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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).

Brad reports to Rich and me about his experience at a smaller card show a couple of hours away - different from the huge big city shows we had experienced the week before.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily episodes - please send your episode ideas to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

I am frequently about factors that could impact the investability of sports cards - here is a rather apochalyptic view presented on the exact 20th anniversary of 9/11 - I intend to be sobering but not depressing - but remember there are no sure things.

Kevin Sullivan and Monica Paul asked me to guest on their Dallas Sports Commission weekly podcast, Mic Drop - here are the sports cards excerpts.

Ben Ecklar, a stalwart at Panini, was a dear friend to many of us - his untimely death was shockingly unexpected - he made lasting contributions to our great hobby and will be greatly missed.

James Perez of Elite Hunters does not like the lack of respect for the word investment as it applies to baseball cards - is this a semantic issue? - does it depend on your definition of investment or alternative investment?

Victor Roman had a question for our group - whether parallel cards "should" be rookie cards, or only the base version? We spent significant time on the overabundance of parallels with apparently no end in sight.

Another volley of six listener questions coming from a variety of sources - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com or leave a question/comment.

Multi-talented Andy has a wide array of notable talents and interests but his first and enduring love perhaps has been drawing baseball cards and taking inspiration from them.

Andy tells us about his involvement as artist and curator for Topps Spotlight 70 - worth checking out as well as Andy's other eclectic works.

Our ice-breaker at the second content creators dinner at Watters Creek involved brief self-intros of who was there and their take on the stickiness of their content.

Adam and I fielded questions from each other solely on basketball cards - he's the fanatic for good reason! Thanks Adam, and check out Adam's outstanding digital magazine regularly for a fabulous read.

Our recent Content Creator dinner's attendees voted to tackle this issue second and we heard the various content creator voices give their considered opinions. Thanks to all who attended.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8vpty-10b4325 Listener Corey Barnes suggested Rich and I discuss notable non-rookie cards over the decades - we start with 1952 Topps and work our way up - more to come.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-danfr-10cbbc6 Our group of hobby content creators discussed the future of card manufacturers and how we think the recent Fanatics news might affect them and others in the hobby ecosystem.

The final part of my dueling questions with super collector and now managing owner and CEO of Collectors Universe and PSA.

Another six questions from listeners answered - email your question(s) to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thank you!