A Look Back At 'Card Talk Live'

Later in the evening, two of the hosts, Lou Geneux and Tyler Schmitt, ran two separate "pack wars," a contest in which the hosts partner with a guest and each open a pack of cards. The one with the lowest serial numbered card inside of it wins both packs.

Tyler and Lou first teamed up with NFL prospects, former Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and wide receiver Tylan Wallace, later partnering with Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cassius Marsh and media personality Buster Scher. In both "pack wars," Lou Geneux pulled the lower serial number to complete the sweep and sent his partners, Tylan Wallace and Buster Scher, home with some amazing cards, courtesy of Panini America.

One of the highlights of the evening was when NBA on TNT host Adam Lefkoe took over the hosting duties and brought on a pair of NBA legends; former Atlanta Hawks guards Spud Webb and Dominique Wilkins, as well as former San Antonio Spurs guard Johnny Moore on for a discussion about the iconic 1986 Fleer trading card set.

This set is where you can find the rookie cards of NBA icons, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon, Chris Mullin, Karl Malone, and of course, Spud Webb and Dominique Wilkins. Johnny Moore's rookie card is not in this set, but his card is one of the most collectible because of how rare PSA 10 examples of his cards are due to being typically mis-cut because of its spot at the end of the uncut sheets.

One of the most fun and memorable moments of the entire night was when Wilkins and Webb reminisced about their iconic 1986 Slam Dunk Contest battle, with Wilkins saying that despite he and Webb being teammates, he had never seen Webb dunk like that before that night.

About halfway through the event, Gary Vaynerchuk took over the hosting duties and introduced Nicole Colombo, the General Manager of eBay, to discuss her takes on the market and give some insight into what they have planned going forward.

After the marathon 4+ hour event, the party headed over to Instagram Live, where host Tyler Schmitt did an @eBay takeover on their account and was joined by fellow hosts Lou Geneux on the @cardtalkpod handle and Ryan Johnson on his @cardcollector2.

Viewers headed over to ask questions, talk some more sports cards, and try to win the following giveaways, courtesy of eBay:

• (1) 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA Hobby Box

• (1) 2020 Panini Prizm FOTL Football Hobby Box

and the grand prize...

• (1) 2019-20 Panini NBA Flawless Hobby Box

The night was capped off by the after-after-party on the social media app, Clubhouse, which was hosted again by Tyler, Lou, Ryan, and Gary Vaynerchuk, and attended by over 1600 people that were firing away even more trading card related questions.

It was a fantastic night for the hobby, which has exploded in the past year and has been seeing no signs of declining anytime soon.