Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

509B - Blackstone's Acquisition of CCG, Parent of CSG

Blackstone ($650 billion  strong) has acquired a controlling interest in CCG at a reported valuation of more than $500 million - CCG until last year was not in the sports cards space, now through CSG Grading they are!

509A - Impact of NIL (Name Image Likeness)

July 1 marked the beginning of a new era in college athlete's potential financial opportunities - how will this impact the sports collectibles world?  Stay tuned, more changes will be coming.

509 - Origin: David Lee, CoachDavidLee.com

David shares his origin story including his time at Beckett and onward with his free-lance career helping others inside and outside the sports card hobby.

508 - John Broggi, National Sports Collectors Convention, with Rich Klein

John Broggi and his sons share their optimism for this year's National in Chicago - we hope their expectations are exceeded!

507 - Interview: Dr. Eric Strachan, Research Psychologist, Part 2

The second part of my in-depth interview of Dr. Eric Strachan about our hobby and psychological constructs - although with a psychologist the question might be - who was really being interviewed?

506 - Out-Takes with John Newman, Sports Card Nation

John had me as a guest on his excellent show (Sport Card Nation, highly recommended) early this month and asked me many interesting questions - here are two of my answers that broke new ground in a manner of speaking. 

505 - Origin: Mike Moynihan, Baseball Collector and Golden Age of Cardboard

Mike never took a hiatus from this great hobby which is the exception - he enjoys the hobby, especially vintage baseball, delights in showing his great cards, and has created over a thousand YouTube hobby-related videos.

504B - Out-Takes from Golden Age of Cardboard with Mike Moynihan

Mike interviewed me on his excellent show (highly recommended) and we enjoyed the conversation, as we both love vintage baseball and have been around a good while.

504A - Six Listener Questions 6.0

Six more listener questions from various platforms and venues - send your questions to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!

504 - Impeached from the Hall of Fame?

What would it take to get impeached from any of the Halls of Fame - how could it even happen and how might that affect sports card values?