Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

I was responding to a recent episode of Mike's Golden Age of Cardboard where he discusses (with Bluejacket66, thanks Dave!) the iconic Leaf baseball set that, in a sense, broke the color barrier, but was not a commercial success.

Carrying over from yesterday, Jim and I discuss his new venture.  I was especially interested in how there could be some positive father-son opportunities in his content creation.  And oh yes, it's my wife Diane's birthday today!

Jim Telford is starting a podcast and YouTube channel discussing vintage sports cards but also blended in some sense with his other passion for wine as a restaurant and wine bar owner in California. 

Last week's Hobby Hotline show was packed as usual - you should check the show out on its entirety - every week it's different topics and frequently listener driven, which I like.

Brief recap and/or amplification of the previous 25 episodes including any second thoughts I may or may not have on the content - let me know what you like - [email protected] and thanks! 

TCMA put out several types of interesting sets, old-timers, minor leaguers, etc.  Very collectable now, but Rich and I discuss those early forgotten days.  Thanks Rich.

Most of last Saturday's call-in live show centered on Albert Pujpls 700th homer the day before and what was going to happen to "the ball" and his cards.

Rich and I reminisce about base-stealer extraordinaire Maury Wills and his best cards, several of which are quite challenging - Maury made the game more exciting!

Send your questions or comments to [email protected] and hopefully I can address them in a future episode - thanks!

My seventh installment of seven questions answered about the sports cards hobby and this podcast from my listening friends.