Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

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!

Mike Steveline brought his tech skills to the Baseball Card Hall of Fame project, but like Ray, his two hobby loves are baseball cards and the Hall of Fame.  Voting can be accessed at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCFhR_s6HCLB7IT-c4aB1QMeMXXW8fQxxO0RKwm6LFVffE_A/viewform

Josh had me on his Cardboard Chronicles show as a guest and we batted ideas around for 45 minutes - check out his show regularly - this was about ten minutes on a topic that I thought my show's listeners would appreciate as being largely a fresh take.  Thanks Josh.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily episodes - hopefully something for everyone - whether you are a pure collector or an aggressive investor.

I confess that I flip cards - but patiently, and on a smaller scale - in fact my selling horizon is ten years.  Whereas some flippers at shows barely hold cards at all before selling or trading them in the other corner of the big show. You need to really know the current market and the very latest true comps.

I kept the recorder going for this after-the-interview back-and-forth explaining some of the cards on my wall of Fame as John pointed some of them out and inquired about them.

John and I trade questions about his first and current "sports" loves.  The questions do not have to be explicitly about sports cards, but they need to shed light on helpful hobby insights.

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.

Ray Fonio aka Ray from Philly created a Baseball Card Hall of Fame four years and voting is by collectors - this year's class is available for voting until the end of this May at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCFhR_s6HCLB7IT-c4aB1QMeMXXW8fQxxO0RKwm6LFVffE_A/viewform

Brad and I trade questions - most of his questions centered on the early days of BGS card grading - but my questions to him were more personalized.