Dan and Erik Sjolie have been collectors their entire lives — long before either of them ever thought about building a company. Years of running real businesses taught them how to spot value, build systems, and operate like professionals. Eventually those instincts found their way back to the hobby they never actually left.
The Collector's Club AI Podcast is where that experience meets the modern sports card and TCG market. Each episode breaks down how serious collectors and dealers actually run their business — real strategy, real stories from the show floor — with the perspective of two guys who've been doing this since before it was cool, and now build the operating system serious collectors and dealers use every day.
Grails, commons, bulk flips, or building the next big platform in the space — if it's happening in the hobby, it's getting talked about here.
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie dig into TAG's on-site grading machines, from what an AI slab might cost to who would run the machines. They also cover the stolen PSA slabs, Beckett's return online, Erik's Barry Bonds Precious Metals pickup, and Dan's family soccer rip with Lamine Yamal, Lionel Messi, and Thierry Henry. Whatnot trends and sports talk lead into Fair or Foul debates on player legacy, flipping at card shows, and wax vs. singles.
16 Oct 2026
PSA 9 vs. PSA 10: When Is the Premium Worth It?
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie debate whether a PSA 10 is worth the premium when a PSA 9 offers the same eye appeal for a personal collection. They dig into pop reports, gem rates, authentication, older slabs, and 1990s inserts, plus football card swings, Beckett’s technology update, grading volume, unconfirmed CGC sale rumors, and hobby affordability.
9 Oct 2026
Should You Grade Baseball Cards Before an MLB Lockout?
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie examine baseball card grading ahead of a possible MLB lockout. Topics include grading costs and turnaround times, PSA versus CGC, Dan’s Lamine Yamal Manga CGC 9 result, Bowman prospects, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Bryce Eldridge, and Paul Skenes. The hosts debate a market downturn versus buying activity shifting toward vintage and established players, then discuss youth card shows and collection organization.
2 Oct 2026
Cooper Flagg’s 1/1 Sold for $8.04M. Was It Too Much?
Cooper Flagg’s one-of-one NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph sold for $8.04 million, and Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie debate what a price that large means for a player still early in his NBA career.
Episode 15 also covers the Fire Ohtani card, Pokémon’s 30th anniversary release, signs of cooling in parts of the sports card market, the growing influence of repackers at card shows, Coinbase entering digital pack ripping, and Panini’s new Minor League Baseball agreement.
In Fair or Foul, Dan and Erik tackle three bigger hobby questions: how an MLB labor stoppage could affect baseball cards, whether modern products now contain too many parallels, and whether sports cards should be considered an investment class.
The episode closes with a discussion about grading, population counts, print-run research, AI tools, and how collectors can better understand the cards they own.
Beckett’s website and app remain offline, raising questions for collectors who use its account, order-status, and research tools. Dan McCabe discusses what is known and what remains unanswered. He also covers PSA’s updated Collection experience, shows a vintage Cy Young card returned from CGC, and compares the appeal of established GOAT cards with the uncertainty of modern rookie collecting. Finally, Dan shares how he and Cam began building a card-show case from dollar-box finds.
18 Sept 2026
Fanatics Shipping Manifest: Who Knows Where the Hits Go?
A Fanatics Emanate shipping manifest found inside a live break sparks a larger conversation about transparency and trust in the hobby. Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie separate what the incident actually shows from speculation about traditional sports card distribution, then turn to Beckett’s unusual website and app outage, PSA’s new Standard grading tier and the future of AI-assisted grading. They also recap the Dallas Card Show, a major Lamine Yamal pickup, Collectors Club AI’s QR-code workflow for dealers, the growth of athlete-owned card shops, young NFL stars versus Hall of Famers and the benefits and risks of storing cards in third-party vaults.
11 Sept 2026
What Happens to PSA 10s When AI Grading Arrives?
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie explore one of the biggest long-term questions facing sports card grading: what happens to existing PSA 10s if AI-assisted grading becomes widely adopted?
They discuss grading backlogs, service-tier changes, industry consolidation involving PSA, SGC, and Beckett, collector concerns about grading transparency, and why CGC continues to earn attention from some dealers and collectors. The hosts also examine the theory that increased use of AI could eventually create different perceptions of legacy human-graded cards and future technology-assisted grades. The AI grading “reset” discussed is a hypothetical hobby scenario, not a confirmed PSA announcement.
Erik also recaps his first two-day card show as a dealer with his daughter, including a 1998 Topps Chrome Peyton Manning rookie pickup and meeting Lawrence Taylor. Dan shares his preparation for the September Dallas Card Show and updates to Collectors Club AI tools for mobile scanning, inventory labels, QR codes, and collection management.
21 Jul 2026
Why Tom Brady, Michael Jordan & GOAT Cards Are Surging Again
Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi and other GOAT cards are getting serious attention from collectors—but is the hobby shifting away from speculative rookie hype and toward proven legends?
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie break down the movement they’re seeing across the sports card market, including Brady rookies, the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan, Messi and the soccer card market, rare 1990s inserts, PSA population reports, estimated print runs and the importance of true scarcity.
They also discuss whether collectors should focus on owning fewer, higher-quality cards, how generational collecting may affect long-term demand, and how AI can help collectors and dealers monitor card values and identify market movement across large collections.
Plus, Dan and Erik share what Collectors Club AI is building ahead of the National Sports Collectors Convention and how the platform is designed to help collectors and dealers catalog inventory, monitor values, track opportunities and make better buying and selling decisions.
30 Jun 2026
When Is the BEST Time to Buy & Sell Sports Cards?
Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie tackle one of the biggest edges any collector or dealer can have: knowing when to buy and when to sell. From the FIFA World Cup soccer card boom (Haaland, Yamal, Messi) to NBA stars like Victor Wembanyama and DK Metcalf's price swings, this episode breaks down how market timing, player performance, and collector psychology drive card values. They also cover long-term vs. short-term collecting strategies, building a personal collection with intention, and updates from the National Sports Collectors Convention.
12 Jun 2026
PSA Kills Bulk Grading: What's Next for Card Collectors?
PSA just discontinued bulk grading submissions, and the ripple effects are hitting every corner of the hobby. Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie break down PSA's new $79 minimum pricing, the 10M+ card backlog crisis, and how competitors CGC, Beckett, SGC, and TAG are responding. They also dig into why 75% of grading volume is TCG (not sports cards), authentication and counterfeit concerns, and whether graded 7s, 8s, and 9s will hold their value going forward.
2 Jun 2026
We Went to the Dallas Card Show and Found a Huge Problem
Collector's Club AI founders Dan McCabe and Erik Sjolie recap their trip to the Dallas Card Show — favorite pickups, standout rookie cards, and the business gaps they spotted in the sports card industry along the way. This episode kicks off a series exploring inventory management, eBay selling strategy, and how AI is changing the hobby for collectors and dealers alike.
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