Episodes

The rest of the questions from Nat and to Nat about our great hobby and how we see it and have seen it in our experiences.

Another six listener questions on a variety of hobby subjects - lots of big happenings these days - exciting to be in the greatest hobby in the world.

John (Sports Card Nation) and Corey (YamWax) both asked me some penetrating questions about how I and others collect or have collected over the decades - thanks John and Corey!

John Newman's new monthly live show debuted with Corey of YamWax as co-host and myself as guest - we had a great time talking hobby for an hour - here's a few excerpts and thanks John and Corey!

Kyle's Wax Museum podcast is one of my favorite regular listens - here Kyle and I bounce basketball hobby questions off each other.

Bob Brill's Brill Report was a must-read back in the 1990's, plus Bob did so many other innovative things in the organized hobby - we hear directly from Bob about his interesting journey.

Dan Ertle shares his (non-sport and comic book) collecting story and how CBCS has blended into the outstanding Beckett Media team of graders and authenticators.

Questions to and from Nat Turner, collector extraordinaire, and owner/CEO of PSA/Collectors Universe.

Fanatics will be taking over for Topps in 2025 as the sole licensee for the  baseball card category.  This morning on Hobby Hotline I was joined by nine other co-hosts for this live timely call-in show - an hour and a half distilled into ten minutes - ch...

Five different and new questions from listeners accumulated and answered - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

These are remarks coming before and after our scheduled Basketball Dueling Questions episode (to be released shortly), which I thought were worthy of inclusion - thanks Adam!

Huge bombshell news that Fanatics will be taking over the baseball card license from Topps in 2025 as a joint venture with MLB and MLBPA.  Major implications!

Rich and I talk about our experiences with public relations within and outside the hobby, especially our days working together at Beckett Publications long ago.

I was Jeremy Lee's guest on the first hour or so of Sports Cards Live the week before the National - this is 14 minutes excerpted from that longer live show.  Thanks Jeremy!

Jordan interviewed me for his "For The Hobby" podcast and here is a brief excerpt form his longer interview, which can be caught in its entirety by his fans on his platforms.  Thanks Jordan!

A brief recap of the past four weeks of short daily audio episodes in case you missed some - each episode stands on its own and hopefully most are evergreen.

Sad to report dealer Rich Altman, mainstay of the sports card show circuit, including promoting his own large shows, has passed away.  This brief tribute will not suffice, but please check out some of the other statements circulating made by his many fri...

As soon as Brad and I signed off, I realized we had not addressed some concerns that were worth adding to the discussion on this timely topic for baby boomers, and it's an important topic for all, as no one lives on this earth forever.

The first Dueling Questions on this topic - Brad and I have had time to reflect since our last conversation and each of us has additional thoughts to share.

Brett asked some excellent questions during his longer Stacking Slabs interview of me - here are two threads I thought I would pass on to you but I certainly encourage you to check Brett's full episode(s).

This is the third and final installment of our conversation about COMC and its nuances.  Hope you have learned something helpful.

Rich and I compare and contrast these two popular Topps baseball card products - we mostly agree!

Anyone with a side gig should know some basic do's and don't's as applies to doing your Federal income tax return, where documenting basis and expenses may be critical to your case.

The show was terrific - extremely crowded - and ran smoothly for me - the dinners were festive - but my airport experiences were another story.