Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Thanks to my co-hosts (John Newman and John Keating) and the live call-ins, another robust Saturday morning hobby discussion -listen to the whole hour either live next week or on your favorite podcast app - thanks! 

Skepi (not his real name) has sent me many insightful questions about sports cards and this hobby - this episode is about the pros and cons of re-packs, for your consideration.

Ryan and I traded sports card hobby questions and answers - I think I represent the past and Ryan represents the future - but Ryan is a vintage guy at a young age and you gotta love that!

John is the co-founder of the mobile (free) card identification app, Center Stage, which is surprisingly fast, due to their clever approach - thanks John!

Another eight different listener questions worth addressing - from eight different thoughtful listeners - send me your sports card questions about the past, present, or future - thanks! 

Most of Ryan's show involved my "show and tell" of a few interesting cards - this is a brief segment more suited to our audio format as our conversation was wide-ranging.  Thanks Ryan!

Rich and I talk about the re-birth of Fleer baseball (current player) cards back in 1981 (not a terrible start all things considered) and how Fleer handled the junk wax era before its eventual demise almost 25 years later.

I met Grayson at the MINT Collective and heard about all the good things happening for the sports card hobby in Australia and his interesting business journey - thanks Grayson

What is the best way to optimize or maximize the sale of a 30-card set that lists for $5?  Rich and I compare strategies and expectations and downsides ... as it depends.

Questions keep coming in - send yours to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com - now trying to answer or comment on eight recent questions or comments in my 15-minute episodes - thanks!