Episodes

Dec. 16, 2020

367 - Dueling Questions 2.0 with Ken Capell

Ken Capell and I go a second round of dueling questions initiated by his thoughtful email to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and its implications.

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Dec. 15, 2020

366 - Baseball Magic Years with Rich Klein

Rich and I discuss those special instances where demand is strong for certain world champs, especially in vintage baseball cards, for example, the 1968 Detroit Tigers.

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Dec. 14, 2020

365 - Player: Shaquille O'Neal with Torsten Bauer

Shaq's biggest card collecting fan in Germany is Torsten Bauer.  Some guy named Dirk is Torsten's second favorite.

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Dec. 12, 2020

364B - Wax On, Wax Off?

Karate Kid and Cobra Kai have popularized this cryptic saying - but here's an application for sports card collectors and investors.

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Dec. 12, 2020

364A - 2020 Topps Baseball: Chrome Black and Inception

Some notes about these boxes (one pack per box!) as well as related hobby topics about modern sports cards.

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Dec. 11, 2020

364 - Dueling Questions 2.0 with Dane Coenen, Dynasty Breaks

Dane and I got on a roll and kept the microphones on for some additional back-and-forth questions and answers - including the one thousand episode controversy.

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Dec. 10, 2020

363 - Kid's Crate and Other Hobby Kid Ideas with Joe Palke

Joe Palke, teacher and coach, and I discuss the opportunities for attracting more kids into our hobby sooner rather than later.

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Dec. 9, 2020

362 - Player Tribute: Dick Allen

Dick (Don't Call Me Richie) Allen passed away at 78 on Monday.  I believe he is future Baseball Hall of Famer, which will undoubtedly impact the value of his baseball cards and memorabilia.

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Dec. 8, 2020

361 - 1988 Upper Deck Baseball with Rich Klein

Upper Deck did not accidentally pop on the scene in 1989 - behind the scenes the year before..

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Dec. 7, 2020

360 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 339-358

Brief recap of the past 20 episodes in case you missed some.  Contact doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com if you have episode ideas - thanks!

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Dec. 5, 2020

359B - Out-Takes from Hobby Hotline

I was honored to be a panelist on Hobby Hotline last month.  Recommend listening to (and watching) that show regularly as it is live on Saturday mornings.

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Dec. 5, 2020

359A - Out-Takes with Bill Sutherland, Entrust Global VP of M&A

Bill and I discuss various topics in this overtime session - I thought worth sharing - if you have ideas for guests or topics for this podcast, please send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com for consideration.

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Dec. 4, 2020

359 - Beckett Ownership Transition(s) with Bill Sutherland, Entrust G…

Bill discusses his leadership roles over the years as Beckett Media has evolved.

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Dec. 3, 2020

358 - 1990-91 Hockey Licensee Explosion with Ken Capell

1990-91 was the pivotal year for hockey collectors with the debut of several hobby mainstay products.

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Dec. 2, 2020

357 - 1961 Post Cereal Baseball with Ken Marks

Veteran advanced collector Ken Marks discusses his master set of 1961 Post baseball and more.

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Dec. 1, 2020

356 - PSA Buyout!

Exciting news that collector-extraordinaire Nat Turner along with some other serious financial investment entities have reached agreement to purchase PSA (Collectors Universe) hence taking the company private ... for $700,000,000, that's 700 million doll...

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Nov. 30, 2020

355 - 2020 Topps Archives from Dynasty Breaks with Rich Klein

Rich and I enjoyably break a couple of Archives baseball hobby boxes (masked up and behind a wall) courtesy of Dane Coenen of Dynasty Breaks.

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Nov. 28, 2020

354B - Out-Takes with Adam Gray, Basketball Card Fanatic

Stuff from our conversation that did not make the finished episodes including my fantasy five basketball starting line-up.

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Nov. 28, 2020

354A - Tribute: Frank Steele, Perez-Steele Galleries

A couple of stories about my departed friend Frank Steele, who was a true Baseball Hall of Famer in this industry.

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Nov. 27, 2020

354 - Out-Takes on Content and Predictions from Sport Card Nation, Jo…

John Newman's very entertaining podcast show, Sports Card Nation, included a roundtable discussion of Content Creation in the hobby as well predictions from 2021.  Please listen to his whole episode, but this here contains some of my comments and second ...

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Nov. 26, 2020

353 - Thankful for Rich Klein

Rich Klein has been on so many of these episodes always adding his wonderful stories - this is my opportunity to say thank you to my friend Rich.

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Nov. 25, 2020

352 - Top Ten All-Time Basketball Cards with Adam Gray

I give Adam my top ten and he comments and compares to other rankings he has received in his Basketball Card Fanatic e-Magazine (available for free at basketballcardfanatic@gmail.com).

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Nov. 24, 2020

351 - Origin: Bill Sutherland, Beckett Media and Entrust Global VP of…

Bill discusses his hobby journey before and after coming to Beckett Publications back in late 1996, always having a sense of the business aspects.

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Nov. 23, 2020

350 - Beckett Ownership Transition(s) with Peter Gudmundsson

Peter Gudmundsson was the successor CEO when Beckett Publications was sold to Apprise Media back in 2005.

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