Videos

I was honored to appear on a panel with Jeremy Lee, Chris McGill, and Karvin Cheung for the Virtual Expo and here is an excerpt.

This time I accumulated five listener questions - send your question to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and I will try to answer it wisely.

Jay and I were having so much fun with our dueling questions we kept going with a second helping.

David Lee has a (nearly) free seven-hour virtual course answering many questions that a new sports card collector might have.

Rich Klein and I discuss the rich history of combo cards from vintage up to the present day.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-88st9-1077f26 Bernard co-moderates a Facebook sports card group and I enjoyed their live session - here are a few excerpts. Thanks Bernard!

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-rd3cj-1080b68 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.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jei56-106b80f One of the local dealer tables I frequent has been the Palmers - so I wanted them to share how they do it - it works for me, but obviously it is also working for them as they do a great friendly business - I am a repeat…

Kyle and I had a visit concerning his upcoming Watters Creek (DFW) show and some of his show (and card collecting hobby) promoting philosophies.

How helpful SHOULD the big grading companies be in helping their "customers" understand how they come up with their grades?

Another "What If" episode - what would happen if the hobby entered a period of stagnant card prices - especially in the vintage market and for retired players?

Rich accumulated some real world current challenges for hobby leadership for reflection and comparison to those faced two or three decades ago by Beckett Publications.

Jay and I had more than a decade's worth of questions for each other that covered past, present, and future of baseball and other sports cards.

Fellow podcaster Brett McGrath and I enjoyed this unrehearsed and unscripted (friendly) battle of our dueling questions to each other.

Dueling Questions between two guys who love vintage baseball cards, although our questions for each other were more wide ranging.

Nat Turner's investment group has added another key industry player to his impressive hobby portfolio of iconic brands, which, we are told, will be run separately.

Blackstone has acquired controlling interest in CCG - another deep-pocketed group voicing a vote of confeidence in the future of our industry.

The recent allowance for college athletes to use their NIL for commercial gain will reverberate though our hobby with predictable additional loosenings to be added.

We hear David Lee's hobby origin story - more can be found at his website, coachdavidlee.com - David's collecting passion is football cards.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-s6pd4-107465f John Broggi and his sons share their optimism for this year's National in Chicago - we hope their expectations are exceeded!

Eric and I continue our discussion on the intersection of sports card collecting and psychology, with a focus on the phenomenon of grading.

I had the pleasure of being John's guest on his podcast Sports Card Nation and here are a few brief excerpts in case you missed his show.

Mike shares his origin story of continuous lifetime involvement in this great hobby of collecting baseball cards.

Mike had me on his show a while back and here's a brief excerpt in case you missed his excellent show.