Fargo, North Dakota police have released surveillance pictures of the person believed to have stolen Roger Maris’ 1960 American League MVP award and 1961 Hickok belt. Both were taken during a smash-and-grab burglary early Tuesday morning. Early media reports indicated only the belt had been taken but police now say the MVP plaque was also taken by someone who broke … [Read more...]
Louisville Sports Cards Fills Void With New, Old
Chris Buckler of Buckler Sports Cards has been a fixture behind the tables at some of the hobby’s major shows. He’s a regular at the National Sports Collectors Convention. He also buys and sells online through eBay and his own established website. Over the winter, though, he took on a new venture: co-owner of a card shop near his home in Louisville, … [Read more...]
Thief Breaks Into Iowa Card Shop in Daytime
An Iowa sports card shop lost thousands of dollars to a burglar Saturday afternoon—a crime that happened in broad daylight. Des Moines Police say a man wearing a black coat and blue jeans kicked and pried open the locked door to Chuck’s Sports Cards around 4:30 PM, raced inside grabbed numerous valuable cards before running out. A witness saw it happen and called … [Read more...]
Owner of Small Oregon Shop Maintains Even Keel
Bill Clews opened his sports card shop in Salem, OR about the time the hobby was beginning its “correction phase”. He must have done something right. Twenty years later, the shop is still going strong. Clews opened “The New Hobby” in 1996 and despite a burglary that cost him $20,000 in inventory, he’s managed to thrive. The 70-year-old retired military recruiter … [Read more...]
Big Card Dealer in a Small City
The third largest eBay store for sports cards and memorabilia is located in…Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Not being located in a major population center or a city that houses professional sports doesn’t matter these days, with the internet putting just about everyone on a level playing field. Owner Dennis Worden also sells on the Beckett Marketplace, but he’s not online … [Read more...]
Notes: Media Coverage for the Hobby, USPS Rate Hike Coming?
Some hobby attention from a couple of newspapers…and one magazine. The Richmond (KY) Register stopped by one of only about a half dozen sports card shops left in the Commonwealth. Colonel Sports Cards is located in the city that’s home to Eastern Kentucky University. Owner Donald Foster has been in business for five years. He told the paper his shop is sort of a … [Read more...]
Online Generosity Nets Young Collector a Windfall
A trip to a sports card shop turned into an afternoon to remember for a young collector in Wilmington, North Carolina. Chris Justice, who has been running daily box breaks through his Cards Infinity site for eight years, was doing his usual 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. live session on Tuesday when David Hawa walked into the store with his 11-year-old son, Alec. “They were looking … [Read more...]
Philadelphia Area Card Shop a Family Affair
We’ll continue our Q&A sessions with sports card shop owners with Lee Goldinger, owner of SwamiLee’s Sportscards in Mt. Laurel, NJ, outside Philadelphia. How did you come up with the name Swamilee? People often ask me what is a Swamilee? In the mid 1990s, I produced S.L.A.M., The Starting Lineup Advisory Magazine. I had more than 500 subscribers and the … [Read more...]
Ramblings: PA Shop Owner Still Going After 24 Years
Sometimes Facebook lets us reconnect with family, friends or hobby acquaintances from the past. Recently, thanks to a post on the Sports Collectors Daily Facebook page, we were able to catch up with long-time store owner Warren Wolk. I have known Warren for almost 20 years now as he was one of the first dealers to be an active poster on hobby news groups which was one of the … [Read more...]
Ohio Shop Owner Found Shot to Death
The owner of an Ohio sports collectibles shop was found shot to death Monday with his hands tied behind his back. Police in Akron say a friend discovered the 54-year-old Patrick Feeney on the floor of Bernie’s Shaver Shop and Collectibles on East Exchange Street. The case is being investigated as a homicide, according to media in northeast Ohio that have been covering the … [Read more...]