Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

David unpacks his seven-hour virtual course covering what it takes to be successful in this complicated hobby.

Rich and I discuss the long, storied history of combo (combination) cards featuring two or more players linked together by some connection.

Kyle's Dallas shows have been the biggest over the past twelve months - we hear Kyle's philosophies and why his show have emerged as the standard in this area and beyond.

Would the grading companies consider having a formal grading seminar where they taught their customers how to grade like they do?

What if prices in the hobby stayed the same for an extended period of time?  How would various sports card hobby entities be affected?

Rich has some question about some of the past difficult management dilemmas over the years and how they relate to today's leaders in this en fuego market.

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 customer.

Jay and I, both former professors, go back and forth with (practical rather than scholarly) questions and answers.

Brett and I traded extemporaneous questions (and answers) about the sports card hobby for 15 minutes - every DQ is unrehearsed and different! 

Mike and I went back and forth with our provocative questions with an emphasis on vintage baseball, which we both love.