The world of sports collectibles has lost a true icon and a larger-than-life personality. Don West, the longtime pitchman of sports card packages on Shop at Home TV, passed away Dec. 30 at the age of 59. He had been battling brain lymphoma for about a year and a half. Perhaps Don is more well known as the commentator for TNA Impact Wrestling. If it was humanly possible … [Read more...] about Remembering Don West: The Ultimate Hobby Pitch Man
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Recalling Kurt Warner’s Sudden Stardom and a Card Company’s Efforts to Chronicle It
In the years that I worked in the sports card industry developing products and marketing plans for various manufacturers, there were days in which I felt I was in the right place at the right place at the right time. There were also days when I was clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. And then there was the perfect storm. Kurt Warner. He was the perfect player … [Read more...] about Recalling Kurt Warner’s Sudden Stardom and a Card Company’s Efforts to Chronicle It
Don West: Still Crazy After All These Years
If you channel surfed in the wee hours of the morning during the mid or late-1990s, you couldn't miss him. Sandwiched between shows about jewelry and beauty products on Shop at Home Network was a husky voiced pitchman bellowing about the virtues of rookie cards and signed memorabilia. It felt like even if you hit the mute button on your TV set, he'd still find a way … [Read more...] about Don West: Still Crazy After All These Years