We briefly recount the highlights of the past four weeks of daily episodes - if you have episode ideas, please send them to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!
Interesting news from PSA acquiring Genamint to enhance or lead their AI grading initiatives - this episode discusses the difficulty of AI Grading specifically with respect to edges.
Some sports card collections are simply too large to be "shown" in their entirety, but they can be described, hopefully in summary form, drilling down for more details if asked.
Jimmy Estruch of RetroBoomin shares his origin story with us - he had written in and sought advice on shaping and growing his sports card hobby business now that he is full-time.
Our modern virtual dinner guests (Ken Capell, Jason Granet, Jordan Hagedorn, Jeremy Lee, and Mike Sommer) each had an opinion of the value of budgeting in this exciting time in our hobby.
Val, co-host of NASCARD Radio, and I discuss the history of NASCAR cards and other related racing subjects. NASCAR is America's second most popular spectator sport!
Gabriella is a psychology major at Stern College for Women in New York and has both a father and brother who collect sports cards - she is writing a paper on our hobby and we discuss those issues practically and a little bit scholarly.
Detroit collector Frank Guastella and I fondly remember three great collectors from Detroit who were all outstanding ambassadors for our sports card hobby.
Rich basically interviews me on what I like to do when I am not collecting or handling sports cards. Helping solve the problems of others is easier than solving your own!
Frank Nagy was a hobby icon from Detroit who had on of the top collections in the world but was very willing to share first-hand information and promote this great hobby.
Using basketball as an analogy - here are six considerations for an avatar that might fit the way you collect during this bull market on basketball (and other sports) cards.
Another six questions (with answers!) submitted by listeners, all concerning the hobby we all love. Your questions can be submitted to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com as an email and thanks!
This Hobby Hotline show (a weekly live show but I am on as a recurring guest once a month) featured John Newman (Sports Card Nation) and Rich Klein as well as the questions and comments of all the live viewers. Hope you like these excerpts as much as I ...
I give specific details on how I would configure an interesting sports card product/set that I believe could be a winner - especially intentionally for kids at a lower price point.
I make a case for the Anaheim National of 1991, the largest attendance and the first to really feature corporate promos. Rich, on the other hand, has a sentimental favorite. Finally, we both hope the next one is the greatest!
Golf professional Frank Guastella and I compare and contrast returning to playing golf after a long hiatus, with returning to sports cards collecting after decades off.
A Dueling Questions episode with Joe's first question to me being about PSA's latest shocking news with regard to their backlog, and how it will be preferentially addressed for the next three months. Then my first question to him was about how I should ...
There are 14 finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame calass of 2021 - I don't have a vote, but I obviously have an opinion - here are my seven, who I think will get in later this year, starting with Paul Pierce.