Dr. Beckett recounts his Labor Day experiences, with emphasis on "labor", between 1979 and 1996, also announcing that there will be no episode released on this Monday in honor of Labor Day.
Mike Fruitman turns the tables and interviews me about my 1980 co-ownership of a local Dallas card store as well as other reminiscences in response to Mike's questions. Since we have not known each other as long except by reputation, …
National sports card dealer Wayne Varner of Shoebox Cards in the Pittsburgh area recently passed away after an extended illness. He was a stalwart on the card show circuit for decades and was our good friend and a strong contributor, …
A visit with Jay Johnson, our 13th employee hired at Beckett Publications, who worked in a variety of leadership roles for us from 1989-1999, including a look back at those good old days, in that fast-growing publishing environment.
A visit with Dane Coenen of Dynasty Breaks, discussing the joys of breaking from his and his particular community's perspective. More info at www.dynastybreaks.com or at dynastybreaksllc@gmail.com.
Leading podcaster Eric Norton of Fat Packs shares his origin story including a stint with the Seattle Mariners. His main current responsibility is hockey card analyst for Beckett Media, also trouble-shoots the Beckett Marketplace, but his passion is his...
A discussion with Rob Veres about the iterations of Burbank Sportcards, home of 43,000,000 databased cards, readily accessible for collectors completing sets or adding to their player collections.
The history of technology and computer programming in the sports card industry - a discussion between Tim and Jim. COMC's website is conveniently COMC.com.
Mike Fruitman of Mike's Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, Colorado discusses his store and the benefits of local card stores.
Dave Sliepka is a versatile hobby veteran, who has worked for or with most of the significant companies in the industry in a variety of roles with distinction. If you have questions or comments about this or any other episode, …
We have a pleasant phone conversation with Stephan Loeffler, COMC Identification Tech, and co-host of the popular video podcast, About the Cards, available all the places podcasts are found.
Dan Even unfortunately passed away during the National Sports Collectors Convention after a long illness. He was a pleasant and delightful friend and very helpful contributor to Beckett Publications, readily sharing his vast knowledge of player postcard...
Rich and I compare and contrast two upcoming shows. First we discuss Kyle Robertson's upcoming larger (300 tables) Allen (suburb of Dallas) show at Watters Creek, which hopes to be the biggest show in the area in some time. Then …
A controversial issue perhaps not well understood.
Rob Veres, founder of Burbank Sportscards of Burbank, California, shares his origin story coming from pre-teen coin collecting roots, along with his consistent hard work ethic, and growing into the largest card store in the world.
Tim Getsch, Founder and CEO of COMC.com, airs his hobby origin story. Spoiler alert: We both love data!
Mike Fruitman of Mike's Stadium Sportscards of Aurora, Colorado, shares his personal hobby origin story.
Listener feedback and reaction to the first three weeks of this podcast garnered at last week's National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
Recapping the very successful National Sports Collectors Convention (40th Annual!) just held in Chicago.
Ten interesting items from this catalog and commentary on the potential stories behind those items. See hugginsandscott.com for more info.