Some photos of the Wednesday afternoon/evening 'Sneak Peek' at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. VIP members were allowed in first at 3:30 followed by the general admission crowd. 1968 Olympic champion and high jump pioneer Dick Fosbury, who created the now standard 'Fosbury Flop' technique was joined by some former Cubs players inside a VIP reception … [Read more...] about Pictures from Day One of the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention
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Sell Favre Rookie Cards=Go to Jail
Jackson County, Miss. deputies have arrested a local man for burglary after he was caught trying to sell a quantity of what the sheriff's department says were stolen Brett Favre rookie cards. Sheriff Mike Byrd said Thursday that Jeffrey Lloyd Holcomb, 37, of Gautier, was trying to sell the Favre cards, which had been reported stolen in May of 2010. The cards bearing … [Read more...] about Sell Favre Rookie Cards=Go to Jail
Florida Man Charged Over Phantom Signed Baseball
A Port Richey, Florida man was charged with grand theft this week after sheriff's investigators say he took another man's money for an autographed baseball and didn't deliver. Kenneth Lane, 53, is accused of bilking Avraham Bash, a 24-year-old from nearby Sunny Isles Beach out of the $6,500 check written for a ball purported to be signed by former Cubs' catcher Gabby … [Read more...] about Florida Man Charged Over Phantom Signed Baseball