Episodes

Saturday Apr 17, 2021
454B - Market Manipulate-ability
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
How easy is it to manipulate the sports card market or at least the price or value of a specific card or player?

Saturday Apr 17, 2021
454A - Current Grading Submission Strategies
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Lots of changes from the card grading companies - restrictions and increases - how should collectors and submitters react and respond?

Friday Apr 16, 2021
454 - My Pro Bono Consulting with Rich Klein
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Rich basically interviews me on what I like to do when I am not collecting or handling sports cards. Helping solve the problems of others is easier than solving your own!

Thursday Apr 15, 2021
453 - Out-Takes with Rocco Rosato
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
As you recall, Rocco has been totally blind for the past 15 years, but that has not slowed his sports card collecting passion.

Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
452 - Dueling Questions with Chris Harris, Stale Gum
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
The economist, Chris Harris, asks the statistician, me, questions, and I reciprocate.

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
451 - Magic Years vs. Dynasties, with Rich Klein
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Rich and I discuss the relative merits of magical years vs. dynasties vs. superstar-dominated eras across all the major sports.

Monday Apr 12, 2021
450 - Tribute: Frank Nagy, with Frank Guastella
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Frank Nagy was a hobby icon from Detroit who had on of the top collections in the world but was very willing to share first-hand information and promote this great hobby.

Saturday Apr 10, 2021
449B - Your Collecting Avatar
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Using basketball as an analogy - here are six considerations for an avatar that might fit the way you collect during this bull market on basketball (and other sports) cards.

Saturday Apr 10, 2021
449A - Six Listener Questions 3.0
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Another six questions (with answers!) submitted by listeners, all concerning the hobby we all love. Your questions can be submitted to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com as an email and thanks!

Friday Apr 09, 2021
449 - Out-Takes on Pricing Considerations from Hobby Hotline 030621
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
This Hobby Hotline show (a weekly live show but I am on as a recurring guest once a month) featured John Newman (Sports Card Nation) and Rich Klein as well as the questions and comments of all the live viewers. Hope you like these excerpts as much as I enjoyed the actual full show.

