Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

A recap of my experience at this year's National in Chicago, arguably the best ever with people and cards galore.

Mike and I went back and forth with a few more suggestions of how users can optimize the COMC platform for more profit and enjoyment.

Jordan is planning the opening of his new "For The Hobby" local card shop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for later this fall.

I reveal some of my (long-honed over the decades considering hundreds of thousands of cards) speed sorting tips - no copyright, no trademark, no patented processes - sort away!

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.