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Editor’s Blog: NSCC Wrap News and Notes

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Dealers and collectors have made their way out of Cleveland--or will be leaving shortly--as the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention comes to an end. The show's five-day run ended late Sunday afternoon at the I-X Center. Some final notes and observations from the weekend: Traffic on the show floor seemed strongest on Thursday and Friday.  No matter where it’s … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: NSCC Wrap News and Notes

8 Great Ways to Be a Smarter Collector

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There are so many different ways to participate in the sports card and memorabilia hobby, sometimes it's easy for your brain to go on overload.  From vintage cards and sets to game worn material, autographs, the latest parallels from card company sets, rookie cards, team issues.  If you can name it, you can collect it.  It's easy to go overboard or worse yet, have a collection … [Read more...] about 8 Great Ways to Be a Smarter Collector

A Dealer’s National: Making the Most of a Business Trip

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Much of the buying, selling and trading of sports collectibles is now done online but the face-to-face interaction is still important.  It's one of the reasons why attending the National Sports Collectors Convention is something many feel they have to do. For major dealers, it's a chance to find new customers, to move inventory and stay in touch on a more personal level with … [Read more...] about A Dealer’s National: Making the Most of a Business Trip

Fritsch Deserves Own Hall of Fame

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I grew up collecting baseball cards about an hour and fifteen minutes from Larry Fritsch's headquarters but in the 21 years I lived at home, I never met him. Even after I became one of the weirdos who got to college and was still interested in cards, I never made an attempt to drive to his office. I did see him at a card show once in the early 1980s, set up behind a … [Read more...] about Fritsch Deserves Own Hall of Fame