Episodes

Oct. 23, 2021

591 - Free is not always Free, with Rich Klein

Most gifts and freebies are to be accepted - but is there a catch? - especially in the sports card hobby?

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Oct. 22, 2021

590 - 1998 Pacific, Omega, and Paramount Baseball with Rich Klein

Pacific's Founder Mike Cramer shared with Rich and me the actual production summary spreadsheets for these three baseball card products - very interesting!

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Oct. 21, 2021

589 - Out-Takes on Kids COVID from Hobby Hotline 100921

Brad Bethune and Jeff Dinson were my co-hosts on Hobby Hotline this month and one of the questions was about the hopefully positive impact of kid's getting COVID vaccinations.

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Oct. 20, 2021

588 - Basketball Dueling Questions 2.0 with Kyle, Wax Museum

Actually a continuation of the basketball-related questions that Kyle and I started last week - check out Kyle's Wax Museum podcast for all things basketball.

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Oct. 19, 2021

587 - Out-Takes on Track Cards from Cloud 259 with Brenn Jones

Will track and field cards ever be mainstream? That's how Brenn and I started and we took off from there with what it would take for that to happen in this new dynamic collecting environment.

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Oct. 18, 2021

586 - Keating Questions 2.0 with John Keating, That Seventies Card Sh…

John sent me some questions ahead plus he had a few spontaneous questions as well for us to discuss - enjoyed the interaction with a guy who really loves the baseball card hobby - especially the '70's.

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Oct. 16, 2021

585 - Football Dollar Box Finds (A-D)

Here's a few players and the process I go through when rifling quickly through a football dollar box - the better the player, the more lenient I am, with what I would take. Doing this episode helped me realize I …

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Oct. 15, 2021

584 - Dueling Questions 3, with Steve Grad, Pawn Stars and Beckett Au…

Steve and I both had a few more questions left and so we tackled them - your questions for me or others, just send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

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Oct. 14, 2021

583 - Out-Takes on the ‘70‘s from John Keating‘s That Seventies Card …

John had a number of eclectic questions for me about collecting in the seventies for his excellent topical podcast - his specialty - distant memories were retrieved.

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Oct. 13, 2021

582 - Interview: BlakeDOWN, Topps Project 70

Blake is 9 1/2 and has his own YouTube channel - I enjoyed his ambitious take on Topps Project 70 and the 51 artists engaged, which is the current focus of his baseball card hobby interest.

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Oct. 12, 2021

581 - Bethune Questions for Rich Klein and Me

Brad (TXCardDude) turned the tables on Rich and me, and asked us both some candid questions that elicited some interesting responses.

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Oct. 11, 2021

580 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 559-578

A brief recap of the past four weeks of episodes in case you missed or hurried through some of them - if you have a topic that we should cover, please send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks.

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Oct. 9, 2021

579B - IG Question on Transparency and Conflicts of Interest

There were 14 questions (distilled into one) centering around the dilemma of transparency and conflicts of interest in dealing cards while being an influencer and price guide publisher in this current day.

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Oct. 9, 2021

579A - Seven Listener Questions 3.0

Seven more questions or comments about this podcast and the sports card hobby - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thank you very much.

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Oct. 8, 2021

579 - Strong Hobby Friendships

I had a deeper discussion with four of my friends and former colleagues now at Panini, Tracy Hackler, David Porter, Rob Springs, and Tim Trout. Friendships in our hobby can be deeper and more enduring. It's fabulous to work (or …

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Oct. 7, 2021

578 - Out-Takes on Industry Summit from Hobby Hotline 091821

Drew Herndon, Sam Shuford and I (co-hosts this week of Hobby Hotline) field questions about this year's Industry Summit in Las Vegas - we wish we would have been there!

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Oct. 6, 2021

577 - What If‘s 10/6/96: BGS?

What if there had been a different (fatal) outcome exactly 25 years ago? How would Beckett Publications have been affected and specifically BGS at it was being rolled out?

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Oct. 5, 2021

576 - Interview: Bob Brill, Part 2, with Rich Klein

Rich and I hear the rest of Bob's story - including his radio and writing and PR careers, local card shop, collection brokering, and his short-lived grading company.

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Oct. 4, 2021

575 - Retrospective and Stretching (Tom Brady)

I reprise my episode from two years ago on my wife's birthday and her contributions to this podcast - including her question about GOAT's - Tom Brady's longevity - how to recognize greatness earlier.

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Oct. 2, 2021

574B - Out-Takes on Early ‘80‘s from That Seventies Card Show, John K…

John and I discuss the decades immediately after and before his favorite, the 1970's that he deals with in depth in his excellent podcast, That Seventies Card Show.

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Oct. 2, 2021

574A - Interview: Sam Shuford, Women of the Hobby, Part 2

The overtime discussion between Sam and me about her vision for involving more women in our great hobby of sports card collecting.

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Oct. 1, 2021

574 - Interview: Sam Shuford, Women of the Hobby

Sam and I discuss her origin story as well as her efforts to connect and attract women into our great hobby of sports card collecting - follow her on Instagram at Women of the Hobby.

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Sept. 30, 2021

573 - 1998 Topps TEK Baseball

I won two boxes of this innovative and overlooked product in the latest Huggins and Scott Auction - I opened the box and got almost exactly what I predicted - is that why this product was never really that successful?

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Sept. 29, 2021

572 - 1976 and 1977 Topps Baseball, with Rich Klein

Rich and I discuss our experiences and understandings of the 1976 and 1977 Topps baseball sets, when Topps was the only (baseball) game in town.

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