Marty was the long-time PR Director for the New York Yankees and has lots of stories about Mantle and other Yankee stalwarts. He also has written 24 books and worked for Topps, so I hope you enjoy his perspective as much as I did. Thanks Marty!
Tom Brady has un-retired - celebration - confusion - certainly more upside than downside in the football card hobby, as Tom can add to his career stats - and more importantly, pursue another Super Bowl.
Jake Roy shares his sports card (mostly basketball) origin story - I'd like to say Jake is typical for guys his age, but no, he's more passionate!
Rich sold all his cards at the last show and shares his feelings after the fact - it was a premeditated sale and we will see how long it takes Rich to build back better - in the meantime he will still be attending his usual shows including the resumption...
Does the sports card hobby have identity issues - how healthy would we say it is? Plus, what it takes to get kicked off my card wall, or at least quietly replaced.
Would you attend a single-sport card show - I certainly would - assuming I loved that particular sport - I appreciate shows that have a known established distinctive tradition. Thanks Ken.
Young Ryan Nolan has a great story, being a (vintage!) collector from his earliest memories - however in spite of his youth he has published a book, Spotting Fakes, and VLOG's many of the sports card shows around the country at shows, 52 shows last year!...
I started selling some lots on eBay and, although bucking some conventional wisdom, am enjoying the experience, and it has converted a bunch of cards into a few coins (not gold coins!).
Kevin sent me eight thematic ways he collects and displays sports cards and I commented as to whether I did it that way or some other way as we had some overlap.
John had saved up some questions for me and I did my best to answer them - the problem with the past can be that it was a long time ago, and he stumped me on his first question. Thanks John!
The last five weeks of daily podcasts in a very brief summary format in case you missed a few, plus additional insights that have come up in the interim including some more card wall videos posted to my YouTube channel - thanks for listening or watching.
Seven more sports card hobby questions from the email bag - thanks and send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thank you very much!
Ken and I swapped questions and answers all about hockey card collecting, including how, when, and why the Beckett Hockey monthly magazine got started.
Kevin is a third-grade teacher and we continued our robust discussion about how to get kids more involved in this great sports card hobby.
John and I interviewed each other, commenting and following up on topics discussed on our mutual past podcast episodes, starting off with the plight of hobby sports card distributors.
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of a hobby content event - especially a live twice-weekly call-in video show with rotating multiple, eclectic hosts - it works!
Jay Baker, former CEO of Kohl's, specialized 26 years ago on meaningful memorabilia from the five iconic players of his favorite team, the New York Yankees, and Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, and Jeter. Now viewable on exhibit at Artis-Naples, The Bake...
Another seven - always different - always surprised - thanks for your sports card hobby questions and comments - keep them coming - and send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com
John Newman and Jeff Dinson were my co-hosts on this recent Hobby Hotline, where we discussed, along with live commenters, the roll-out of this eBay Authentication requirement for certain items above $750.
Anything newsworthy can have an effect on card sales and prices - changing teams especially - hobby love is stronger with certain cities and franchises - we will see how it plays out in the standings and future card values.
Those selected each year sometimes see a bump in their card values and interest - however this year some of the non-selectees were just as hot, likely because they are considered good bets for next year.
Jay has the best memorabilia collection in the world for the Yankees' Big Five: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, and Jeter - currently on exhibit at his Museum in Naples, Florida.
I accumulated another seven questions from a variety of sources - please send your sports card hobby questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!
Josh Luber's epic paper on the hobby/industry deserves a read (and a re-read). Eager to see how Fanatics tries to take our hobby/industry to the next level. I mention several interesting important asides amplifying or clarifying some of Josh's excellen...