Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights
Business:Investing
A wide array of listener questions are addressed, covering topics from the intricacies of trading on COMC, spotting celebrities on sports cards, to the aesthetic considerations of slab uniformity in collections. Discussions extend to the impact of personalities like Jeremy Lee on the sports card content atmosphere, alongside an insightful exploration into the collector mentality through an anthropological lens provided by a college survey project from Hannah Torres. Survey at:
Additionally, the episode navigates the nuances of the PSA and SGC acquisition, shedding light on its implications for the sports card industry, and reflects on the essence of promoting the hobby versus self-promoting, underscoring the importance of fostering a positive community around the hobby.
01:08 COMC Haggling?
02:32 Spotting Celebrities in Card Backgrounds
03:23 Addressing Negativity in the Hobby
04:31 The Uniformity of Slabs in Sets
05:49 Hannah Torres' Anthropological Study on Collecting
08:36 Addressing Criticism on Self-Promotion
09:31 Speculations on the PSA SGC Acquisition
954 - Five Listener Questions 6.0
953 - Five Listener Questions 5.0
952 - 1966 Topps Baseball
951 - Tribute: Chandy Greenholt, Season Ticket, with Rich Klein
950 - Recap: Podcast Episodes 924-948
949 - Cards I Should Have By Now
948 - 1964 and 1965 Topps Baseball, with Rich Klein
947 - Near Death Experiences
946 - Out-Takes from That Seventies Card Show, with John Keating, Part 2
945 - Reductio Ad Absurdum
944A - Out-Takes on MINT Collective from Hobby Hotline 032823
944 - Next Big Thing?
943 - Out-Takes from That Seventies Card Show, with John Keating
942 - Out-Takes on NIL and Etiquette from Hobby Hotline 031823
941 - What If: No Flippers?
940 - Dueling Questions: Tim Trout, Panini Director of Product Development
939 - 9.5 Insights
938 - 2020-21 Upper Deck The Cup (just released)
937 - Origin: Tim Trout, Panini Director of Product Development
936 - Sustainability, with Rich Klein
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