Episodes

A recap of my experience at this year's National in Chicago, arguably the best ever with people and cards galore.

Mike and I went back and forth with a few more suggestions of how users can optimize the COMC platform for more profit and enjoyment.

Jordan is planning the opening of his new "For The Hobby" local card shop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for later this fall.

I reveal some of my (long-honed over the decades considering hundreds of thousands of cards) speed sorting tips - no copyright, no trademark, no patented processes - sort away!

Mike and I sit down for a discussion of how to get the most out of the COMC experience for buyers and sellers and flippers.

What was Topps thinking with this three-year run of slightly oversized veteran-centric baseball cards?  Rich and I try to reverse engineer their thinking at the time and the hobby's lukewarm acceptance then.

Hobby Hotline, the live call in show ranged over a variety of topics in this episode, which aired the week before the National; my co-hosts were Rich Klein, Jeremy Lee, and Sam Shuford.

Fred Reed brought editorial structure to Beckett Publications at the onset and during the high growth years.  His legacy includes the amazing people he hired and mentored, many of whom have gone on to enduring great success in the hobby.

John Keating had enough interesting hobby questions that we made a whole episode out of our dialogue.

Irrepressible Jordan Hagedorn returns with some interesting questions and answers for this Dueling Questions segment.

Tim, Chad, and Ricky were joined by John Newman for this special HobbyPalooza edition of Pack to the Future.  I joined in for the last half and here are some of the things we talked about.  Enjoy.

I am leaving tomorrow - here are my last minute thoughts on how I am preparing differently than any other prior year - see you there!

Long-time National dealers and card shop owners, the Gold family from the Chicago area, have passed but are not forgotten - an amazing family - Rich and I have fond remembrances.

Giannis' performance throughout the NBA playoffs and culminating in his break-through performance in the final game 6 have moved him up another layer of greatness within the basketball card hobby.

Joe Orlando, CEO of PSA's parent Collectors Universe, resigned last week after 22 years with the company.  This is my take on that decision and its implications.

The first time for this format of "topical" dueling questions with football expert David Lee - our first questions overlapped!

Bernard co-moderates a Facebook sports card group and I enjoyed their live session - here are a few excerpts.  Thanks Bernard!

For this month's appearance on Hobby Hotline, I was joined by nine of the other co-hosts for a special edition in honor of the annual HobbyPalooza, which our show kicked off.

Several interesting "what if's" about the upcoming National in Chicago are posed to my fellow co-hosts at Hobby Hotline, Jeremy Lee and Jeff Defness45.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily audio episodes in case you missed some or are just a little curious.  Thanks for listening!

I was on a distinguished panel for the Virtual Expo along with moderator Jeremy Lee and Karvin Cheung and Chris McGill discussing the sustainability of the sports card hobby.

The most recent five questions coming in from listeners - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and I hope to address your concern quickly and thanks!

Jay and I go another round of friendly questions about the "hobby" we both love.  In fact is it still a hobby?

Brad made a list so he can be fully prepared for a fabulous National this year in Chicago - I compared his list to mine for your listening benefit.