Bob and I fondly reminisce about Louise Bird, a remarkable voice within our former company as well as the hobby at large, through her impact both in our offices and on the road.
Joe is now at Heritage after his successful founding and run at Profiles in History. His roots are in baseball cards going back to the 1970's. We both agreed we would like to time travel!
Last week's record low icy temperatures here in Texas wreaked havoc in a multitude of ways - my collection was not affected, was yours? Hopefully not!
An accumulation of recent questions from listeners, addressed succinctly.
Hobby Hotline, the weekly Saturday morning live call-in show for our hobby had (as usual) some interesting conversation. This is an excerpt from the most recent time I was a co-host.
Patrick shares his sports card hobby origin story - how he got started at an early age and never looked back.
Val, host of NASCARD Radio, and I discuss the long-term impact of the Intimidator, who tragically passed away at Daytona exactly twenty years ago today.
German Torsten Bauer and I discuss the transferable skills gained from this great hobby - how it has been helpful in other careers.
David shares his interesting sports card hobby journey with us starting with his attempt to get ALL the baseball cards!
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-fkrbj-fb68a9 Last week left many in Texas without electrical power for extended periods of time - how did I and other collectors cope?
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9tnhi-fa5ccd Billy talks about his sports card hobby origin story including how he got his job at Upper Deck.
I open five different boxes of this year's hockey products courtesy of show sponsor Upper Deck and Chris Carlin - all worth your consideration depending on which end of the pool you play in - the shallow end or the deep end.
I was a guest on Brody's Hobby Life show - watch the whole episode on Brody's YouTube channel - these are just some brief audio excerpts.
Bob and I discuss the policies and procedures from back in the day with Beckett Publications, when the monthly magazine print versions were riding high.
Canadian Host Jeremy Lee had some excellent questions, the best of which are excerpted here - check out Jeremy's YouTube shows regularly - they are excellent.
Charles had some interesting sports card hobby questions for me and vice versa.
Terry and I go back and forth with interesting questions for each other.
Grading Quotas are controversial but to what are you referring - definitions matter.
Carl has a great weekly show that I was honored to be a guest - here are some salient points from that show that are non-duplicative of things discussed already on my podcast.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-unfp5-f5dea7 Dave and I review the big shows of the decade of the 2000's, especially the Nationals each summer.
COMC Barry and I go back and forth with questions about the sports card hobby and other things.
Rich and I discuss the popularity and distribution of the two Fleer Baseball All-Time Great sets from sixty years ago.
Jordan and I had an interesting discussion about basketball cards and other related topics.
Brief recap of the past four weeks of episodes in case you missed some or are curious. Questions, try doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com