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Notes: Commanders Collector Hoping to Sell to Team; CGC at Fanatics Fest; Topps Olympic Tally

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He’s always been the king of Washington football memorabilia and now longtime collector Samu Qureshi is ready to sell. 

A realtor by day, Qureshi has spent much of his life collecting. He started with cards but then moved on to game-used memorabilia, historic programs, stadium seats and anything else that was historically relevant or fun.

He has thousands of items dating back decades.  Now that the team’s fortunes appear headed back in the right direction, he’s looking to sell it all and he’s hoping the new owners of the Commanders franchise might consider buying it and putting it all on display so the public can appreciate the team’s history.  The asking price of $6.5 million probably isn’t bad for a ready-made team museum.

He told Fox5 in Washington for this story that if they won’t buy it, he plans to start selling it off.

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CGC will once again be offering on-site card grading at next week’s Fanatics Fest in New York. The company will be taking in regular submissions and autographed cards through its partnership with JSA, which is now owned by the Florida-based authentication firm.

Regular submissions to be graded at the company’s Sarasota, FL home base will also be accepted.

Following the recent launch of CGC Signature Series show witnessed signings for cards, Fanatics Fest NYC attendees can get cards signed in the presence of a CGC representative and encapsulated with the CGC Signature Series yellow label.

CGC Cards will host multiple panels discussing different aspects of the Hobby throughout the weekend on the Collector Workshop Stage, led by company VP and long-time grader Andy Broome.

The company says it will also have “surprise guests” at its booth inside the Javits Center. 

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Topps has sold over 35,000 US Olympic cards through its NOW platform so far.  The company is offering cards of some of the top performances and moments during the Paris games.

The top selling cards in the print-on-demand program so far:

  1. #4 LeBron James Opening Ceremonies 13,953
  2. #2 Kevin Durant Team USA win over Serbia 3,960
  3. #11 Katie Ledecky 13th medal 3,824
  4. #9 Katie Ledecky ties US women’s medal record 2,900
  5. #8 Women’s gymnastics team wins gold 2,031

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