Live August 17th, 2025: National Recap

About this episode

Jonathan and Nate discuss their experiences at the 2025 National Sports Card Show, including highlights and card pickups.

On this episode, Jonathan (@sportscards.and.sunsets) and Nate (@incardboardveritas) discuss The 2025 National Sports Card Show (Chicago), on a YouTube Live recorded August 17, 2025. The episode kicks off with Jonathan interviewing Nate’s teenage son, Lukas (@cardz4life32), to get a youthful (but still vintage-focused!) perspective on the National. Jonathan & Nate then discuss their National experiences, with topics including top highlights, pleasant surprises, negative aspects, things we’d do differently, and key impressions & takeaways (including regarding the state of the vintage market). And of course we show off & discuss our card pickups! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan, Nate, Matthew

Guest: Lukas

Topics covered

• sports cards
• vintage market
• National Sports Card Show
• card pickups
• youth perspective

Keywords

• National Sports Card Show
• vintage cards
• card collecting
• youth perspective
• Chicago

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The 2025 National Sports Card Show

Places: Chicago

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