Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

The influence of a national daily newspaper with a ground-breaking approach to sports reporting was fundamental to the growth of the industry in my opinion - Pete was on the sports writing side and had a unique perspective. 

Jeremy Lee, my co-host last Saturday on Hobby Hotline, and I got into an in-depth substantive discussion of the two Gretzky 10 RC's, which went for world record prices at Heritage's recent big auction.

Ben collects pre-rookie post cards and enjoys the quest for knowledge about these tougher cards and the photographers who produced them. 

Barry and I talk about his key role in the development and operation of COMC Canada including their virtual show presence.

Jeremy Lee, popular host of Sports Cards Live, interviewed me on the biggest stories of the past year - recommend you subscribe to Jeremy's YouTube channel.

Would you invest in Bitcoin but NOT in Sports Cards?  They are similar in some ways but very different in other ways.  Compared and contrasted!

Lee and I continue our discussion on some baseball cards that are very hard to find, perhaps because they are hard to distinguish.

Brody and I sit down for a wide-ranging discussion of his "career" in the hobby - great to talk about the future of kids in this hobby with a real kid!

Pete's book, Card Sharks, back in 1995 was a must read - we catch up with him 25 years later and find out what interesting things Pete has been up to.

Lee and I discuss the difficulty of finding some of the toughest baseball cards from the junk wax era.