Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

847 - Tribute: Maury Wills, with Rich Klein

Rich and I reminisce about base-stealer extraordinaire Maury Wills and his best cards, several of which are quite challenging - Maury made the game more exciting!

846 - Seven Listener Questions 8.0

Send your questions or comments to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and hopefully I can address them in a future episode - thanks!

845 - Seven Listener Questions 7.0

My seventh installment of seven questions answered about the sports cards hobby and this podcast from my listening friends.

844 - Buying the Dollar Box

Lately on more than one occasion I have bought the whole dollar box - you bring the cards home and then the fun (and work) begins.

843 - My Father and High Numbers

It's my dad's 97th birthday today - we're having dinner with him and my mom this evening - but reminded me how I came to ponder the hobby phenomenon of high numbers.

842 - Helping Friends Sell Their Card Collections

With all the recent publicity and world record prices for cards, I have seen a big uptick in friends calling me about wanting to sell their sports card collections for big bucks.

841 - Huggins & Scott Lot 570: Retail Reveal

I won the lot in their latest auction and had great fun opening 60 blasters, hangers, and jumbos.  I got a big surprise in one of the packs - that's why we all love opening packs!

840 - Interview: Clemente Lisi, Journalism and Soccer, Part 3

The third and final part of our enjoyable conversation.  Look forward to seeing him (and many of you) at the National in Chicago next summer (2023).

839 - Interview: Michael Seguinot, ZiggyNo, Part 3

The final (for now) exchange of sports card hobby questions between Michael and me - we are both looking for constructive ways to make the hobby better.

838 - Dueling Questions with Mike Phillips, EVP, Upper deck

Mike's chance to turn the tables on me with his hobby questions - but we both saw the hobby up close for the past three decades and more.