Videos

I discuss esprit d'corps with Tracy Hackler, David Porter, Rob Springs, and Tim Trout - why some of our hobby friendships are so strong.

Exactly 25 years ago today I had a near fatal heart attack - if I had not survived, how might BGS have turned out differently? [Thank God I didn't!]

The second part of our interview with Bob - we go back in time to the simpler days of sports card hobby enjoyment. Thanks Bob!

It's 10-4 and careful listeners know why this is a very important day to me! My awesome wife had a question about Tom Brady's fitness being a key component of his GOAT-ness?

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-2wtwm-10f64ac Drew Herndon, Sam Shuford and I (co-hosts this week of Hobby Hotline) field questions about this year's Industry Summit in Las Vegas - we wish we would have been there!

John interviewed me for his show of which I am a subscriber and faithful listener. Edited excepts where we discussed the eighties and other interesting topics.

The shorter second part of Sam's interview as we delve into many topics, mostly hobby related.

Sam Shuford shares her origin story of how she started in the hobby and why she started her Women of the Hobby channel. Thanks Sam!

Rich and I discuss the relative merits of the 1976 and 1977 Topps 660-card baseball sets from back when Topps was pretty much the only game in town.

Brad Bethune tells Rich and me what his experience was like getting back into the sports card hobby after an extended break - he found it overwhelming.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-m38wh-10b430a I won two boxes of this innovative and overlooked product in the latest Huggins and Scott Auction - I opened the box and got almost exactly what I predicted - is that why this product was never really that successful?

Adam is a basketball card fanatic after all - so not surprising that we carried over to an additional set of interesting dueling basketball card questions.

It seems sports card collectors never run out of interesting questions and I am thankful for that. You can easily send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks.

Drew Herndon and Sam Shuford were my co-hosts taking listener and viewer live questions - this was a short interesting thread about cooperative support of your LCS.

Kyle and have both been (and are still) educators at heart - this episode is excerpted from Kyle's interview of me on his excellent weekly basketball card podcast

Tanner and I both like to get a good deal by buying collections or accumulations in bulk regardless of the organization or lack thereof.

Kyle Johnson provides an insider's view of COMC marketing efforts, which will be increasing as COVID recedes, hopefully sooner.

Steve and I trade serious hobby questions and what if's - send your questions or suggestions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks.

Seven more listener sports card hobby questions accumulated since last time - questions are not connected, but all were thought worthy of inclusion - thanks.

Upper Deck has many interesting hockey card products and brands - we take a look at four different boxes courtesy of Chris Carlin and Upper Deck - thanks.

Victor, the Rookie Card Specialist, and I bat hobby questions back and forth, but strictly about rookie cards, their origins and values and future.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-erxxj-10c4e0d Fernando Mania was a huge in 1981 and the early 1980's - Victor, the Rookie Card Specialist, and I experienced it (differently) - however Fernando's RC situation is not as straight-forward as you might imagine.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-4nyte-10ccda0 Tanner and I share our understanding of these elusive collectible cards - their origin, distribution, and rarity - definitely not pack-pulled.

Stefan and Angela Loeffler refereed the hobby economics discussion between Ben Wilson and me - this is a small excerpted portion of their weekly live show About The Cards - check it out in its entirety (each week).