Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

On Christmas Eve we have anticipation for what we might get for Christmas - deferred gratification is a helpful trait for sports card collectors.

Cleveland has announced they are retiring the Indians name to be replaced with something else - Rich and I ponder the possibilities and whether that matters in the card world.

Val Marz and Jeremy Lee, co-hosts of Hobby Hotline, join the discussion of the impact of the noteworthy new round of investors in StarStock, including Kevin Durant and AJ Vaynerchuk.   

Phil Spector, good friend of Rich's and mine, and all who knew him, passed away early last week.  He was a mainstay in the hobby at the Nationals, East Coast and Philly shows, and was a key player in the success of Score Board.

I joined with Val Marz and Jeremy Lee on Hobby Hotline for this short thread on additional benefits that may accrue to the owners of PSA if they are taken private early next year.  Highly recommend checking out the whole episode of Hobby Hotline, the hobby's live call-in show, every Saturday morning.

Ken Marks and I continued our conversation on his very challenging and successful master set quest.

Kevin and I trade questions based on his thoughtful email to me at [email protected] - thanks Kevin!

Rich Klein and I discuss this turning point set from Topps - more complicated than you may think.

Ken Capell and I go a second round of dueling questions initiated by his thoughtful email to [email protected] and its implications.

Rich and I discuss those special instances where demand is strong for certain world champs, especially in vintage baseball cards, for example, the 1968 Detroit Tigers.