Rorz Cards is run by Rory “Rorz” Hansen, a sports card collector in San Diego. He writes most of what’s here, and he reviews, edits and approves every post before it goes up, including the ones guest authors write.
Rory, aka Rorz, is originally from Vancouver, Canada, and is an avid hockey fan (Go Canucks!). He seriously collected hockey cards in his youth. (At least, as seriously as a kid with a $5 monthly budget for cards could!)
Thinking they were his path to an early retirement, he lugged his sports card collection with him for decades, even bringing them to the United States where he now resides. (Turns out that cards from the “junk wax era” are next to worthless. *shrug*)
In 2020 after a 25 year hiatus, Rorz started collecting again. Boy had things changed. Refractors, parallels, new brands, unlicensed vs. licensed cards, autographs galore! There was a lot to learn.
To get back into the hobby he once loved, Rorz began posting down-to-earth, fun videos to TikTok about re-learning sports card collecting. This site picks up where those videos left off.
Who writes here
Rory writes most posts and guides. Three guest authors have written for the site too: Nate Lake, Ibreak Cards and Tyler Holzhammer. Every post shows who wrote it under the title, along with the date it was published and, when it has changed since, the date it was updated.
Editorial standards
Every post and guide on Rorz Cards is reviewed, edited and approved by Rory before it’s published, whoever wrote it. If something is wrong, he fixes it. Our editorial and corrections policy has the details.
How the facts on the site are checked:
- Card values. In our price guides, each value is a recorded sale, linked to the auction or sales record it came from, with the date the prices were checked. Some posts from 2024 were written before we worked this way; they show their publish date, and we’re updating them, most-read first.
- Grading fees and turnaround times. These come from each grading company’s own pricing page. Our card grading prices page shows when they were last checked and keeps a log of every change.
- Grading standards, set details and other facts. We link to the primary source, such as PSA, the grading companies or the card makers, in the text.
- The card shop directory. Rory compiles and checks each listing from the shop’s own website, social pages and map listing. It’s desk research: we haven’t visited every shop, and a listing isn’t a review. Each area page says when its shops were last checked.
- The card show calendar. A weekly check reads each organizer’s own page. Dates an organizer publishes in a standard machine-readable format are added automatically; anything else is checked by hand before it goes up.
How Rorz Cards makes money
- Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links to eBay, including the eBay listings in the sidebar, may earn us a commission through the eBay Partner Network, and so can links that start with rorzcards.com/recommends/, such as our Card Dealer Pro links. Pages with these links say so at the top.
- Card shop listings are free. No shop pays to be in the directory.
- Buying collections. Rory also buys sports card collections in the San Diego area (details here). Our guides to selling cards mention this where it’s relevant.
The full details are in our affiliate disclosure.
Get in touch
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Rory “Rorz” Hansen