Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

JP had some extemporaneous questions for me about the sports card hobby we both love - especially vintage baseball - thanks JP.

Ezra describes his hobby ride including the founding and growth of the fractional trading platform, Collectable, which has garnered lots of attention from individual and institutional investors. 

Shreedhar's discussion with me went longer than I thought, because we lost track of time - happens sometimes with two passionate collectors - thought these interchanges were worth sharing - thanks Shreedhar!

I was on the Hobby Hotline show last Saturday morning with Jeremy Lee and Jason Dean Martin and these are some of the topics either brought up by recent events or from the live audience - thanks everyone.

Pepper (Beckett editorial employee #1) and I reminisce about the earliest days of our editorial/art package for Beckett Baseball Card Monthly and the many strong contributors inside and outside the company, who were instrumental in building our brand.

After I thought our interview was over, Mike (Mike's Stadium Sportscards) and Rob (Burbank Sports Cards) had some more what if's - so here it is - glad I kept the recorder going - thanks guys!

JP and I shared our perspectives on grading (and other issues) in the sports card hobby from our different vantage points.  Thanks JP.

No duel here, except perhaps between the two of them, as I answered their thoughtful sports card hobby questions - including what if's! - thanks guys!

Which you prefer depends on your holding period - I realized I am more of an Archives guy now - maybe has to do with my age and the fact that I personally remember all the original designs of Topps cards - thanks Emily Kless of Topps and Dane Coenen of Dynasty Breaks for providing boxes. 

Joel came with some questions for me and some interesting answers to my questions - thanks Joel for your hard work on your weekly newsletter - an excellent five-minute read.