Hockey icon Alex Ovechkin, who is on his way to becoming the NHL’s all-time leading scorer, will headline the Chantilly Show next month. He was one of seven athletes added to CSA Shows’ autograph lineup for the October 21-23 event at the Dulles Expo Center outside Washington D.C. It’ll be Ovechkin’s first autograph appearance since the pandemic. He’ll be signing … [Read more...] about Notes: Ovie at Chantilly; GA Store’s Big New Look; Collector Feature; The Met and The Simpsons; NBA, NHL Auctions
Joe Davis
Card Shop Owners Guardedly Optimistic In Wake of Fanatics’ Acquisition of Topps
Guarded optimism. That was the main thought of several hobby shop owners around the country after learning about Fanatics’ acquisition of Topps’ trading card and sports entertainment division. The move, officially announced Tuesday, means the Jacksonville, Florida-based sports merchandise retailer will assume Topps’ current licenses with MLB and the MLBPA almost immediately. … [Read more...] about Card Shop Owners Guardedly Optimistic In Wake of Fanatics’ Acquisition of Topps
Hobby Shop Owners Discuss Booming Business, Finding Help, Advertising, More
In the late winter and early spring of 2020, as COVID began to spread across North America, sports card shop owners were rightfully concerned. In the Denver suburbs, Mike Fruitman looked as his checkbook, started doing some math and thought about the number of months he might be able to keep his head above water if things got really bad. "I didn't know if we were going to … [Read more...] about Hobby Shop Owners Discuss Booming Business, Finding Help, Advertising, More
Hobby Shop Owners Get Tips for Avoiding Theft
No retail operation is immune to crime and that includes card stores and sports memorabilia dealers. That was the topic of one of the first sessions at the 2021 Industry Summit Monday morning. Three days of discussions opened in Las Vegas with a discussion led by Officer Randy Klenosky of the Las Vegas Police Department and Joe Davis, owner of J&J Sports Superstore in … [Read more...] about Hobby Shop Owners Get Tips for Avoiding Theft
Got Baseball Cards’ Joe Davis Talks Hot Products, Players and More
You'd think with over 400,000 square-feet of space, there would have been plenty of room to move around but it was often slow going through the aisles of the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention. While everyone has different reasons to attend, a large number of the ticket buyers were there for the first time. Many were under 35 and a lot of them weren't afraid to spend … [Read more...] about Got Baseball Cards’ Joe Davis Talks Hot Products, Players and More
Long-Time Dealer Joe Davis in eBay Spotlight
He started his brick-and-mortar business at the height of the sports card boom of the early 1990s, opening a 500-square-foot shop. Twenty-nine years later, Joe Davis is still at it. J&J Sports Cards, his Atlanta area hobby shop and Got Baseball Cards, his online business, are thriving, better now even than in those crazy days of the latter part of the junk wax … [Read more...] about Long-Time Dealer Joe Davis in eBay Spotlight