Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

John Madden at 85 has passed - iconic in American sports in several ways, outstanding NFL coach, popular broadcaster, and his Madden video game longevity.  Thanks for making football entertaining for all.

Co-founder Ezra Levine explains why he is so bullish on our industry and this upcoming high-end trade event in Las Vegas at the end of January.  Encouraged by the early indications of key participants.

Jeremy Lee and Jason Dean Martin had wide ranging discussions of these sports card hobby topics - excerpted from the live call-in Hobby Hotline video show last Saturday morning. 

Pepper represented our company (well) at this amazing never-repeated hobby event years ago with prime Tiger Woods - Pepper shares his insights - you will wish the sports card hobby had more events like that.  Thanks Upper Deck!

Some thoughts on this joyous season and how we express it - we have much to be thankful for - and yet we are all hoping 2022 will be even better.

JP had some extemporaneous questions for me about the sports card hobby we both love - especially vintage baseball - thanks JP.

Ezra describes his hobby ride including the founding and growth of the fractional trading platform, Collectable, which has garnered lots of attention from individual and institutional investors. 

Shreedhar's discussion with me went longer than I thought, because we lost track of time - happens sometimes with two passionate collectors - thought these interchanges were worth sharing - thanks Shreedhar!

I was on the Hobby Hotline show last Saturday morning with Jeremy Lee and Jason Dean Martin and these are some of the topics either brought up by recent events or from the live audience - thanks everyone.

Pepper (Beckett editorial employee #1) and I reminisce about the earliest days of our editorial/art package for Beckett Baseball Card Monthly and the many strong contributors inside and outside the company, who were instrumental in building our brand.