Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

The question of transparency - too little or even too much - came up in our group discussion - lots of expert voices chiming in.

Ray and I kept rolling as we referenced prominent baseball cards pictured on my (multi-sport) Wall of Fame.  

The first question of the evening was: who inspired you in the beginning of your sports card hobby journey - a brief, but well-deserved, shout-out to many of the unsung heroes in the hobby.

We had 26 in attendance at the first Hobby Content Creators dinner, held  immediately after the huge Dallas card show on May 22nd - this episode provides all of the 30-second self introductions.  A great group and evening!

Mike Steveline brought his tech skills to the Baseball Card Hall of Fame project, but like Ray, his two hobby loves are baseball cards and the Hall of Fame.  Voting can be accessed at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCFhR_s6HCLB7IT-c4aB1QMeMXXW8fQxxO0RKwm6LFVffE_A/viewform

Josh had me on his Cardboard Chronicles show as a guest and we batted ideas around for 45 minutes - check out his show regularly - this was about ten minutes on a topic that I thought my show's listeners would appreciate as being largely a fresh take.  Thanks Josh.

A brief recap of the past four weeks of daily episodes - hopefully something for everyone - whether you are a pure collector or an aggressive investor.

I confess that I flip cards - but patiently, and on a smaller scale - in fact my selling horizon is ten years.  Whereas some flippers at shows barely hold cards at all before selling or trading them in the other corner of the big show. You need to really know the current market and the very latest true comps.

I kept the recorder going for this after-the-interview back-and-forth explaining some of the cards on my wall of Fame as John pointed some of them out and inquired about them.

John and I trade questions about his first and current "sports" loves.  The questions do not have to be explicitly about sports cards, but they need to shed light on helpful hobby insights.