Just a couple of weeks after the National, there’s another large card show in the New York/New Jersey area. The East Coast 
National show opened Thursday at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY. It runs through Sunday.
Over 300 dealers are set up along with auction houses and the grading/authentication companies. Admission is $10.
Autograph guests include Pedro Martinez, Wade Boggs, John Smoltz, Bernie Williams, Earl Campbell, Marvin Harrison, Orlando Pace, Bernard King and about two dozen others. More info is available here.
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Sportscard Guaranty has launched a new membership program offering discounted grading fees for trading cards and other perks.
The SGC Gold Club offers two levels of membership:
- Gold Club Select. For $125, members receive ten complimentary Express-level grading vouchers and two gifts.
- Gold Club Premium. For $350, members receive 30 free Express-level grades, a copy of coffee table style book The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-1890) and two other gifts.
Members of either group will also be offered access to discounted grading specials each month and access to company insights and news not available to the general public.
The new offers don’t mean you’ll have to join, however. Non-members can still submit items for grading and autograph authentication.
For more information on the program, you can call the company’s Florida office at (800) 742-9212.
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David Hall, President and Chief Operating Officer of Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA and PSA/DNA, underwent successful surgery to remove a small mass from his brain, which had been discovered last week.
According to CU officials, Hall and his doctor say a complete recovery is expected and he will be returning to work, full time, in a few weeks.
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A new sports card shop has opened in Murfreesboro, TN, not far from Nashville. Grand Slam Collectibles is holding its grand opening through Saturday.
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