Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

260 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 239-258 20.07.2020 14:00 ↓

Recapping the past twenty episodes in rapid fire form in case you missed one.

259B - Follow-Up: Mortality (Hockey) 18.07.2020 6:57 ↓

A further prioritization and reflection on yesterday's Mortality episode, which you should listen to before this follow-up episode.

259A - Investment Fallacies: Low Pop Cards 18.07.2020 6:54 ↓

There is more to the story than just whether a particular card has low population report status.

259 - Mortality (Hockey Card Collection) 17.07.2020 13:56 ↓

Hockey cards in your will?

258 - Sports Card Scammers Exposed (with Drew Herndon) 16.07.2020 14:28 ↓

The popular Facebook Group and website is de-mystified by Drew Herndon (Lemme Get That Podagraph).

257 - 1984 Fleer and Fleer Update Baseball (with Rich Klein) 15.07.2020 14:16 ↓

Rich and I discuss the relative merits of these iconic sets.

256 - Football Cards From 1960-67 (with Dan Hitt) 14.07.2020 14:16 ↓

Dan and I discuss the relative merits of the mainstream sets put out by Fleer, Philadelphia, and Topps during the competition between the AFL and NFL.

255 - Grail(s)? 13.07.2020 14:13 ↓

What is a Grail or Holy Grail card?  What does that mean?

254B - Investment Fallacies: Positive Cash Flow 11.07.2020 7:05 ↓

How important is Positive Cash Flow to your collecting experience? 

254A - Out-Takes from Scott Greenberg (StarStock) 11.07.2020 10:28 ↓

Out-Takes from the interview with Scott Greenberg, co-founder of StarStock.

254 - Photo-Bombed Cards (with Rich Klein) 10.07.2020 14:17 ↓

Rich and I discuss the many cards which have celebrities or superstars in the background of the front photo and how that can drive value.

253 - Then and Now: Beckett Publications/Media Advertising (with Todd Westover) 09.07.2020 13:39 ↓

Todd's successful hobby ad sales career at Beckett spanned all three regimes.

252 - Then And Now: Beckett Media (with Derek Ficken) 08.07.2020 14:00 ↓

Derek shares his Beckett Media experience especially BGS.

251A - Panini Basketball Card Distribution (Chris McGill Out-Takes) 07.07.2020 7:00 ↓

Chris questions current Panini distribution trends and we discuss those implications.

251 - Players: Richie Ashburn and Earl Averill (with Rich Klein) 07.07.2020 13:41 ↓

Comparing and contrasting two long-retired Hall of Fame center-fielders.

250 - Player: Michael Jordan (with Chris McGill) 06.07.2020 14:46 ↓

Michael Jordan advanced collector Chris McGill shares his knowledge.

249B - Price Guide Methodology (Chris McGill Out-Takes) 04.07.2020 9:16 ↓

Chris asks a pointed, analytical question about price guide methodology.

249A - Looking at Sports Cards vs. Looking at Sports on TV (Chris McGill Out-Takes) 04.07.2020 6:30 ↓

Chris asks "Would I rather look at cards or look at sports on TV"? I give a surprising answer and an explanation of the "tell" as to how someone might answer.

249 - Media Professional Collecting Etiquette (with John Clemens) 03.07.2020 12:54 ↓

Veteran collector and announcer discusses proper collecting etiquette when having close access to the players.

248 - Origin: Scott Greenberg (StarStock) 02.07.2020 13:26 ↓

Scott shares his hobby origin story up to and including co-founding StarStock.

247 - Interview: For The Hobby (Jordan Hagedorn) 01.07.2020 14:41 ↓

Jordan tells us about his excellent podcast, For The Hobby.

246 - Dueling Questions (with Dan Hitt) 30.06.2020 14:37 ↓

Dan and I exchange tricky, unedited and unscripted, questions and answers about the hobby and our experiences.

245 - Dueling Questions (with Grant Sandground) 29.06.2020 13:50 ↓

Grant and I bat some questions back and forth, dealing with the past, present, and future of our hobby.

244B - BGS Sub-Grades (Chris McGill Out-Takes) 27.06.2020 5:20 ↓

Chris asks a provocative question about sub-grades with an excellent example showing the nuances of high grade cards and their values.

244A - Why People Love to Collect Cards (Chris McGill Out-Takes) 27.06.2020 7:23 ↓

Chris of House of Jordans asks why people love to collect sports cards in particular.