Videos

OPSA's recent purchase of Genamint suggests the coming of AI to grading - we discuss the importance and difficulty assessing of edges.

If you have a large collection it is difficult to show someone and perhaps even difficult to describe - in person, IRL, virtually, or digitally!

We hear Jimmy Estruch's sports card hobby origin story and what he's up to with RetroBoomin and how Instagram is working for him.

My five outstanding guests and I have roundtable discussion on the role of budgeting time and money in our passionate pursuit of the sports card hobby we all love.

Gabriella is a psychology student at Stern College for Women in New York and she is studying nostalgia (and its relation to sports card collecting).

Frank Guastella and I remember our three friends from Detroit, all sports card hobby leaders, who have passed and are greatly missed.

All markets seem to be susceptible to manipulation and some more than others - here are some things I look for in making that assessment in the world of sports cards.

With PSA on pause except for high-end submissions - what should sports card collectors and investors do with their gradable cards?

Rich Klein has been wanting to ask me more in-depth questions about how I spend my retirement time with my pro bono consulting.

Rocco is the amazing blind collector who has compensated so well that he is joyfully participating in this great hobby still!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-7vcmj-ff6904 Val, co-host of NASCARD Radio, and I discuss the history of NASCAR cards and other related racing subjects. NASCAR is America's second most popular spectator sport!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-633cv-fc1948 The economist, Chris Harris, asks the statistician, me, questions, and I reciprocate.

Rich Klein and I revisit our notion of magical years in team-oriented baseball card collecting and contrast that with the other non-baseball sports which seem to be more focused on dynasties or eras.

Frank Guastella and I fondly remember hobby icon, Detroit's Frank Nagy, one of the first super-collectors, but of complete sets, not just players and or teams. He bet his life savings on his hobby!

Six fresh and innovative ways to think about how you collect - compared to various roles and positions within the basketball sport player/coach/owner ecosystem.

Another six (different) questions from listeners were addressed and responded to regarding sports cards and other relevant issues - very eclectic as expected.

The weekly Hobby Hotline call-in YT episode from last month contained a segment on pricing considerations that was addressed by me and the other excellent panelists, and motivated by follower comments and questions.

I give more details about my conception of a kid-friendly sports card product that could actually be profitable for a licensed major card company.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-qbgjw-fec57a I make a case for the Anaheim National of 1991, the largest attendance and the first to really feature corporate promos. Rich, on the other hand, has a sentimental favorite. Finally, we both hope the next one is the greatest!

Curious similarities between returning to golf, having laid off since pre-teen years, and coming back to the sports card collecting hobby. Frank is a long-time PGA golf teaching pro, and at the same time an avid collector.

Joe and I begin our dueling questions with his question to me about PSA's latest shocking news - to which I raise a new perspective.

I select my choice of seven of the 14 finalists that I think have the best chance of induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this summer.

Another six of your sports card hobby questions addressed and answered succinctly - your additional questions should be sent to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com - thanks!

Well-known dealer Joe Davis, Got Baseball Cards, and I continue our discussion about worldviews and how collectors and dealers approach expanding the hobby through mentoring.