A Colorado shop may be closing after the owner was assaulted and robbed earlier this month. Paul Kendall, the 72-year-old owner of Rocky Mountain Sports and Collectibles in Pueblo told police four people entered the shop on the afternoon of August 10. One of them punched him in the face with brass knuckles and pushed him to the floor, choked him and stole his … [Read more...]
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Notes: Von Miller’s Stolen Helmet Returned; Philly Shop Marches On; Vikings Collector
Von Miller has his Super Bowl 50 helmet back. Just as it did with Tom Brady’s stolen Super Bowl jerseys, the FBI delivered the helmet to the MVP of Denver’s 24-10 win over Carolina. It was recovered in Mexico—along with those Brady jerseys—at the home of a collector of pro football memorabilia who apparently didn’t always obtain his items legally. Watch the story … [Read more...]
Thieves Hit Another Twin Cities Area Sports Card Shop; Safes Taken
For the third time in three weeks, a hobby shop in the suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul has been burglarized. Police say thieves broke into Twin Cities Sports Cards in Golden Valley late Monday night, hauling away two safes. A week before that, Ultimate Sports Cards in Hopkins lost about $100,000 worth of inventory to an overnight theft and on March 28, Three Stars Sports … [Read more...]
New Minnesota Hobby Shop Wiped Out by Burglary
Burglars swiped thousands of sports cards, collectibles and even the security system of a Hopkins, MN hobby shop last week and the store's owners say they're offering a "substantial" cash reward if the crooks can be caught. Police there say the break-in happened at Ultimate Collectibles late last Monday night with an estimated $100,000 loss in inventory and other … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Running a Good Sports Card Shop
Sports card shops have come and they've gone. Boy did they go during the mid and late-1990s. Those stores that have survived the ups and downs of the hobby and lived beyond the "boom" haven't done it on luck alone. The survivors have been willing to diversify and run their stores like any other business. They make smart decisions, yes, but they also have the … [Read more...]
Notes: New Glove Book; NSCC Tickets; Forgotten Stash Included 1952 Mantle
Ten years after the first one was printed, there’s a brand new edition of the Rawlings Catalog Source Book, a spiral-bound resource for those interested in baseball glove collecting. Joe Phillips’ 32-page follow-up is a spiral-bound edition that has more than just pricing information. There are stories about Rawlings gloves, articles on glove designers and other … [Read more...]
Notes: Old Packers Cert a Steal?; Sherman’s Jerseys; AZ Shops Bustling
It was one of hundreds of items sold during the recent Super Bowl Auction in Houston but not everyone realized just how significant it really was. A franchise certificate issued to the Green Bay Packers by NFL president Joe Carr sold for $19,550. That may have been a huge bargain for the buyers, Packers collector Chris Nerat and an anonymous partner in … [Read more...]
Notes: ’48 Indians Flag a Mystery; Vintage Market; GBSCC Show; Wrigleyville Shop; ’45 Series Ball
Today, it would be treated with uncommon reverence but Bill Veeck wasn’t a reverent sort of guy. The owner of Cleveland’s baseball team when it won the 1948 World Series knew a good publicity stunt when he saw one—even if it made fun of his own team. When the ’48 champs fell out of contention in ’49, he staged an elaborate mock funeral for the 1948 pennant that hung at the … [Read more...]
Connecting with Kids Part of Shop’s Game Plan
The new sports card market was at its peak when Dean and Marilyn Bapes opened Dean’s dugout in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. They've moved a couple of times but in October, they’ll celebrate 25 years in business; one of a limited number of hobby shops that have survived the ups and downs of the sports collectibles market. Over the weekend, Dean’s Dugout was the subject … [Read more...]
GTS Distribution to Open New St. Louis Facility
GTS Distribution will be opening a new office/warehouse in a St. Louis suburb later this summer. The company, which provides trading card, collectible and gaming products to hobby shops and other businesses, is based in Everett, WA,. The St. Louis location will be its 12th facility, with others spread across the country. The new facility, at 306 Hazlewood Logistics … [Read more...]
