Someone’s mailbox is going to have $500,000 in it (or more the way things are going).
Nathan Burns, owner of Tennessee-based Grand Slam Collectibles is now offering that amount to the person who receives the Steph Curry/LeBron James/Kevin Durant triple autograph Team USA card Topps is sending to one of the many thousands of people who bought a Topps NOW base card after the gold medal game.
Several other hobby entities had also offered six-figure bounties over the past few days –each one topping the last–but as of now, Burns’ offer is the best straight cash deal.
It does come with a stipulation, though. He says the autographs all have to be smudge free “because it’s going in my personal collection.”
Burns is one of the hobby’s top sellers of modern basketball cards but even if you receive it from Topps and don’t want to sell to him, he’s got an offer for you.
“If you just bring the card to us we will pay you $10,000 just to take a picture and see the card in person,” he wrote. “Sometimes we just want to see/hold a piece of American/sports card history. Everything isn’t about the almighty buck.”
Topps sold 588,000 copies of the unsigned card featuring the stars of the USA squad.
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The Diamond King is coming to Cooperstown.
The film by Marq Evans featuring the works of Dick Perez, the official artist of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the man behind the Donruss Diamond King cards, will have a public screening at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 6.
Collectors know Perez from the Donruss Diamond Kings baseball cards from 1982-96. The film tells his story and allows viewers to enjoy the history of the game through his eyes.
The screening will begin at 2 p.m. in the Museum’s Grandstand Theater, and admission to the film is included with a Museum ticket. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Evans and Perez.
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Tables are sold out for the Burbank Card Show, which opens Thursday night with a VIP sneak peek from 5 to 9 PM. The west coast’s largest show is being held at the Anaheim Convention Center, which hosted the 2006 National Sports Collectors Convention–the last time the show was held west of the Mississippi.
The primary show hours are Friday from 12-7, Saturday from 11-7 and Sunday from 10-4. General admission tickets start at $25. Dealers with sports, non-sports and gaming cards will all be in attendance.
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Hall of Fame coach Gene Keady, 2024 Final Four standout Braden Smith and two members of the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – Tim Stratton (football) and Bob Ford (men’s basketball) headline the list of autograph signers at the Tippecanoe Sports Collectibles Show this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds in Lafayette, IN.
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