Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Mike and I sit down for a discussion of how to get the most out of the COMC experience for buyers and sellers and flippers.

What was Topps thinking with this three-year run of slightly oversized veteran-centric baseball cards?  Rich and I try to reverse engineer their thinking at the time and the hobby's lukewarm acceptance then. 

Hobby Hotline, the live call in show ranged over a variety of topics in this episode, which aired the week before the National; my co-hosts were Rich Klein, Jeremy Lee, and Sam Shuford.

Fred Reed brought editorial structure to Beckett Publications at the onset and during the high growth years.  His legacy includes the amazing people he hired and mentored, many of whom have gone on to enduring great success in the hobby.

John Keating had enough interesting hobby questions that we made a whole episode out of our dialogue.

Irrepressible Jordan Hagedorn returns with some interesting questions and answers for this Dueling Questions segment.

Tim, Chad, and Ricky were joined by John Newman for this special HobbyPalooza edition of Pack to the Future.  I joined in for the last half and here are some of the things we talked about.  Enjoy.

I am leaving tomorrow - here are my last minute thoughts on how I am preparing differently than any other prior year - see you there!

Long-time National dealers and card shop owners, the Gold family from the Chicago area, have passed but are not forgotten - an amazing family - Rich and I have fond remembrances.

Giannis' performance throughout the NBA playoffs and culminating in his break-through performance in the final game 6 have moved him up another layer of greatness within the basketball card hobby.