Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

An accumulation of six sports card hobby and personal questions asked by listeners recently, each briefly addressed.  Direct your questions to [email protected] and thanks.

Hobby Hotline is a fast-moving live call-in show on Saturday mornings - this is a brief excerpt from the show two weeks ago.  If you enjoy this snippet, check out the whole show, past or future.

Patrick's hobby origin story beginning at age six and resulting in Radicards now. 

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt passed away exactly twenty years ago today.  Val Marz, host of the NASCARD Radio podcast helps me remember this racing icon.

Torsten and I talk about the skills acquired in sports cards collecting that serve one well in their career and non-hobby life.

Billy talks about his sports card hobby origin story including how he got his job at Upper Deck.

David has some great stories to tell about his decades in the hobby including his worst deal ever from 30 years ago.  His goal was to get ALL the cards.

Five of Upper Deck's hockey products from this year are evaluated: Chronology, Synergy, Team Canada Juniors, O-Pee-Chee, and Upper Deck Hobby series one.  

Brody turns the tables on his show - he gets to ask me the questions - at 12 and a half years old he holds his own!  Here's seven minutes of fun with Brody!  Check out his whole show(s) on YouTube!

Bob Richardson led our company's subscription effort for many years and we discuss the importance of monthly subscribers in print publications, especially since we were not so ad-driven.