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...]
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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...]
PSA Set Revenue Record at NSCC
It was a busy National Sports Collectors Convention for PSA and PSA/DNA. The company processed more than 17,000 units during the course of this year’s National in Cleveland, starting on Wednesday evening and stretching through Sunday. That included cards, autographs and even some reholdering of original photos submitted by thousands of collectors, … [Read more...]
Vintage Breaks Scores by Opening Mini Time Capsules
The National Sports Collectors Convention is usually a productive weekend for those who make their living in sports cards. Sometimes it even alters fortune. Vintage Breaks, a year-old offshoot of vintage card specialist Just Collect, found itself in national news headlines after its big moment in the NSCC spotlight become even bigger. An ultra-rare 1955 Bowman cello pack it … [Read more...]
3 Dealers, All 39 Nationals
A lot has changed since August of 1980, and the first National Sports Collectors Convention at the Airport Marriott Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles. Collectors are having their cards graded in mass quantity, there was no eBay, you can't read an article about the hobby without seeing the word “breaks” and the National itself has grown into a massive almost week-long event about … [Read more...]
The National Through the Eyes of a First Timer
Jonathan Luedloff had heard the stories. An avid collector as a kid in the 1980s, he rediscovered his old cards and rejoined the ranks just a few years ago, reading tales of the National Sports Collectors Convention with some amount of fascination as he began to catch up on the state of the hobby in the 21st century. This year, after moving from southern Indiana to … [Read more...]
Baseball History on Display at NSCC
They weren’t for sale, but several valuable pieces of sports memorabilia and high-end cards had a museum-like showcase at the National Sports Collectors Convention. SGC gathered them together and created a display in the corporate area, complete with glass showcases for each and video displays telling the story of the player and the memorabilia. Security guards were … [Read more...]
Notes: 2019 National Sold Out; Jackson Ball; Gehrig Check; Oscar Visits; Cavalier Joins HA
Booth spaces for the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago sold out before the end of the 2018 show. Organizers say it's the earliest sellout in NSCC history. While the majority of the space is sold to returnees, a booth lottery held on Saturday usually didn't fill and dealers could buy table space even a few months after the previous year's … [Read more...]
eBay Reps Meeting Collectors, Dealers at NSCC
The hobby gets tossed into a time warp of sorts during the National Sports Collectors Convention. It’s the one time of year when avid buyers and sellers turn their attention toward a card show than selling online. At this year’s show in Cleveland, though, eBay is one of the exhibitors. Company representatives have been talking with buyers and sellers, … [Read more...]
3-D Art Meets Sports at the National
If I hear the term “3-D” before anything, I get skeptical. 3-D movies can he hard to watch and 3-D TV never really took hold the way that many thought it would. After meeting “accidental artist” Steven Walden at the 2018 National, I'm “all in” in his 3-D art. Born and raised in Arkansas, but now living in St. Louis, Walden had one of the most colorful booths at this year's … [Read more...]
