A burglar broke through the front door of a Kansas City area sports card shop, then used a hammer to smash three display cases and steal dozens of football cards. Liberty, MO police responded to an alarm at KC's Finest Sports Cards and Memorabilia early Friday morning. Taken from three large floor display cases were cards of popular Chiefs players including Patrick … [Read more...]
Watch: Thousands in Reward Money Offered in San Antonio Card Shop Burglary
Police in San Antonio are still looking for a man who broke into a local sports card shop and stole $30,000 worth of new products last month. It happened at Sports Cards Plus on the city’s north side sometime around 2 AM on May 8. That’s when police say a Caucasian or Hispanic man about 5’10 and 240 pounds, possibly with tattoos on the backs of both hands, picked a lock … [Read more...]
Notes: Shop Door Smash Caught on Video
It's a gut punch for a small business owner when someone does something to make their job even harder than it already is. After getting a call at home about an active alarm at his shop in wee hours of Sunday, Mike Fruitman of Mike's Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, CO, spent his morning looking at security camera video and contacting police. Someone had smashed the glass on … [Read more...]
Notes: PSA Still Busy; Topps NOW Piscotty Card Helps ALS Charity; Smith’s Stuff Recovered by Cops
Trading card and autograph service revenues at Collector’s Universe, the parent company of PSA and PSA/DNA, increased by $1 million, or 23%, in this year’s third quarter and $2.2 million, or 17% over the last nine months, representing record revenues. At the close of Q3, PSA's total revenue was approximately $15.2 million for the fiscal year versus $13 million during the … [Read more...]
Midnight Madness: Thief Caught on Tape Stealing Jerseys from Kansas Shop
A lone vehicle sped up to Oliver's Sports Cards and Memorabilia in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the occupant wasn't looking to participate in a late night box break. Security camera video and still photos show a person dressed all in white walking up to the store's front door and tossing something through the glass. He then pushes his way in and in less … [Read more...]
Colorado Shop Owner Assaulted, Robbed; Boise Store Burglarized
A Colorado shop may be closing after the owner was assaulted and robbed earlier this month. Paul Kendall, the 72-year-old owner of Rocky Mountain Sports and Collectibles in Pueblo told police four people entered the shop on the afternoon of August 10. One of them punched him in the face with brass knuckles and pushed him to the floor, choked him and stole his … [Read more...]
Thieves Hit Another Twin Cities Area Sports Card Shop; Safes Taken
For the third time in three weeks, a hobby shop in the suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul has been burglarized. Police say thieves broke into Twin Cities Sports Cards in Golden Valley late Monday night, hauling away two safes. A week before that, Ultimate Sports Cards in Hopkins lost about $100,000 worth of inventory to an overnight theft and on March 28, Three Stars Sports … [Read more...]
Quick Hits: Shop Closing, Break-in Thwarted; Collector Profile, Cappelletti update
We're rounding up a few stories from around the internet.... Cosmo's Cards & Collectibles, which sold a variety of stuff over the last 20 years, is having a going out of business sale. Not because they can't make it, apparently. The owners are simply stepping aside to enjoy retirement. It was enough of a landmark there that the New York Daily News' Bronx section … [Read more...]