Adam Palmer
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A podcast about the sports card industry. Learning and sharing information about sports cards to help collectors new and old!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Adam turns sports-card news into practical questions about grading, product value, collector confidence and the business behind the hobby.
Herosforsale Podcast | Sports Cards News & Info follows the decisions that shape collecting, from grading changes and product pricing to print runs and the resale value inside a box.
A $650 Prizm box gets the kind of scrutiny you'd give a used car.
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A speculative hobby-market conversation that keeps returning to what each move could signal.
The episode opens with Fanatics bringing in Red Bull's former CMO and uses that move to frame a practical question about stronger marketing leadership in sports cards.
A steady release-calendar check-in that turns hobby timing into a clear value conversation.
Adam runs through the weekday release calendar and uses it to sort upcoming sports card products, especially the 2022 sets landing in 2023 and the value questions around them.
A shutdown story that also follows the business pressures on sports-card platforms.
Herosforsale treats Dibs Marketplace's shutdown as more than a single business failure, using it to trace how sports-card platforms try to stay funded and still find a durable model.
A hobby-panel episode centered on Beckett's grading-scale change, a leaked label image, and Scott Rosman's apples-to-apples framing.
This episode tracks Beckett's grading-scale change, the leaked label image, and the larger issue of how collectors compare cards across labels and standards.
A hobby conversation that keeps card art, media, and creator life in the same frame.
Danny Black's visit plays as a hobby-world conversation about cards, art, and content creation, with Adam moving easily between Baltimore Sports Collectibles, Hobby News Daily, and the creative side of the hobby.
A grounded look at Prism release day, where card hype meets the math of buying, grading, and early-market pricing.
The piece keeps Prism football at the center and uses release day as a clean entry point into the hobby's practical side. It looks at when a card is worth chasing, how grading can change the math, and why the early market often rewards the people who pay to be first.
A candid look at how a collector turns market changes into a content voice.
Mike Sommer's return to cards gives the piece its shape. The conversation follows how he came back in late 2015 or early 2016 and had to make sense of a market that no longer looked like the one he knew as a kid.
A blunt, collector-first read on pricing, demand, and what Prizm is worth right now.
Adam uses the March 15 to March 21 box-sales rundown to ask a simple question: who is actually moving products like Prizm, and have box prices run ahead of what buyers can get back?
Bill Simmons debates NBA tanking, MVP races, and movies with Zach Lowe and friends.
Zach Lowe and ESPN colleagues dissect NBA trades, cap rules, and roster fit.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
Two hosts break down the ATP and WTA tour week, daily through every Grand Slam.
Race journalists and Damon Hill break down F1 driver markets, team history, and car tech.
Host Adam analyzes the immediate impact of MLB Opening Day rosters on the sports card market, focusing on which top prospects are debuting.
The host discusses the announcement of influencer cards in Topps Big League sets, expressing support for the concept and its potential to inspire younger collectors and content creators in the sports card hobby.
This episode discusses Topps' new Bowman Chrome basketball set, analyzing its marketing timing around the NCAA tournament and highlighting key athletes like Kaitlin Clark and Aaliyah Boston.
The episode discusses how MLB's new deal with Bally to stream all minor league games for free could impact sports card values by increasing exposure for young prospects.
Adam hosts Hobby Hotline episode 236 with Danny Black, Uncle Rich Klein, and Brody.
The host analyzes the shutdown of Dibs, a fractional sports card marketplace that raised millions from Amazon and celebrity investors.
Adam opens on Prism Football.
Prism sits at number one, and Adam is not surprised.
Adam opens live with Danny Black.
The host opens on Prism football release day and treats Prism like one of the bigger events on the hobby calendar.
A Saturday Hobby Hotline panel eases in loose.
Quarterbacks make the market strange.
The host analyzes recent high-dollar sales of rookie football cards, particularly focusing on Anthony Richardson and Bailey Zappe, to explore the speculative nature of sports card investing.
The host reacts to Darren Rovell's tweet about PSA grading statistics, analyzing which players have the most graded cards and why modern rookies like Zion Williamson rank so high.
The host discusses TikTok's recent ban on live sports card breaking, exploring reasons like legal issues, lack of moderation, and potential financial motives.
The host analyzes Beckett's leaked plan to change their sports card grading standards, which would have allowed cards with one 10 and three 9.5 subgrades to receive a final 10 grade.
Mike Summer talks about getting back into the hobby in late 2015 or early 2016 and realizing pretty fast that the way he collected as a kid in the 1980s and 1990s would not work the same in the mid-2010s.
The host analyzes Upper Deck's controversial decision to reduce the number of cards in its 2023 Series 1 hockey boxes from 190 to 145, criticizing the timing as exploitative given the anticipated rookie debut of generational prospect Connor Bedard.
Host Adam reviews upcoming sports card releases including Topps Stadium Club Chrome, Panini Contenders Basketball, and WWE Prism, providing detailed analysis of pricing, value propositions, and market trends while warning about social media-driven hype cycles.
The episode analyzes Fanatics' recent strategic moves in the sports card industry, including hiring a former Red Bull CMO and signing Bronny James to an NIL contract, with speculation that these actions aim to eventually bring LeBron James to Topps.
This segment discusses the news that Topps, under Fanatics, will release basketball cards starting in the 2022-24 NBA season, potentially as an unlicensed product due to Panini's current NBA license.
Three hobby experts discuss major industry news including TikTok's sudden ban on sports card breaks, forcing breakers to migrate to alternative platforms.
Livestream discussion analyzing Alt v.