Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

619 - Thanksgiving with Mike Fruitman and Rob Veres

Popular LCS owners and sponsors Mike Fruitman (Mike's Stadium Sportscards) and Rob Veres (Burbank Sports Cards) join me for explicitly expressing what we are thankful for this year in our great sports card hobby. 

618 - Out-Takes on Security Measures from Hobby Hotline 111321

Last Saturday the crew from Hobby Hotline, including Rich Klein and John Newman, along with our call-in guests, discussed preventive security measures to thwart thieves attacking card shops. 

617 - Out-Takes on Music from Radar, Evan Toth, Part 2

Evan and I continue on with our discussion of music vs. sports as collectibles  - taken from his Radar podcast where he interviewed me - thanks Evan.

616 - Soccer Cards, with Torsten Bauer

Soccer is extremely popular worldwide and especially in Germany where Torsten lives - when will soccer cards go into hyper-drive in America? 

615 - Dueling Same Questions 2, with Rob Girard, Sports Card Therapist

Rob and I extended our sports card question and answer session to include his final question about balance in life and hobby life.

614 - Out-Takes on Rose and Bonds with Mike Moynihan, Baseball Collector

My baseball card vintage discussion with Mike turned toward our opinions on the Hall of Fame prospects of Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, and others.

613 -Out-Takes on Music from Radar, with Evan Toth

Evan's podcast, Radar, interviewed me as a guest, and we drew parallels between record vinyl album collecting and sports card collecting.  Thanks Evan!

612 - Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule), with Torsten Bauer

The Pareto Principle applies to sports cards!  Torsten and I discuss how and why in our quest to better understand the sports card market.

611 - Dueling Same Questions with Rob Girard, Sports Card Therapist

Rob, the Sports Card Therapist, sent me an interesting list of hobby and life questions, which we both answered on this show - thanks Rob!

610 - 1962 Post Cereal Football, Part 2, with Robin Pauls

Robin's exhaustive work on the intricacies of the 1962 Post football set is impressive - I wish I had access to his research back in the day (but it did not exist yet) - Thanks Robin!