Videos

I opened up some baseball card hobby boxes courtesy of Emily Kless at Topps supplemented by my own purchase - and decided after careful consideration that I like both, but A&G better.

Brad and I discuss these four new (old!) Baseball Hall of Famers and what their induction will do to their card values and collectability - thanks Brad!

Shreedhar and I both belong to the same CEO education organization and so we shared some executive insights related to our great sports card hobby we both enjoy - thanks Shreedhar!

Unfortunately these two newly-elected Baseball Hall of Famers are no longer alive to receive this honor in Cooperstown next summer - Brad and I discuss their careers and their cards and memorabilia.

The fourth time I have accumulated five of your excellent sports card hobby questions for answering - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks.

First interview with popular high-end sports card and memorabilia auctioneer (and private sales specialist) JP Cohen of Memory Lane, now in business for 21 years. Thanks JP!

This is the first recap episode from the new format of briefly synopsizing the previous 25 episodes in case you missed some, or if I had something to add - thanks for listening.

Greg has now written two books on soccer cards in case you were wondering what the buzz was about soccer cards - the world's most popular sport.

Joel's Mint Condition is a must-read free e-newsletter that I subscribe to and encourage you to as well - here is his origin story - thanks Joel!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-zijfg-1142f3c John Newman and Rich Klein had thoughts about corporate presence at shows and in general greater visibility for the companies in our industry and I shared my perspective.

Five more sports card hobby questions accumulated and answered - please keep them coming - just send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

My Zoom with author Greg Landsdowne reached across to the UK - Greg wrote the book(s) on the history of soccer cards and stickers, especially Panini. Thanks Greg!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-6s74x-11383c0 Jacob Burris had Brody The Kid, John Newman, and myself on his show last week and we talked about whatever Jacob wanted us to talk about - football season and cards.

Today on Thanksgiving - Just an overheard conversation among friends about the many things we are thankful for in this dynamic year of our sports card hobby -- listen in!

John Newman, Rich Klein, and I had a substantive conversation on Hobby Hotline about security measures in our sports cards hobby, especially preventative.

The second part of my excerpted comments from Radar, Evan Toth's music podcast - - News Flash: I love music, but I love sports cards even more.

My German collecting friend Torsten Bauer and I discuss the coming wave of soccer card enthusiasm, already happening, worldwide?

Sports Card Therapist, Rob Girard, had some interesting (mostly hobby) questions for me and I returned the favor with asking him some of his own questions.

I guested on Radar with Evan Toth and we discussed parallels between sports cards collecting and investing and music, vinyl, records, etc.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-avmz4-1129f65 My baseball card vintage discussion with Mike turned toward our opinions on the Hall of Fame prospects of Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, and others.

My German friend Torsten and I got a little into higher level mathematics and economics with our discussion of the Pareto Principle - as a way of understanding value and scarcity in our sports card hobby. Thanks Torsten.

Rob had some hobby and life questions for me but I turned some of them back around him - not something you can typically or easily do with a trained counselor or psychologist. Thanks Rob!

Robin had more stories about the intricacies of this fascinating football card set and so did I. Thanks Robin, for freely sharing your knowledge.

The second part of my interview with Jesse - what key roles he plays at PWCC and where they are going - thanks Jesse!