The Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum and Sports Legends Museum have signed a long-term partnership agreement making Goldin Auctions the Official Auction Partner of the Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum and Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards. The announcement was made by Ken Goldin, Founder of Goldin Auctions and John Hein, Director of Business Development Babe Ruth … [Read more...]
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Director: Signs Point Toward Strong NSCC
The first National Sports Collectors Convention was hatched in the waning months of 1979 and became reality the following year when some southern California men decided it was time sports collecting had its own major, annual event. Back then it was a 'convention' in the truest sense with receptions, seminars, discussions and outings. Today, it's the biggest 'card show' … [Read more...]
NSCC Returns to Atlantic City in 2016
The National Sports Collectors Convention will return to Atlantic City, New Jersey in 2016. A recent vote by the show’s long-time exhibitors will bring the show back to the Atlantic City Convention Center for the first time since 2003. Dates for the show are August 3-8. The facility contains 500,000 contiguous square feet of space and occupies a site of nearly 31 acres, … [Read more...]
Reward Now Offered for Return of Stolen Mel Ott Bat
A $5,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the return of a valuable game used bat stolen during this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore. The circa-1930s Mel Ott bat belonged to collector Scott Foraker, who had dropped it off for grading at the booth of JT Sports’ John Taube, PSA’s bat authenticator during the August 1-5 show at the … [Read more...]
VIDEO: 2012 National Opens in Baltimore
The 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention is underway at the Baltimore Convention Center. Wednesday's activities began with a VIP reception featuring free autographs. Doors opened at 4 p.m. Over 45,000 collectors and fans are expected to converge on the Baltimore Convention Center during the five-day event, although Wednesday's crowd seemed on the light side. The … [Read more...]
Q&A With NSCC Director and Co-Founder Mike Berkus
Jimmy Carter was in the White House. Disco was still hot. Mailing a letter costs 15 cents. Charlie Finley and Bill Veeck still owned baseball teams. It was 1980 and in southern California plans were underway for the "1st National Sports Collectors Convention". Tables were 50 bucks for the entire weekend and admission was a dollar a day. The goal was to get collectors … [Read more...]
Mike Tyson Returning to National
Tri-Star Productions scored a bit of a coup when it landed Mike Tyson to sign autographs at the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention last summer. At the time, Tyson public signings were rare, but now he's made a couple of appearances for the company and plans to return to the NSCC this summer in Baltimore. Tyson will appear only once--kicking the final day of the show … [Read more...]
Auction Insider: Busy Season for Bidding
by Ryan Friedman School is letting out, a holiday weekend lies ahead and baseball season is in full swing. For those who follow sports memorabilia auctions, this might be the busiest time of the year so far with several auctions slated to close--or open--in the next couple of weeks. There's a lot of competition and that could be good news for bidders, but there are also … [Read more...]
Auction Features Game Used Gear
Schulte Auctions has announced the on-line launch of it’s “Reliving the Memories”, a special themed auction designed to celebrate some of the greatest legends in professional sports. The “Reliving the Memories” debut includes such high profile vintage memorabilia including a Mike Curtis game-used Super Bowl jersey, a pristine 1958 Baltimore Colts World Championship … [Read more...]
Early Ruth, Keeler Memorabilia Highlight Next SCP Auction
SCP Auctions will offer more than 750 lots of sports memorabilia and cards in its next auction, set to launch Wednesday, May 26 including a number of historic, never-before-seen items. High grade vintage, rare baseball and other sports cards will join some museum-quality memorabilia for the auction, which will come to a close two weeks later. Highlighting the sale is a … [Read more...]
