Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

277 - Dueling Questions with Jeremy Lee, Sports Cards Live 12.08.2020 14:47 ↓

Jeremy (Sports Cards Live on YouTube) and I duel with our hobby questions to each other.

276 - Analytics (with Geoff Wilson, Sports Card Investor) 11.08.2020 14:50 ↓

Geoff and I exchange opinions about current and past sports card analytics and graphs and their interpretation.

275 - Getting Off The Treadmill with Tanner Jones 10.08.2020 13:39 ↓

Sometimes it's healthy to take a break from your hobby.  Tanner and I discuss the ramifications of the hamster wheel.

274C - 2020 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Hobby Box 08.08.2020 5:15 ↓

Thank you, Upper Deck, for the opportunity to review this product - hard to describe, but very eclectic and very enjoyable, especially if you like all sports and popular culture as I do.

274B - Investment Fallacies: Franchise Owner Mentality 08.08.2020 7:04 ↓

What does it feel like to own a professional sports franchise?  How is it similar to owning a fabulous sports card collection?

274A - Boring Cards 08.08.2020 7:17 ↓

What cards would be boring?

274 - Interview: Shawn Barker and Mike Fruitman 07.08.2020 14:53 ↓

Free-form discussion about the hobby we love.

273 - Origin: Jon Flemister 06.08.2020 13:03 ↓

Jon and his dad Pat were regulars on the sports card show circuit back in the 1980's and owned a card shop in North Little Rock.

272 - Dueling Questions: Grant Wescott (COMC) 05.08.2020 13:44 ↓

Grant and I trade questions about the sports card hobby including his advice for the card companies.

271 - Origin: Sooz Lulgjuraj, CardChat 04.08.2020 13:53 ↓

Sooz, formerly of Beckett Media and Topps, shares her interesting hobby journey with us.

270 - Origin: Scott Prusha, Sports Marketing Director, Panini 03.08.2020 13:54 ↓

Scott shares his hobby journey.

269B - Out-Takes from The Card Shop with Mike and the Big Dog 01.08.2020 11:08 ↓

I was interviewed last month for this excellent podcast and this was a slice I wanted to be sure my listeners heard.

269A - Out-Takes from Beckett Live (with Eric Norton) 01.08.2020 12:08 ↓

Short excerpt from my recent appearance on Beckett Live with Eric Norton discussing then and now type issues.

269 - Shipping Part One (with Mike Sommer, Wax Pack Hero) 31.07.2020 14:24 ↓

Mike Sommer of Wax Pack Hero shares his accumulated knowledge of helpful shipping tips relative to sports cards.

268 - Origin: Jeremy Lee, Sports Cards Live 30.07.2020 13:38 ↓

Jeremy shares with us his hobby origin and journey up to this point.

267 - Paywalls (with Geoff Wilson, Sports Card Investor) 29.07.2020 13:25 ↓

Geoff provides plenty of free information, but has structured his program in such a way that investors can choose to pay for certain products and services he and his team have developed.  

266 - Dueling Questions 2.0 (with Drew Herndon) 28.07.2020 13:56 ↓

Round two for Drew and me with back-and-forth questions about the hobby.

265 - Tribute: Tom Reid (with Rich Klein 27.07.2020 14:18 ↓

National sports collectibles dealer Tom Reid had great stuff and was a great guy. He is missed. 

264C - NBA Playoff Predictions 25.07.2020 7:13 ↓

A chance to predict who will win and potentially why, although many basketball stars seem to already be fully priced.

264B - 2020 Panini Football Dueling Box Breaks: Luminance vs. Chronicles 25.07.2020 5:32 ↓

Comparing and contrasting these two recent football card releases from Panini.  Listen to find which one I prefer, as they are ironically the same price on the secondary market at this time.

264A - 2020 Panini Baseball Dueling Box Breaks: Diamond Kings vs. Optic 25.07.2020 5:41 ↓

Thanks Panini for putting out and sending over for review two excellent baseball card products, each with its own merits.

264 - Origin: The Card Shop with Mike and the Big Dog 24.07.2020 13:35 ↓

Shawn Barker and Mike Fruitman are co-hosts of the popular podcast, The Card Shop with Mike and the Big Dog.

263 - Origin: Grant Wescott (COMC) 23.07.2020 13:24 ↓

Grant is COMC's Director of Business Development. He shares his hobby origin story.

262 - Football Cards: 1968 and 1969 Topps (with Rich Klein) 22.07.2020 14:05 ↓

Rich and I compare and contrast 1968 Topps football and 1969 Topps football cards.

261 - Tribute: Sy Berger 21.07.2020 12:43 ↓

Sy Berger, who helped build Topps into the hobby power that it became, is missed by all who knew him.