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Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ka2nv-131b51e Type card collecting has been a huge part of my collecting experience over the decades - yes, even Nascard, Indy, and F1, I pursued them all in hopes of cataloging everything eventually.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-33txs-1320a3d Broke a box of this year's hockey - thanks Upper Deck - as always my audio set reviews are a reflective combination of my past, present, and future thoughts.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5f4j6-131b50b On December 4th at the Winter Meetings the Contemporary Era Committee will vote on which if any of the eight finalists will make the Hall of Fame - I make my case for two superstars with unimpeachable statistical cases.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-rz4ni-13160f1 Tamer's background is in music - I love music too, and we both love sports cards - we draw on some of the similarities and structures common to both - thanks Tamer.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-kgbaa-131b504 Val Marz and Logan Ward had me on as a guest on their Nascard Radio show last month and their racing-centric hobby approach led to some new questions which I appreciated - and enjoyed - thanks.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-33p2j-1320a2e I give a shout out to my brother who has a Thanksgiving birthday and had a place in my hobby journey - plus an important announcement about the future of this podcast.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-tu42c-131b4f5 The final part of my conversation with Jade involved analytics of recent rookies and the wisdom to know when to sell promising but unproven rookies.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-25vgd-131b4ee Kyrie and Twitter have both been front page news lately - they are connected in that Twitter "says" Kyrie is the most hated player in the NBA - how does that negativity affect his card values and card sales?

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-agw3c-131932b Last Saturday's Hobby Hotline is worth checking out in its entirety, but here is a snippet about autographed cards I hope you enjoy - if you have questions or comments, you can send them to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-z9cdv-1319320 Hobby Hotline with Danny Black, Sports Balt and Adam Palmer, Heros for Sale - we launched into a discussion of the true current and future value of Pujols' milestone home run ball.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-t4zep-131612a Stephan and Angela were here on a Saturday along with Rich Klein and we had a fun afternoon of looking at and sorting cards and recording a couple of podcasts - thanks!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ijeag-13160e5 Tamer has his own channel and had accumulated lots of interesting hobby questions for me for this simulcast - I appreciated his thoughtful approach and hope you do too. Thanks Tamer.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-teba2-1314737 Jade had saved up a few years of questions for me some relating to COMC and others about the sports card hobby, and I, of course, had some hypotheticals for him - thanks Jade!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ttzr5-130de69 Card collectors and investors can be an addictive behavior with respect to their connection with sports cards - what do you do when you see a collector friend getting in too deep in terms of money or time?

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8h3fk-130de53 Danny has had several interesting career paths outside the sports card hobby including sport teams and radio - this is our second battle of questions but perhaps not our last - thanks Danny!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-a4qhg-130de3e Logan and I trade interesting questions about this great sports card hobby and he proposes a trade that I will not immediately accept but will consider - thanks Logan!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-htm3z-130b2f9 Football is quarterback-centric in terms of card prices - Ray Guy was the best at what he did, but not being a QB puts his card values not in disrespect, but clearly not in the upper echelon. RIP Ray Guy.

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Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-t2aee-130339d John had a number of provocative questions - essentially how green is our hobby and industry? How big of a concern is this or will it be?

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-j7jss-1303390 Danny and I exchange our hobby questions for answers and they were not all about Pittsburgh and Baltimore - thanks Danny and welcome to the Hobby Hotline team!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ziss5-1303385 The last five weeks of episodes summarized into a sentence or two in most cases. Let me know what topics or issues you would like to hear more of at doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks for listening.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-iif8m-13021d7 Rich Klein recommended that I interview Jade, his associate at COMC - an enjoyable time focusing on Jade's sports card origin journey including working in a card shop for ten years before coming to COMC.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-k8keg-12feb0e I have known Mike for decades - this was a great autograph collection - even Mike was impressed - great to see an authentic baseball memorabilia collection that has not been picked over - the "good" stuff is actually great - see for yourself at tmnauctions.com

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-amzas-12feafa This auction contains a massive amount of iconic baseball autographed memorabilia from a non-hobby friend of mine - the catalog looks great - tmnauctions.com - we will see how things turn out as the auction closes November 6th!