Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-q3bmk-104973d We had 26 in attendance at the first Hobby Content Creators dinner, held immediately after the huge Dallas card show on May 22nd - this episode provides all of the 30-second self introductions. A great group and evening!
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-23nvx-103c43d Six more listener questions on a variety of sports card questions - timely and timeless - please send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com so they can be considered.
Six more recently-submitted listener questions - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks for your feedback!
The chaos of the sports card retail environment is troubling - is it fixable? I think it is! Suggestions for how.
Baseball card collector John Keating describes how has transitioned toward soccer in his interests.
What's the best way to get into breaking - and especially reasonably sourcing boxes and cases to break?
Dueling Questions format with always-enjoyable John Newman of Sports Card Nation and Hobby Quick Hits.
Brad and I had a slightly technical discussion of the promise of GradeA.id as to the impact of AI on sports card grading.
A short (excerpted from) Hobby Hotline discussion relating to PSA's recent purchase of GenaMint.
Josh answers my questions about Card Ladder and we talk about future capabilities.
Hobby Hotline co-hosts Brody the Kid and Brad Bethune joined in for this robust discussion of these two seemingly unrelated topics.
Psychology and Journalism major Gabriella Fettman interviewed me for a paper she was writing for her college - here are the audio excerpts.
I get asked a lot about buying on the "dip" - but recognizing a dip is inexact, beware of sure things!
Make 9's great again - why don't 9's get the respect they "deserve" as Mint cards - oh, the fact there are also superior 9.5's and 10's out there too.
To grade or not to trade - that is the question - I give ten considerations followed up with my recommendation (for myself).
We hear Brad Bethune aka the TX Card Dude's sports card collecting origin story including what drives him.
Val's questions for me were not strictly about NASCAR but my questions to him were more along those lines with a few surprises.
Hobby Hotline appearance from two weeks ago along with Brody the Kid and Brad Bethune, TX Card Dude, where we discussed the coming of artificial intelligence in the grading process.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ba5ie-fec568 Bowman came back with a splash in 1989 when Topps brought back the first of these prospect-driven baseball card sets, which have continued to be anticipated staples within the annual mix of baseball card releases. Rich and I cover the first three years of Bowman baseball sets.
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-fhmez-101edc6 Josh shares his sports card origin story and how he began his content creation activities culminating in co-founding Card Ladder.
A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily audio episodes in case you missed some - let me know what you want to hear more of at doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thank you!
OPSA's recent purchase of Genamint suggests the coming of AI to grading - we discuss the importance and difficulty assessing of edges.
If you have a large collection it is difficult to show someone and perhaps even difficult to describe - in person, IRL, virtually, or digitally!
We hear Jimmy Estruch's sports card hobby origin story and what he's up to with RetroBoomin and how Instagram is working for him.