Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

101F - Card Design Preferences: Facsimile Autographs (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I briefly discuss the merits of having a facsimile autograph on the front of the card.

101E - Card Design Preferences: Round Corners (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss the discouraging difficulty of alter-ability of cards with rounded corners.

101D - Card Design Preferences: Second Photo on Front? (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss the merits of having a second, non-duplicitous photo on the front of the card as an additional creative element.

101C - Card Design Preferences: Player Position (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss how prominent the player's position should be on the card, if at all!  

101B - Card Design Preferences: Vertical vs. Horizontal? (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I discuss why vertically oriented cards are more popular and present better in slabs than horizontally designed cards.

101A - Card Design Preferences: Team Names (with Rich Klein)

How prominent should the team name be on the card front.  Does the particular sport matter in this consideration?

101 - Card Design Preferences: Size (with Rich Klein)

Rich and I begin a series of episodes discussing our opinions on card design preferences, beginning with a discussion of the now-standard size, 2 1/2" by 3 1/2".

100 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 079-098

I take a look back at the past twenty episodes, adding and clarifying what was talked about, in part based on your feedback.  Any feedback can be sent to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com - thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to you - no episode tomorrow - but back on Friday! 

099 - Origin: Bill Huggins

Sponsor Bill Huggins of Huggins & Scott Auctions joins me for a discussion of his origins within the sports collectibles industry as a collector, dealer, shop owner, and auctioneer - since 1979.

098 - Investment Fallacies: Counter-Example (with Jimmy Fisher)

I sat down with Jimmy Fisher, part-time dealer from Tulsa, at the beginning of the last day (Sunday) of the three-day show here in the Dallas area, and we discussed his collecting journey as well as his dealing philosophies, which ironically are very much in line with what my recent "investment fallacies" episodes have suggested.