GTS Distribution has gobbled up another wholesale business. The company announced Wednesday that it had acquired the wholesale business of West Coast Sports Cards based in Federal Way, WA. West Coast has been in business for over 25 years, serving customers across the country. GTS is also based in Washington but now has 11 locations, spread from coast-to-coast. The … [Read more...]
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2017 National Baseball Card Day Info, Checklist, Participating Stores
The 2017 edition of National Baseball Card Day returns to hobby shops across North America on Saturday, August 12. Topps, Major League Baseball, and the Major League Baseball Players Association are once again partnering for the program that offers free exclusive packs of NBCD-branded cards to those who visit hobby shops. Major Leaguers will also demonstrate … [Read more...]
Namath Rookie Card Photo Brings Big Bucks at Auction
The 1965 photo that became one of the most valuable football cards ever created sold for a whopping $66,000 late last week in Huggins & Scott's Summer Auction. The black and white image of Joe Namath taken in the hallway of a hospital became his iconic rookie card in Topps' 1965 AFL set. While the card itself can sell for big bucks, the photo offered in the auction … [Read more...]
NSCC Schedule Set Through 2020
The National Sports Collectors Convention will return to Atlantic City in 2020. On the heels of this year's annual event, show organizers have unveiled dates for the next three shows in the rotation with the New Jersey resort getting a second crack at hosting the event following last year's show at the city's convention center. “We are extremely excited the … [Read more...]
COMC at the National
It was hard to avoid running into some employees of COMC at the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention. The company's booth was in the middle of the action in the corporate area. Walk through and you'd likely run into at least one of them offering to help you submit your show purchases via a handy online setup and have them shipped back to company headquarters … [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...]
2017 National Set to Open
They will come from all over North America and some from other countries, about 45,000 in all, to attend what is the largest sports and entertainment collectibles show in the world. The National Sports Collectors Convention has been held in Chicago for 11 of its 38 summers with all but three of those events held at the Stephens Convention Center in the suburb of … [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...]
Panini to Offer Redemption Trade-Up Program at NSCC
If you pulled redemption cards from Panini products a long time ago and you’re tired of waiting for those players to sign their cards, you’ll have a chance to get something else next week—if you’re going to the National Sports Collectors Convention next week. Panini will again conduct its Live Redemption Trade-Up program at the show for the sixth consecutive … [Read more...]
Prescott, His People, Panini Gather for Hours-Long Autograph Session
There were witnesses. There were agents. There were a LOT of football cards... and enough markers to keep the fresh ink flowing. Hoping to put an embarrassing situation behind them, Dak Prescott, two of his representatives and officials from Panini America sat down late last week to complete what appears to have been a marathon autograph session. The … [Read more...]
