Dr. Beckett unretires to share sports card stories, analyses, and opinions, based on his six decades of intensive experience.
Episodes
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
We briefly recount the highlights of the past four weeks of daily episodes - if you have episode ideas, please send them to doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com and thanks!
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Interesting news from PSA acquiring Genamint to enhance or lead their AI grading initiatives - this episode discusses the difficulty of AI Grading specifically with respect to edges.
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Some sports card collections are simply too large to be "shown" in their entirety, but they can be described, hopefully in summary form, drilling down for more details if asked.
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Jimmy Estruch of RetroBoomin shares his origin story with us - he had written in and sought advice on shaping and growing his sports card hobby business now that he is full-time.
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Our modern virtual dinner guests (Ken Capell, Jason Granet, Jordan Hagedorn, Jeremy Lee, and Mike Sommer) each had an opinion of the value of budgeting in this exciting time in our hobby.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Val, co-host of NASCARD Radio, and I discuss the history of NASCAR cards and other related racing subjects. NASCAR is America's second most popular spectator sport!
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Gabriella is a psychology major at Stern College for Women in New York and has both a father and brother who collect sports cards - she is writing a paper on our hobby and we discuss those issues practically and a little bit scholarly.
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Detroit collector Frank Guastella and I fondly remember three great collectors from Detroit who were all outstanding ambassadors for our sports card hobby.
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
How easy is it to manipulate the sports card market or at least the price or value of a specific card or player?
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Lots of changes from the card grading companies - restrictions and increases - how should collectors and submitters react and respond?