The McClemmy Companies (TMC) of Costa Mesa CA will host the 2012 Baseball EXPO and Sports Memorabilia Road Show at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel on the opening weekend of the 2012 Major League Baseball season. The two day event is scheduled for April 6 & 7, running from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days. The EXPO will feature over 100 exhibit booths where baseball and sports … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Promote Your Black Friday Event Free; Penny Listings
As we did last year, we'll be offering up some hobby-related online black Friday specials from various merchants we've discovered. It's likely the list will be up late Wednesday or Thursday. If you have a hobby business have a legitimate and specific Black Friday promotion (it can be something that runs Wed-Sunday), shoot us an email ([email protected]) and … [Read more...]
Memory Lane Brings High Grade, Rare Items to New Event
A near mint set of 1911 Mecca Double Folders. A bevy of Babe Ruth autographed items including a PSA 9 graded single-signed baseball. An ultra-rate 1912 Colgan’s Chips Ty Cobb. Even a canister of Elvis’ hair. Dozens of ultra high-grade vintage sports card sets and singles join rare sports and Americana items in the inaugural Own it Now catalog event hosted by Memory … [Read more...]
80+ Hobby Shop Owners Will Attend Vegas Event
Paid registration for the first-ever Industry Summit will exceed budget by more than 20 percent, organizers say. More than 185 paid registrants will gather at The Orleans Hotel & Casino April 11-14 for the inaugural trade event, including key representatives of all trading card manufacturers, 12 leading wholesale distributors and more than 80 brick-and-mortar hobby … [Read more...]
Blog: Thefts at Chicago Sun-Times Show
Major shows sometimes wind up seeing some major thefts. Rarely does a big event get through three or four days without an incident or two. At the Chicago Sun-Times show at the Rosemont Convention Center, Rosemont police were called after dealers reported they had merchandise taken from their tables. Both incidents occurred on Saturday, Mar. 20. According to police … [Read more...]
2010 Topps UFC Main Event Review
by Rich Klein Twenty years ago, if someone would have told me that I would be writing a review about a Topps wax box of a sport that did not even exist in 1990, I'd have probably said they were missing a few screws. I also would have had the same reaction if I'd been told I'd do almost everything relating to cards on computer networks and through a communication system … [Read more...]
Topps-UFC Offer Trip Promotion
Pull the right card and you could be jetting to Vegas. … [Read more...]
Fusco Live Event Set for January 9
Fusco Auctions will kick off 2010 with a live/online auction event featuring MIckey Mantle memorabilia. … [Read more...]
Rice Headlines Jersey Event
Jerry Rice and other former NFL players will sign autographs at an east coast event next month with proceeds to help a special charity. … [Read more...]
No PCCE Event in 2010
Ryan Friedman, owner of the Premier Collectible Conference & Exhibition tells us that the event will not take place in 2010. The PCCE debuted in 2008 at Chicago's Stephens Convention Center as an alternative to the same, old style card/autograph show. It was presented as an industry conference around a show and while the concept was sound, the challenging economic … [Read more...]