Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

Brad Bethune TXCardDude and Chris Harris StaleGum were my co-hosts for last month's live call-in Hobby Hotline show - the conversation about Team USA cards and their relative respect was worth sharing. 

Kirt had a list of specific constructive criticisms, which I did my best to address both from a current and historical perspective.  He's an excellent example of a sharp IT guy who loves the sports card hobby and has found his niche - thanks Kirt! 

Skepi and I discuss Card Ladder with a special focus on the future, of what it is now and what it could become.  The fact that it started out basketball-centric may be a distant memory in five years - we'll see!  Thanks all! 

Great opportunity for me and others to hear Jeff's story, as he is following after hobby stalwart Tracy Hackler (now road-showing!) - but Jeff has plenty of cred on his own - look forward to working with him - thanks Jeff!

Trying to make sense of production release schedules and delays has become the rule rather than an exception - this segment discusses the rippling frustration and how collectors and dealers are responding.

Kirt had many questions for me, but we started by unpacking his "brutally honest" trade name, after which we dug deep on some serious sports card hobby topics - thanks Kirt!

Joe and I sat down together at the MINT Collective for a one-on-one - which believe it or not we had never done back in the day when we were both CEO's - thanks Joe for the passionate commitment you bring! 

The final part of my wide-ranging conversation with Josh - special thanks to Ray Schulte for helping make it happen, Chris Corbellini of Collectable for the A/V support, and Collectable's CEO Ezra Levine for spearheading the effort to get so many influencers together in Vegas for the MINT Collective. 

Josh and I sat down in the Collectable Podcast studio (sorry, not fully sound-proofed) at the MINT Collective in Las Vegas and just talked about the sports card hobby, past, present, and future.  Thanks Josh!

The last twenty-five episodes filled with sports card insights in case you missed some (or I mis-spoke) - these recaps are another way for me to continue our dialogue about what makes this sports card hobby so great - thanks!