Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

John Broggi and his sons share their optimism for this year's National in Chicago - we hope their expectations are exceeded!

The second part of my in-depth interview of Dr. Eric Strachan about our hobby and psychological constructs - although with a psychologist the question might be - who was really being interviewed?

John had me as a guest on his excellent show (Sport Card Nation, highly recommended) early this month and asked me many interesting questions - here are two of my answers that broke new ground in a manner of speaking. 

Mike never took a hiatus from this great hobby which is the exception - he enjoys the hobby, especially vintage baseball, delights in showing his great cards, and has created over a thousand YouTube hobby-related videos.

Mike interviewed me on his excellent show (highly recommended) and we enjoyed the conversation, as we both love vintage baseball and have been around a good while.

Six more listener questions from various platforms and venues - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com  and thanks!

What would it take to get impeached from any of the Halls of Fame - how could it even happen and how might that affect sports card values?

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.

Ron and Rhett are mainstays on the Dallas card show scene working their diverse inventory - truly something for everyone - and great customer service.

Mike and Sam enjoy Denver sports and the hobby - they both, in a sense, have two jobs - both of which sound like a lot of fun.  Sam is a locker room attendant for the Denver Nuggets.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of our daily episodes - as usual a diverse mix of eclectic sports card hobby topics. 

Popular YouTuber Mike Moynihan joins in with his dad Palmer and together they explain their collecting gene (and love of baseball) with some great stories along the way.

The second half of our Father's Day interview - we were having too much fun to stop considering three generations - a lot of laughter about the world's greatest hobby.

Sports Card Nation podcaster John Newman guests along with his dad and his son for an episode of all things Newman - hobby is the people - an enjoyable conversation! 

Long-time auction house Huggins and Scott has a unique approach - Bill and his son Ricky have enjoyed the ride together over the decades.

Rich Klein joins me as we interview the Broggi's on their sports card hobby involvement and leadership and experience together. 

Stephen Britton and son Ryan and Brandon Mills and son Jackson share their hobby stories in father and son sports card collecting including their families' friendship.

Jay discusses the wild ride he has had in his hobby journey recovering from a devastating theft, but now riding high, as he has applied his professorial  marketing savvy to his collecting excellence.

More discussion of a fallen comrade who had a huge impact on our hobby thirty years ago - literally trying to bring his cards into every home!

Brad Bethune and Rich Klein joined me in a discussion of retail - this was a small part of the hour-long live show, that you should check out.

Bill and I (with Mike Conroy contributing in the background) discuss the meteoric rise and fall of Lud Denny and his huge impact, marketing wise,  on the non-baseball side of the sports card hobby.

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. 

We listen to fellow podcaster Brett McGrath's sports card hobby journey as well as his vocational journey.

Mike brought his passion for collecting baseball cards and his technical expertise to the Baseball Card Hall of Fame in simplifying its voting structure as the project continues to take off.

Stepped Up basis may be eliminated by the Congress, which would affect hobby generational wealth transfer in a big way.