Videos

I was a guest on Cardboard Chronicles - this is an excerpt - recommend you subscribe to Cardboard Chronicles and catch all of every episode.

A brief review of the past four weeks of episodes. Want to see more of something you like? Suggest to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thank you!

Am I a flipper? Depends on the definition. If I am, I am a very patient flipper. Are you?

After John and I finished our Origin episode together, I kept the audio recorder going and we had an informal chat about my wall of fame and what we thought was noteworthy.

John loves baseball cards and soccer, but our questions were not restricted to those sports.

Ray Fonio aka Ray from Philly is the founder of the Baseball Card Hall of Fame Project, which is currently tabulating votes for the fourth year of inductions of ten more iconic baseball cards. Go vote!

Brad and I took the eclectic (hard to describe) route on each other with our atypical questions and answers this time.

Dueling Questions with Josh Johnson (Card Ladder) dove into some price guide philosophies, then and now.

You have heard "buy the card, not the holder" but this episode looks at some additional considerations.

Recent Topps products are compared even though they are from different sports - my winner surprised me and is potentially an indicator of the future.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-q3bmk-104973d We had 26 in attendance at the first Hobby Content Creators dinner, held immediately after the huge Dallas card show on May 22nd - this episode provides all of the 30-second self introductions. A great group and evening!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-23nvx-103c43d Six more listener questions on a variety of sports card questions - timely and timeless - please send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com so they can be considered.

Six more recently-submitted listener questions - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks for your feedback!

The chaos of the sports card retail environment is troubling - is it fixable? I think it is! Suggestions for how.

Baseball card collector John Keating describes how has transitioned toward soccer in his interests.

What's the best way to get into breaking - and especially reasonably sourcing boxes and cases to break?

Dueling Questions format with always-enjoyable John Newman of Sports Card Nation and Hobby Quick Hits.

Brad and I had a slightly technical discussion of the promise of GradeA.id as to the impact of AI on sports card grading.

A short (excerpted from) Hobby Hotline discussion relating to PSA's recent purchase of GenaMint.

Josh answers my questions about Card Ladder and we talk about future capabilities.

Hobby Hotline co-hosts Brody the Kid and Brad Bethune joined in for this robust discussion of these two seemingly unrelated topics.

Psychology and Journalism major Gabriella Fettman interviewed me for a paper she was writing for her college - here are the audio excerpts.

I get asked a lot about buying on the "dip" - but recognizing a dip is inexact, beware of sure things!

Make 9's great again - why don't 9's get the respect they "deserve" as Mint cards - oh, the fact there are also superior 9.5's and 10's out there too.