Videos

Dueling Questions between two guys who love vintage baseball cards, although our questions for each other were more wide ranging.

Nat Turner's investment group has added another key industry player to his impressive hobby portfolio of iconic brands, which, we are told, will be run separately.

Blackstone has acquired controlling interest in CCG - another deep-pocketed group voicing a vote of confeidence in the future of our industry.

The recent allowance for college athletes to use their NIL for commercial gain will reverberate though our hobby with predictable additional loosenings to be added.

We hear David Lee's hobby origin story - more can be found at his website, coachdavidlee.com - David's collecting passion is football cards.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-s6pd4-107465f John Broggi and his sons share their optimism for this year's National in Chicago - we hope their expectations are exceeded!

Eric and I continue our discussion on the intersection of sports card collecting and psychology, with a focus on the phenomenon of grading.

I had the pleasure of being John's guest on his podcast Sports Card Nation and here are a few brief excerpts in case you missed his show.

Mike shares his origin story of continuous lifetime involvement in this great hobby of collecting baseball cards.

Mike had me on his show a while back and here's a brief excerpt in case you missed his excellent show.

An accumulation of six listener questions from various sources - send your hobby questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

Ever wonder what it would take to get impeached from a Hall of Fame? Is it once in, always in?

Ron and Rhett Palmer are a father/son duo who sell at the shows here in the DFW area - one of my favorites to shop at - find out why?

Mike and his son Sam Fruitman enjoy life - they each have two interesting jobs - both involving pro sports and collecting - can't wait to visit their LCS in Aurora, CO.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of episodes in case you missed - any questions, just send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and I will hopefully be able to address in a future episode and thanks!

Mike Moynihan of Golden Age of Cardboard and his dad Palmer share their story of what they jointly appreciate.

Part 2 of my interview of three generations of Newman's - easy to see and hear the affectionate generational transfer of love of sports and collecting.

We hear from the Newman family, three generations, including John Newman, popular host of Sports Card Nation.

John Broggi, who runs the annual National Sports Collectors Convention, discusses along with his two sons, how they enjoy hobby business together.

Commemorating Father's Day I interview two winsome sets of fathers and sons active in the hobby and hear how they hobby.

Dr. Jay Swartz shares his sports card origin story as he and I have crossed paths over the decades - quite the roller-coaster!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-q4rk5-1034230 I was featured on an interview segment of Rob and Ivan's excellent show - listen to the whole two hours - but in case you don't, here's ten minutes of hopefully fresh insight extracted from that enjoyable time.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-5t97j-1067936 Long-time auction house Huggins and Scott has a unique approach - Bill and his son Ricky have enjoyed the ride together over the decades.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-hchbi-105c397 Eric looks at our hobby through the lens of a research psychologist and he questions what's going on with grading and how to make sense of that.