The 2020 Atlantic City National Sports Collectors Convention, which had been postponed from its usual late summer date to December has now been cancelled. Organizers cited concern for the safety of attendees and exhibitors and the uncertainty over COVID-19 federal and state guidelines as the major reasons for the cancellation. The National is sports collecting's … [Read more...]
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2020 National Sports Collectors Convention Postponed to December
As expected, the 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City won't be taking place this summer--but it hasn't been cancelled for good. The NSCC Board of Directors has voted to postpone the 41st annual event with plans to hold it just before the holidays and on a different schedule. The board cited "health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Host Facility for 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention Now a FEMA Field Hospital
The building that is, at least for now, still scheduled to host the National Sports Collectors Convention this summer, is now officially a temporary medical facility. The Atlantic City (NJ) Convention Center is the site of one of three field hospitals set up by the federal government as part of the response to the Coronavirus. Normally used to house large … [Read more...]
Ongoing Photo Gallery from the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention
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...]
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...]