What was Topps thinking with this three-year run of slightly oversized veteran-centric baseball cards? Rich and I try to reverse engineer their thinking at the time and the hobby's lukewarm acceptance then.
Hobby Hotline, the live call in show ranged over a variety of topics in this episode, which aired the week before the National; my co-hosts were Rich Klein, Jeremy Lee, and Sam Shuford.
Fred Reed brought editorial structure to Beckett Publications at the onset and during the high growth years. His legacy includes the amazing people he hired and mentored, many of whom have gone on to enduring great success in the hobby.
John Keating had enough interesting hobby questions that we made a whole episode out of our dialogue.
Irrepressible Jordan Hagedorn returns with some interesting questions and answers for this Dueling Questions segment.
Tim, Chad, and Ricky were joined by John Newman for this special HobbyPalooza edition of Pack to the Future. I joined in for the last half and here are some of the things we talked about. Enjoy.
I am leaving tomorrow - here are my last minute thoughts on how I am preparing differently than any other prior year - see you there!
Long-time National dealers and card shop owners, the Gold family from the Chicago area, have passed but are not forgotten - an amazing family - Rich and I have fond remembrances.
Giannis' performance throughout the NBA playoffs and culminating in his break-through performance in the final game 6 have moved him up another layer of greatness within the basketball card hobby.
Joe Orlando, CEO of PSA's parent Collectors Universe, resigned last week after 22 years with the company. This is my take on that decision and its implications.
The first time for this format of "topical" dueling questions with football expert David Lee - our first questions overlapped!
Bernard co-moderates a Facebook sports card group and I enjoyed their live session - here are a few excerpts. Thanks Bernard!
For this month's appearance on Hobby Hotline, I was joined by nine of the other co-hosts for a special edition in honor of the annual HobbyPalooza, which our show kicked off.
Several interesting "what if's" about the upcoming National in Chicago are posed to my fellow co-hosts at Hobby Hotline, Jeremy Lee and Jeff Defness45.
A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily audio episodes in case you missed some or are just a little curious. Thanks for listening!
I was on a distinguished panel for the Virtual Expo along with moderator Jeremy Lee and Karvin Cheung and Chris McGill discussing the sustainability of the sports card hobby.
The most recent five questions coming in from listeners - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and I hope to address your concern quickly and thanks!
Jay and I go another round of friendly questions about the "hobby" we both love. In fact is it still a hobby?
Brad made a list so he can be fully prepared for a fabulous National this year in Chicago - I compared his list to mine for your listening benefit.
David unpacks his seven-hour virtual course covering what it takes to be successful in this complicated hobby.
Rich and I discuss the long, storied history of combo (combination) cards featuring two or more players linked together by some connection.
Kyle's Dallas shows have been the biggest over the past twelve months - we hear Kyle's philosophies and why his show have emerged as the standard in this area and beyond.
Would the grading companies consider having a formal grading seminar where they taught their customers how to grade like they do?
What if prices in the hobby stayed the same for an extended period of time? How would various sports card hobby entities be affected?