelis Go Fund Me:
https://gofund.me/b27635b1
Contact Eric to purchase cards:
emichaelis@hotmail.com
Eric Michaelis Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1831542000409274
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Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 4/20/2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala and Rico Petrocelli in our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe home. Al Crisafulli, Love of the Game Auctions joins us first, to discuss his most recent auction, inflation and more! Then we have Craig Sandlin, @The Loupe App on with us for the first time to chat about his App and the traditional Card Shop, there are more in the U.S. than we thought. Then, Jack Archer, PSA Magazine, Managing Editor joins the show, he is new to PSA and has updated SMR to PSA Magazine. We get into Jack's collecting as well, and the state of the hobby. Finally, we have James Fiorentino, Artist on with us to talk his Jackie Robinson painting that he has done for the 75th Anniversary of his debut in MLB, and of course his other artwork available.
Websites:
https://loveofthegameauctions.com/
https://loupetheapp.com/about
https://www.psacard.com/magazine/current
https://www.jamesfiorentino.com/
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 4-13-2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala in his Florida Studio and John Molori is back home at our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. Steve Verkman, Clean Sweep Auctions is our first guest and gets into their auctions over the next fews days, quick and affordable! The we have Jeff Marren, Rockhurst Auctions on with us for the first time and we chat how he got into the business. He started working at Graceland and did all Elvis all the time before he created his own company. We discuss the normal collector
and how important they are to the hobby, how they really drive the auctions. We also chat about Dick Perez artwork and more! Finally, Mike Provenzale, Heritage Auctions joins us for a quick update on what is going on at HA. Opinions on NFT's and fractional buying as well as some discussion on T206 Collection.
Websites:
https://www.rockhurstauctions.com/
https://www.cleansweepauctions.com/
https://www.ha.com/sports
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
The Great American Collectibles Show 4/6/2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
This week on The Great American Collectibles Show, presented by PSA and The National Sports Collectors Convention has Tom Zappala in his Florida Studio and Rico Petrocelli is back home and our Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. We have JP Cohen on with us from the great auction site Memory Lane Auction, Inc. They have quite a bit going on including the Manny Gordon auction, a vast collector, we hear about the late Manny Gordon and some details on some of the items. The panel also discusses the happy trio of Ultra Modern, Modern and Vintage living peacefully together and they even chat about fractional buying and even flipping, which Rico is fully on board with. We then get an opportunity to talk with Jared Kavile of Pristine Auctions, who has so many different auction types, even he was grinning trying to remember them all! They also have a mix of items, not just sports collectibles, they cover all areas! Please joins us on the Great American Collectibles Show!
Websites:
https://www.pristineauction.com/
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