The National Sports Collectors Convention will have a Case Break Pavilion again this year, this time keeping some longer hours and including an area for vintage set breaks.
Show organizers say the area will open for a “Preview Night” on Tuesday, August 2 from 6:30 PM -12:30 AM. Attendees interested in joining breaks or there to watch and/or learn will be admitted free. The show doesn’t actually open until Wednesday afternoon. The area will have live breaks taking place until midnight or later on Wednesday and Thursday as well.
One breaker will be offering break spots for a complete, graded 1952 Topps Baseball set, including the Mickey Mantle. The major manufacturers will also be doing free breaks of current products on the main stage at the show.
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Also at the National, you can enter a drawing for a 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card graded SGC 84 (NM 7), valued at around $5,000.
The card will be given away by Baseball Card Roadshows on the main stage Sunday afternoon in a random drawing. You don’t need to be present to win but entries will only be accepted at booth #632 in the corporate area.
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Speaking of 1955 rookie cards….the auction for a PSA 8 Roberto Clemente ended Thursday night. You can see the final price here. The three previous sales of 8s had all topped $90,000.
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Jim Tozzi, the owner of Sports Archives, a sports card and memorabilia shop in Canton, OH, was the subject of a short feature story in a local online news magazine.
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Baseball cards on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art made it into the Wall Street Journal, which offered a story and photos of some of the cards.
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The Hockey Hall of Fame has opened an exhibit featuring artifacts from the Toronto Maple Leafs’ long history.
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Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson will return to the field this year after missing all of 2015 with a torn ACL. He’s just agreed to a new exclusive autograph deal with Waukesha Sports Cards in the Milwaukee area.
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