Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Shaq's biggest card collecting fan in Germany is Torsten Bauer.  Some guy named Dirk is Torsten's second favorite.

Karate Kid and Cobra Kai have popularized this cryptic saying - but here's an application for sports card collectors and investors.

Some notes about these boxes (one pack per box!) as well as related hobby topics about modern sports cards.

Dane and I got on a roll and kept the microphones on for some additional back-and-forth questions and answers - including the one thousand episode controversy.

Joe Palke, teacher and coach, and I discuss the opportunities for attracting more kids into our hobby sooner rather than later.

Dick (Don't Call Me Richie) Allen passed away at 78 on Monday.  I believe he is future Baseball Hall of Famer, which will undoubtedly impact the value of his baseball cards and memorabilia.

Upper Deck did not accidentally pop on the scene in 1989 - behind the scenes the year before..

Brief recap of the past 20 episodes in case you missed some.  Contact doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com  if you have episode ideas - thanks!

I was honored to be a panelist on Hobby Hotline last month.  Recommend listening to (and watching) that show regularly as it is live on Saturday mornings.

Bill and I discuss various topics in this overtime session - I thought worth sharing - if you have ideas for guests or topics for this podcast, please send to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com  for consideration.

Bill discusses his leadership roles over the years as Beckett Media has evolved.

1990-91 was the pivotal year for hockey collectors with the debut of several hobby mainstay products. 

Veteran advanced collector Ken Marks discusses his master set of 1961 Post baseball and more.

Exciting news that collector-extraordinaire Nat Turner along with some other serious financial investment entities have reached agreement to purchase PSA (Collectors Universe) hence taking the company private ... for $700,000,000, that's 700 million dollars!  

Rich and I enjoyably break a couple of Archives baseball hobby boxes (masked up and behind a wall) courtesy of Dane Coenen of Dynasty Breaks.

Stuff from our conversation that did not make the finished episodes including my fantasy five basketball starting line-up.

A couple of stories about my departed friend Frank Steele, who was a true Baseball Hall of Famer in this industry.

John Newman's very entertaining podcast show, Sports Card Nation, included a roundtable discussion of Content Creation in the hobby as well predictions from 2021.  Please listen to his whole episode, but this here contains some of my comments and second thoughts afterward.

Rich Klein has been on so many of these episodes always adding his wonderful stories - this is my opportunity to say thank you to my friend Rich.

I give Adam my top ten and he comments and compares to other rankings he has received in his Basketball Card Fanatic e-Magazine (available for free at  basketballcardfanatic@gmail.com ).

Bill discusses his hobby journey before and after coming to Beckett Publications back in late 1996, always having a sense of the business aspects.

Peter Gudmundsson was the successor CEO when Beckett Publications was sold to Apprise Media back in 2005.

Every year there are new rookies and new excitement in the basketball card market - but it's not all bad if this year is a little weaker than the past two years.

Promoter Kyle Robertson's recent Watters Creek show in Plano, Texas, was very successful each day of this three-day show.

I was honored to be a guest on John Newman's 100th episode along with Brody The Kid and Drew Herndon.  John's first question concerned the opportunities to get more kids involved in this great hobby.  Go to Sport Card Nation to listen to his whole episode, but here are my main comments from the show and my additional thoughts afterwards.