There will be no visit to Vegas for sports card shop owners this year. The Industry Summit announced Monday it was cancelling the in-person program, which had been scheduled for the Westgate Hotel & Casino in September. Instead, the annual business-to-business conference hosted by Beckett Media and Panini America will be a virtual event, now scheduled for October … [Read more...] about Industry Summit Moves to Virtual Event
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A Look at the 2018 Topps Industry Conference Cards, Checklist
Hobby shop owners who attended Topps’ first Industry Conference event in Phoenix came home with some pretty nice cards created just for the event. Now, we’ve got a checklist (see below). The first card handed out was of Cincinnati Reds prospect Hunter Greene, who was on hand Sunday night to sign them in person. The card was created in a Bowman design. Topps … [Read more...] about A Look at the 2018 Topps Industry Conference Cards, Checklist
1973: Topps’ Business Draws AP Attention
There were no million dollar auctions. No FBI investigations. No autograph or relic cards. Collecting sports cards was primarily a kids' pursuit when Topps entered the marketplace in the early 1950s. It stayed that way throughout the next two decades but even as a few adult "dealers" sprouted up in the early 1970s, buying directly from Topps or selling their stock of old … [Read more...] about 1973: Topps’ Business Draws AP Attention
Case Breaker Stays Busy All Day…All Night
The margins can be tight. The hours are long. The competition is everywhere. The success of the products they're selling is often based on factors out of their control or even who happens to be online at any one particular moment. Still, it's sometimes a lot easier than selling cards the traditional way. Case breaking has become a cottage industry and for trading card … [Read more...] about Case Breaker Stays Busy All Day…All Night
Ramblings: The Readers Write
Everyone has their ideas on how to improve the sports card hobby but not everyone takes time to put their thoughts on paper (so to speak, in the digital age). We recently received a very passionate email from an old school collector from Sacramento, CA. Many of the topics Jeremy Hyde has issues with are things we hear time and again, so I thought I’d present a slightly … [Read more...] about Ramblings: The Readers Write
Rich Klein: Best Way to Enjoy Hobby is to Accept Inevitable Evolution
Recently, the Net 54 message board had a great thread about “The future of the hobby”. It's been a constant theme in the past few years because what we have done as a hobby is evolve over time and I suspect we will continue into a brand new world which none of us are totally ready for. Think about how things were just 15 years ago when a lot of business was still being … [Read more...] about Rich Klein: Best Way to Enjoy Hobby is to Accept Inevitable Evolution