Dr. Beckett unretires to share sports card stories, analyses, and opinions, based on his six decades of intensive experience.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Keith shares his hobby origin story beginning with working in a card shop before joining Beckett Publications for twelve years and now Panini for twelve years - thanks Keith!
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
The last two months of thrice-weekly episodes quickly summarized or commented on based on the passage of time - most episodes are intended to be evergreen, but many necessarily are not. Send your episode ideas to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
I opened a couple of this year's Upper Deck SP boxes and reminisce about the origins of the SP brand and its extensions and coverage across various sports. My choice was surprising even to me.
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
I opened three boxes of different brands of this year's Panini football cards - the distinguishing feature was that each box had 15 or less cards - certainly helping me with my desire to have less cards each year. Thanks Panini!
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Matt came over a couple of Saturdays ago and we turned on the recorder - Rich Klein as well as Stephan and Angela Loeffler were here too - to find out how and why Matt is pursuing T206's as he has successfully launched with his young family.
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Ryan Stuczinski, founder of GemRate, actually dropped in virtually to join my co-hosts John Newman and Victor Roman for this weekly rotational live call-in show and so we took advantage by drilling deeper on what's going on in grading.
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
The second part of my conversation with the Hall's founders, Ray Fonio, Bart Batholomew, and Scott Nathan. Just google Football Card Hall of Fame to find out more and vote (before Feb 9th) - and thanks guys!
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Ray Fonio, Bart Bartholomew, and Scott Nathan join me to review the inaugural candidates for their Football Card Hall of Fame - the ten cards selected based on your votes will be announced on February 11th - I voted and you should too if you love football cards.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Yesterday was the eighteenth anniversary of Beckett Publications being sold. So much has happened since. John Newman and Danny Black ask me about feelings, regrets, and what-if's. You can see the full video interview on their channel. Thanks!
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Danny Black and John Newman invited me on their Card Mensches show to discuss my retrospective thoughts on (18 years ago) selling the company I founded and which still bears my name.