This year's event was scuttled because of COVID-19. Now, the site of the 2022 National Sports Collectors Convention appears to be in a state of uncertainty as well. The International Exposition (I-X) Center in Cleveland announced Wednesday that it would be closing permanently at the end of this year. The giant convention facility has hosted seven previous NSCC … [Read more...]
Case of Dealer Ejected from 2018 NSCC Still Ongoing
A dealer kicked out of the 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland was scheduled to plead not guilty to forgery and other charges for selling fake autographs this week. An arraignment for Tony Podsada, 69, of Davie, FL, was scheduled for Wednesday but then postponed until Thursday in Cuyahoga County Court. Records indicate Podsada’s request to waive … [Read more...]
SGC Offering On-Site Grading, NSCC Display Sneak Peek at Home Office
SGC will offer on-site card grading at its Boca Raton, FL location Saturday, June 1 and they’ll also be offering a sneak peek at the items they’ll have on display during the National Sports Collectors Convention. From 10 AM to 4 PM, collectors can come to the company’s office and have their cards graded and authenticated. Prices begin at $35 per card. … [Read more...]
Dealer Ejected from NSCC Pleads Not Guilty
A Florida man indicted on several charges in connection with the sale of autographs at last year's National Sports Collectors Convention has pleaded not guilty, according to the Cuyahoga County District Attorney's Office. Tony Podsada, who owns Signed Certified Memories, recently appeared in front of a judge and was assigned a lawyer. Podsada was ejected from … [Read more...]
Florida Dealer Booted from 2018 NSCC Facing Charges Over Phony Autographs
A grand jury has indicted a Florida man on four counts related to selling phony autographs with his own certificates of authenticity at last summer's National Sports Collectors Convention. The prosecutor's office in Cuyahoga County, OH tells Sports Collectors Daily that Tony Podsada, who operated Signed Certified Memories, is facing charges of forgery, … [Read more...]
NSCC Schedule Set Through 2023
The National Sports Collectors Convention will return to Cleveland in 2022. That’s the word from show promoters after finalizing the results of a vote by dealers this week. The other option on the ballot was to eliminate Cleveland from the rotation through at least 2023. As it stands, Chicago is hardly being left out. The show will take up … [Read more...]
New Video Shows Dealer Ejected from NSCC Over Suspected Bogus Autographs
Newly released police video taken at this summer’s National Sports Collectors Convention shows the dealer whose booth was shut down over autograph authenticity concerns claiming the signed items he was selling were “decorative items.” At the same time, Tony Podsada says those same autographs “are real. They’ve been looked at by our experts.” Podsada, … [Read more...]
Notes: Value of SGC’s NSCC Display; T206 Exhibit a Big Hit; Mayweather Signs; Packers Sets
As we showed you last month, SGC offered a museum-like display of high-end baseball cards, jerseys and other memorabilia at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. It was to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary. So how much was it all worth? Over $37 million. The display included perhaps the most valuable collectible contract in sports - the … [Read more...]
Preparation, Organization, Attitude…and Money: Keys to Selling at the National
If setting up a booth at the National Sports Collectors Convention sounds like fun, Jameel Mohammed has a message for you. It is. It’s also a lot of work, very expensive and requires a serious commitment to treating your booth like the business it is. The dealer who owns The Meelypops Shop in Gainesville, FL, in made his fourth trip to the National as a seller this … [Read more...]
Notes: NSCC Likely Staying Put; ’52 Mantle Winner; Old Bowman Relic
There will soon be a vote on the future schedule for the National Sports Collectors Convention and indications are that it's not going to venture out of the "C" zone. Next year's show has already been set for Chicago and the 2020 event will be in Atlantic City but there has been no word on where the show might land after that. It's believed that NSCC management will be … [Read more...]