Videos

We hear popular YouTuber, Dustin Cooley aka Personal Finance Dad's sports card origin story.

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-seghz-fccf1f The first modern virtual dinner generated some great content. Thanks to excellent panelists: Ken Capell, Jason Granet, Jordan Hagedorn, Jeremy Lee, and Mike Sommer. If you would like to be considered for a future event, send your request to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and we will add you to the list.

Joe Maddalena trade questions back and forth based on our decades of experience in the hobby. Sometimes what goes around, comes around, as the past can repeat!

I have a tournament of sorts involving three different Panini sports and particular card products - my admittedly subjective winners are probably surprising.

Dustin interviewed me for his Personal Finance Dad show on YouTube and here is a brief sample - obviously encourage you to watch Dustin's episodes, not just the one I am on.

Chris shares his baseball card origin story over the decades and why he is @stalegum.

Torsten, a theoretical nuclear physicist by training, is now working in risk management - we discuss the applications to sports card collecting and investing.

Billy Celio tells us about the Upper Deck Hockey products he has shaped and worked on this year.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of our daily podcasts in case you want a refresher. Thanks for listening!

A different kind of look at the Huggins & Scott March Auction Catalog - breaking it down by broad categories to see the respective emphases.

Patrick had me on as a guest on his YouTube show and here are a few interesting excerpts. doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-bh593-fa5cc4 David Porter and I trade questions back and forth about the hobby we both love.

Exactly four years ago today I gave a talk at the Beckett Industry Summit. This is an abridgment, but it's interesting to consider what has changed and what hasn't in the past four years, especially in this last dramatic year.

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.