Episodes

A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily episodes - hopefully something for everyone - whether you are a pure collector or an aggressive investor.

I confess that I flip cards - but patiently, and on a smaller scale - in fact my selling horizon is ten years.  Whereas some flippers at shows barely hold cards at all before selling or trading them in the other corner of the big show. You need to really...

I kept the recorder going for this after-the-interview back-and-forth explaining some of the cards on my wall of Fame as John pointed some of them out and inquired about them.

John and I trade questions about his first and current "sports" loves.  The questions do not have to be explicitly about sports cards, but they need to shed light on helpful hobby insights.

Six more listener questions on a variety of sports card questions - timely and timeless - please send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com so they can be considered.

Ray Fonio aka Ray from Philly created a Baseball Card Hall of Fame four years and voting is by collectors - this year's class is available for voting until the end of this May athttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCFhR_s6HCLB7IT-c4aB1QMeMXXW8fQxx...

Brad and I trade questions - most of his questions centered on the early days of BGS card grading - but my questions to him were more personalized.

Josh and I had questions for each other and we enjoyed the back-and-forth comparing our hobby experiences then and now.

I further complicate this adage - it is true, but there are additional considerations raised - when all is said and done, the answer can be neither (hint: NFT's are not necessarily cards and your digital wallet is not really a holder).

Comparing and contrasting two boxes received thanks to Emily Kless of Topps - these are from two of the world's most popular sports - Formula 1 is coming on strong!

Six more eclectic sports card questions addressed from recent feedback from a variety of sources and on a variety of topics - if you want your question answered write to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com.

Hard to find or impossible to find wax at Walmart or Target - facetiously are you more likely to find a fight than to find a desirable box - what can be done?  Some ideas.

John's origin story involves him originally and still collecting baseball cards, but apparently now loving soccer even more, although surprisingly he is a not a big collector of soccer cards.

Jimmy asked about the best way to break into breaking cases - to be profitable a breaker has to acquire desirable sports card cases at a reasonable cost.

John's Sports Card Nation is one of my favorite podcasts.  In this episode we trade alternating questions about the hobby we both love.

Brad and I discuss the technical challenges inherent in what GradeA.id's press release and marketing mock-up seem to suggest.

Co-hosts Brody the Kid and Brad Bethune joined me for a stimulating conversation about this breaking news story and how it might impact the grading world.

Josh and I discuss Card Ladder - an impressive analytical app that provides a 21st century price guide approach to many of the inter-related high demand cards in our hobby as well as other cards suggested by the followers.

Brody the Kid and Brad Bethune (@TXCardDude) were my co-hosts a couple of weeks ago on Hobby Hotline (available live or as an audio podcast) - this was the part of the show that elaborated on my kids' product idea.

Bowman came back with a splash in 1989 when Topps brought back the first of these prospect-driven baseball card sets, which have continued to be anticipated staples within the annual mix of baseball card releases.  Rich and I cover the first three years ...

Gabriella had some questions she wanted to ask me about the sports cards hobby for her college psychology paper about how nostalgia has played an important part in the resurgence of collecting during the pandemic.

Buy on the big dip, the little dip, the future dip, the permanent dip?  Very confusing especially in a raging bull market for sports cards.

In sports card grading the spread between the values of 9's versus 10's is not a fixed constant, as it floats and is dependent on many factors especially the condition sensitivity of the card.  Here's what I would do if I think 9's are undervalued with r...

Question submitted about whether 1 of 1's should be graded - here's ten considerations that are relevant to me on my decision in that regard.