Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

I was on a distinguished panel for the Virtual Expo along with moderator Jeremy Lee and Karvin Cheung and Chris McGill discussing the sustainability of the sports card hobby.

The most recent five questions coming in from listeners - send your questions to [email protected] and I hope to address your concern quickly and thanks!

Jay and I go another round of friendly questions about the "hobby" we both love.  In fact is it still a hobby?

Brad made a list so he can be fully prepared for a fabulous National this year in Chicago - I compared his list to mine for your listening benefit.

David unpacks his seven-hour virtual course covering what it takes to be successful in this complicated hobby.

Rich and I discuss the long, storied history of combo (combination) cards featuring two or more players linked together by some connection.

Kyle's Dallas shows have been the biggest over the past twelve months - we hear Kyle's philosophies and why his show have emerged as the standard in this area and beyond.

Would the grading companies consider having a formal grading seminar where they taught their customers how to grade like they do?

What if prices in the hobby stayed the same for an extended period of time?  How would various sports card hobby entities be affected?

Rich has some question about some of the past difficult management dilemmas over the years and how they relate to today's leaders in this en fuego market.