My sister Claire and her husband Jeff really stepped up when I had my heart attack exactly 24 years ago today and led Beckett Publications during that trying time.
Pew Research nationally surveyed for and then ranked the top 12 most concerning social and political issues involved in this coming presidential election. Many of them have a bearing on our hobby.
Rewards for substantive feedback - listen and find out how and why during the month of October 2020.
Not all flippers are good ... or bad for the hobby.
Ryan Krueger's firm helps clients manage their investments. Ryan and I compare and contrast publicly-traded stocks and publicly-traded sports cards.
Derek and I have a wide-ranging conversation including his sports cards and collectibles hobby journey and the key brands to which he has strongly contributed over the past two decades.
Premier autograph authenticator Steve Grad and I trade questions on a variety of hobby topics.
Mike and I discuss the various meanings attached historically to the words hobby and dealer.
Rich and I discuss the respective chances of some hobby favorites waiting hopefully for their Hall call.
Live caller Kevin Jones had an interesting question which was addressed - recommend you listen to the whole hour-long show, Hobby Hotline, another excellent podcast.
Last Saturday's Hobby Hotline had many great moments (as a live show) - I encourage you to listen to the whole show with Drew Herndon, Texas Card Dude, Ziggy No, and me.
Rich and I discuss the baseball card products of one of the most innovative card companies and the people involved including some history-repeated stories.
Rich and I go round three of the Dueling Questions format.
Pete shares his strong background in the hobby, landing at Heritage for the past 12 years.
Ryan discusses how he has applied what he learned as a young collector to his current career in money management.
Steve gives his hobby origin story starting as a young card collector in Chicago.
Collectable has syndicated the PSA 10 Mickey Mantle from 1953 Topps, a true condition rarity.
Both my father and father-in-law have birthdays this week - they are terrific examples of the greatest generation. More than 90% of the Major Leaguers their ages have passed, but left their mark.
Ken and I trade questions about our hobby aspirations among other topics.
Tanner and I discuss the dramatic effect of the Internet on sports card collecting at the three inflection points of Tanner's hobby experience.
Rich and I discuss Donruss' innovative (at the time) approach to the Canadian baseball card market and its enduring collectability.
Jeff shares the evolution of Topps' eCommerce efforts, breaking big this year.
A brief recap of the past twenty episodes over the past four weeks in case you missed a few, and are curious. If you want to hear more on some topic, just email me at doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com
Sports card buyers love good deals - but how to negotiate them in this bull market.