Episodes

July 14, 2020

256 - Football Cards From 1960-67 (with Dan Hitt)

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.

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July 13, 2020

255 - Grail(s)?

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

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July 11, 2020

254B - Investment Fallacies: Positive Cash Flow

How important is Positive Cash Flow to your collecting experience?

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July 11, 2020

254A - Out-Takes from Scott Greenberg (StarStock)

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

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July 10, 2020

254 - Photo-Bombed Cards (with Rich Klein)

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.

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July 9, 2020

253 - Then and Now: Beckett Publications/Media Advertising (with Todd…

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

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July 8, 2020

252 - Then And Now: Beckett Media (with Derek Ficken)

Derek shares his Beckett Media experience especially BGS.

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July 7, 2020

251A - Panini Basketball Card Distribution (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

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

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July 7, 2020

251 - Players: Richie Ashburn and Earl Averill (with Rich Klein)

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

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July 6, 2020

250 - Player: Michael Jordan (with Chris McGill)

Michael Jordan advanced collector Chris McGill shares his knowledge.

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July 4, 2020

249B - Price Guide Methodology (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

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

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July 4, 2020

249A - Looking at Sports Cards vs. Looking at Sports on TV (Chris McG…

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.

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July 3, 2020

249 - Media Professional Collecting Etiquette (with John Clemens)

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

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July 2, 2020

248 - Origin: Scott Greenberg (StarStock)

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

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July 1, 2020

247 - Interview: For The Hobby (Jordan Hagedorn)

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

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June 30, 2020

246 - Dueling Questions (with Dan Hitt)

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

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June 29, 2020

245 - Dueling Questions (with Grant Sandground)

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

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June 27, 2020

244B - BGS Sub-Grades (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

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

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June 27, 2020

244A - Why People Love to Collect Cards (Chris McGill Out-Takes)

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

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June 26, 2020

244 - Set: 1957 Topps Baseball (with John Clemens)

Media pro John Clemens describes his long love affair with and on-going pursuit of the 1957 Topps baseball set.

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June 25, 2020

243 - Dueling Questions 2.0 (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I go another round of dueling questions.

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June 24, 2020

242 - Origin: Chris McGill (House of Jordans)

Chris McGill's hobby origin story including his popular podcast House of Jordans.

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June 23, 2020

241 - Origin: Derek Ficken

Derek shares his origin story up to the point he joined Beckett Media in 2007.

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June 22, 2020

240 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 219-238

A very brief recap of the past twenty episodes.

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