John Jadosh of Middletown, PA will be hanging on every pitch as the rest of the 2022 World Series plays out. A lifelong Phillies fan, Jadosh is also an avid collector who has plenty of baseball history not far from his TV.
Fox 43 got a tour of it all— from flannel jerseys to autographs and items that capture his heartbreak as a young fan during one memorable season.
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There are some new release dates for upcoming sports card products.
Topps says 2022 Bowman Chrome will be out a week earlier than previously indicated. It will be released on Nov. 23.
Other Topps Baseball products with new dates include:
Cosmic Chrome 11/16
Heritage Minors 11/23
Triple Threads 12/1
Heritage High Series 12/7
Bowman Inception January TBD
Panini America also had a slew of changes on Tuesday. Among them:
2021-22 Contenders Optic (Dec. 14)
2022 Prizm Nascar (Dec. 21)
2022 Mosaic Football (Dec. 30)
2021-22 Immaculate NBA (Jan. 18)
2021-22 Mosaic NBA (Jan. 25)
2022 Prizm Draft Picks Basketball (Jan. 25).
All of those are still subject to late changes.
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Work continues on an upcoming show centered around Goldin Auctions.
The reality type show will apparently be titled King of Collectibles and it won’t be strictly sports. There will be a pop culture aspect, too.
The show is being produced by Wheelhouse—an incubator for shows in the mold of Pawn Stars, a creation of founder Brent Montgomery.
“My first real business was a baseball card business when I was in the eighth grade and through high school,” he told the Hollywood Reporter for this story on the genre of “transactional” type of shows. “ I was 13 and competing against 40-year-olds at baseball card shows. That’s where my hunger to be an entrepreneur stemmed from,” Montgomery says. “I didn’t realize how comparable it was to the stock market. This time around, though, it’s professionalized. It’s a real business; there are people making real livings selling sports cards and people want to see that.”
There’s no word yet on a launch date. Wheelhouse is also working on a show based around the fractional shares platform Rally.
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A lot of newer or redesigned hobby shops are making the smart choice to turn their businesses into sort of a coffee shop for collectors, with seating areas and tables that offer a spacious, organized place to hang out for a while rather than just pop in, buy something and leave. The increasing popularity of trade nights is partly responsible.
Some are carrying other collectibles that have been known to have crossover appeal or will attract another audience.
Hi-5 Comics and Cards in Des Moines, IA opened in July. Owner Jason Vlasteras tells us he also had an eye on the past when creating the look and feel in time for their opening over the summer.
“We tried to replicate the card shops we had growing up in the 90s where you could regularly find both comic books and cards,” he says. “The shop is a very cool standalone building just on the north side of the metro, with lounge space and a ‘collector’s cove’ to encourage people to hang out and flip through boxes.”
The shop is open every day but Monday.
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