Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Another eight different listener questions worth addressing - from eight different thoughtful listeners - send me your sports card questions about the past, present, or future - thanks! 

Most of Ryan's show involved my "show and tell" of a few interesting cards - this is a brief segment more suited to our audio format as our conversation was wide-ranging.  Thanks Ryan!

Rich and I talk about the re-birth of Fleer baseball (current player) cards back in 1981 (not a terrible start all things considered) and how Fleer handled the junk wax era before its eventual demise almost 25 years later.

I met Grayson at the MINT Collective and heard about all the good things happening for the sports card hobby in Australia and his interesting business journey - thanks Grayson

What is the best way to optimize or maximize the sale of a 30-card set that lists for $5?  Rich and I compare strategies and expectations and downsides ... as it depends.

Questions keep coming in - send yours to [email protected] - now trying to answer or comment on eight recent questions or comments in my 15-minute episodes - thanks!

Brutally Honest Kirt challenged my assertion (or presumption) that sports card collecting is the greatest hobby in the world - how's that for hyperbole! 

A couple of topics we thoughtfully considered - both of which can have a huge impact on the high-end sports card hobby/industry - thanks Skepi!

I threw out some ideas about kids and then we ran with it for a while - we both agree that more kids in the sports card hobby is better - kid's crate is a great start, but there could (will?) be more!

Torsten regularly sends me his thoughts, and he has been my guest several times via Zoom from Germany - these are his latest sports card questions and comments relating to past episodes.  Thanks Torsten!