Images from the floor and the autograph pavilion at the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. Watch a video tour of the show floor here. Check out our special section with stories, photos, video and more from the NSCC here. Follow us on Twitter here. Sign up to get our headlines in your email each morning here. … [Read more...]
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VIDEO: 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention Opens in Chicago
Summer in Chicago can be a bear (that's with a small "b" but the other kind are not far away now that NFL training camps have opened). This time, the humidity is nowhere to be found. No thunderstorms either. It was a bright, beautiful 80 degrees when the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention opened Wednesday with its annual "Sneak Peek." For collectors … [Read more...]
Bound for National Sports Collectors Convention? A Little Advice
It doesn't seem possible but the bulk of this story was originally written several years ago, just prior to the 2008 show in Chicago. "The National" is back for another go-round so it's a good time to post it again and add a few more hints to help you get the most out of the industry's biggest event. It's been around for going on since 1980, when a group of dealers … [Read more...]
SC Daily Live Twitter Stream from the National Sports Collectors Convention
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Updated: 1955 Bowman Cello Break Steals the Show at National Sports Collectors Convention
It was sealed at Bowman Gum Company's Philadelphia plant 63 years ago and stayed that way until Friday afternoon. A 1955 Bowman 20-card cello pack, now valued at somewhere around $10,000 was opened on the main stage at the National Sports Collectors Convention. The hope was that the pack of the condition-sensitive issue would at least contain some common cards that were … [Read more...]
VIDEO: 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention Underway in Cleveland
The hobby's annual 'Super Bowl of Sports Card Shows' is back in Cleveland for the seventh time. The 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention opened to the public Wednesday afternoon at the I-X Center, for the first of a five-day run. Over 700 exhibitors, including small-time dealers, big-time auction companies, grading and authentication firms and online breakers put … [Read more...]
2018 National Sports Collectors Convention Info
The National Sports Collectors Convention returns to Cleveland in early August as thousands of collectors join hundreds of dealers and service providers for five days of buying, selling and other hobby-related activities. The event, which launched back in 1980, is still going strong, having outgrown its humble beginnings as a big hotel show. This is the 39th year for … [Read more...]
News and Notes from the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention
The National Sports Collectors Convention wound to a close Sunday in Chicago. As is often the case, several dealers had packed up and left for home after the doors closed on Saturday evening, but this year they likely left some good money on the table. While show organizers have never released official attendance figures, it was clear to anyone who attended that … [Read more...]
Ongoing Photo Gallery: 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention
Here's a photo gallery from the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention. We'll update as the week goes on. See our 2017 NSCC video here. Check out our special NSCC section here. If there's something you think we need to see at the show, let us know. We'd love to see your pictures, too. Leave them in the comments section of our Facebook page once we post the … [Read more...]
VIDEO: 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention Opens in Chicago
From Aaron Judge to Hank Aaron. Buck Weaver to Earl Weaver. George Mikan to Michael Jordan. If he's on your want list or if he is your want list, the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention will have something for you. The five-day show opened Wednesday afternoon with hundreds of tables inside a sometimes dimly-lit Stephens Convention Center, all … [Read more...]