Your sports collectibles podcast. We talk TTM (Through the Mail), collecting, autographs and more with former athletes, fellow collectors and hobby experts. New shows posted every Wednesday and Saturday.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Rick Dempsey played 24 season in MLB and won the 1983 WS MVP. He loves signing autographs and loves to talk baseball. Rick joins me for his second appearance on the podcast. Also in Hobby Happenings Drew Pelto and I look at some recent grading numbers, some recent auction results and more. Send questions and feedback to us at ttmcast@yahoo.com
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
The Force is with us this week! Star Wars Super Collector David Dickson joins me to talk new and vintage Star Wars Cards. Show regular Clemente Lisi (16:09) drops in to talk Messi to the MLS and Les Wolff and I discuss (1:24"19) being prepared for The National. We also have our regular segments including Bakers Dozen (12:05), Making the Grade (1:53:21), The Big 3 (1:54:52), TTMCast Stamp of Approval (1:59:31),, The Vern Rapp Minute (2:07:44) and TTM Returns (2:13:01). Send questions and feedback to us at ttmcast@yahoo.com
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Founder and Producer of The Card Life TV Show joins me to talk about his show. The Card Life hosted by MLB pitcher Matt Stahm is starting it third season. Also in Hobby Happenings Drew Pelto and I look at new releases this week and review grading stats from Gem Rate.com. Send questions and feedback to us at ttmcast@yahoo.com
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Getting an early start this week as I'm heading to the Red Sox game tomorrow. TTM super collector Nick Andrews joins me (1:09:10) to talk about collecting the 1969 Topps basketball set. Clemente Lisi and I talk hockey collectibles in Clemente's World (22:56). We also have our regular segments including Bakers Dozen (14:07), Making the Grade (1:33:05), This week's Big 3 (1:35:00), TTMCast Stamp of Approval (1:37:06), The Vern Rapp Minute (1:40:33) and TTM Returns (1:46:06). Send questions and feedback to us at ttmcast@yahoo.com.
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
NOTE: UPDATED INNTERVIEW - Jeff Owens Editor at Sports Collectors Digest joins me to talk about my San Diego Chicken article, hobby news and SCD 50th anniversary. Drew Pelto and I talk about the Panini break in and look at some new releases for the week. Send us comments and questions to ttmcast@yahoo.com
Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
Happy Memorial Day! This week are joined by Star Wars TTM collector Jay Shifman (53:36). Also Les Wolff and I talk about the art of negotiating (22:02) in "More from Les". We also have our regular segments including Baker's Dozen (15:21), Making the Grade (1:30:10), The Big 3 (1:33:07), TTMCast Stamp of Approval (1:37:01), The Vern Rapp Minute (1:41:24) and TTM Returns (1:46:26). Send questions and feedback to us at ttmcast@yahoo.com
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Gil Hodge's Jr. joins me to talk about his famous dad. Gil Hodges Sr was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year. We talk about what that meant to his family. We also talk about his dad's time in the Marines during WWII and being friends with Jackie Robinson. Drew and I look at some new releases and other hobby news in Hobby Happenings.
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
3 Great Guest List week! Gordon Wilcher who has been collecting for 45 years talks (1:05:03) about why he has decided to sell off his collection. Les Wolff appraises items sent in by our listeners (22:15) and Ryan Sruczynski from Gem Rate stops by to give this week's Big 3 (1:42:47). We have our regular segments including Bakers Dozen (14:17), Making the grade (1:40:44), TTMCast Stamp of Approval (2:00:03), Vern Rapp Minute (2:05:37) and TTM Returns (2:16:11).
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
He won two National Championships with Alabama and played 10 seasons under Don Shula, Don McNeal joins me to talk football, collecting and signing autographs. Drew and I also look at recent auction results, new releases and answer some listener mail in Hobby Happenings.
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
Happy Mother's Day! This week inventor of the Card Cradle Jeff Parker joins us in Collectors Corner (48:52) and Les Wolff and I talk about bringing focus to your collection in More from Les (29:36). We have our regular features including Bakers Dozen (16:59), Making the Grade (1:19:56), The Big 3 (1:21:28), TTMCast Stamp of Approval (1:24:25), The Vern Rapp Minute (1:29:35) and TTM Returns (1:38:54).
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