Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Only five questions this time, which means slightly more in-depth answers to the selected sports card hobby questions you submitted - thanks again!

Regular guest Leighton Sheldon with his Vintage Spotlight traded questions with me and he gave me a fresh perspective on an old topic - plus some additional probing interaction with Jeremy.

I was on for the first hour of Jeremy Lee's very popular Sports Card Live call-in show - always a treat - great moderation from Jeremy plus interacting with his knowledgable audience.

Chicago Bears' Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, the definitive middle linebacker, has passed away at the age of 80.  We are losing legends - this is a hobby tribute to him.

Another batch of good listener sports card hobby questions - getting caught up finally - thanks and send your questions to [email protected] and I will consider them.

Another brief recap summarizing the last 25 episodes of this podcast - includes further reflections over the past eight weeks of hobby happenings - thanks sponsors, guests, and listeners.

Thanks to Upper Deck I conducted another box battle and the winner was SkyBox Metal Universe - of course there's more to the story - and I got another card to be slabbed for my wall!

An in-depth look at various considerations for collecting and buying sports cards personally autographed or unautographed - it's more complicated that you think.

Danny was my first choice to help me tribute the great Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame third baseman and many say the best defensive third baseman ever.  We will see what his passing this week does to his cards and autographs.  Thanks Danny!

I was on last Saturday's live Hobby Hotline with Danny Black and John Newman - these are edited excerpts from that hour-long show, which I heartily recommend (whether I am on or not).