For Luis “Louie” Morales, running a baseball card show will be a walk in the park compared to the challenges he has faced. The retired New York Police Department detective was a first responder when the World Trade Center was attacked Sept. 11, 2001. Working as a volunteer for a Central Florida sheriff’s department this year, his DNA skills helped crack cold cases from 1984 … [Read more...]
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Main Line’s Pittsburgh Area Spring Spectacular XLI Show Returns to Monroeville
One of the hobby's longest running shows is set to return next month. The event, dubbed The Pittsburgh Area Spring Spectacular XLI, is now anchored in a new location but as usual, it will be full of sports card dealers and autograph sessions. This year, the three-day show will take place from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19. After a long tenure in a different … [Read more...]
Presidents Day Show In Mansfield, MA Returns For 28th Year
Doug Keating was a freshman at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, when he got the idea for a Presidents Day sports card show. That was in 1991. Twenty-eight years later, the show is stronger than ever and will return to the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, Massachusetts, on Feb. 18. There will be 85 tables set up for the sports card and autograph show, with hourly door … [Read more...]
CSA Ready for Spring Show at Chantilly
CSA Shows will celebrate its 20th year at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA this weekend with a three-day event featuring 300 tables and over 70 autograph guests. The show opens Friday, March 31 and runs through Sunday, April 2. Among the autograph guests are Dallas Cowboys rookie sensation Dak Prescott (sold out), several other current and former Cowboys … [Read more...]
Nashville Card Show Turns Into Smash Hit
When he started the Nashville Sports Cards and Collectibles Show four years ago, Jeff Roberts was just hoping to have some fun. A collector at heart, he missed the days when he could regularly take a relatively short drive and spend a couple of hours browsing the aisles of a good card show and talking with fellow hobbyists. The show he and a friend started at … [Read more...]
Long Lines at Chicago Show Leave Collectors Frustrated
Angry collectors took to social media after lines to gain entry and pick up prepaid autograph tickets at the Fanatics Authentic show in Chicago bogged down Friday night. Several members of the Cubs World Series championship team were signing autographs at the Stephens Convention Center which caused a predictable crush but some collectors came up empty handed when they … [Read more...]
CSA’s 2016 Fall Show Set for This Weekend in VA
CSA Shows returns to Chantilly, VA, with its Fall show set for October 14-16 at the Dulles Expo Center. Show organizers say there will be over 325 tables, making it their largest show to date with dealers coming from 21 different states. The autograph line-up is now complete with 70 signers from all major sports committed to attend. The list includes new Hall of Famers … [Read more...]
Kidney Issues Don’t Keep This Hobbyist Down
Negotiating prices with tough customers is nothing compared to what Georgia card show promoter/collector/dealer Frank Moiger deals with each day. The 60-year-old Knoxville, TN native is on kidney dialysis—and has been for much of his adult life. Three nights a week, he goes through six hours of the life-preserving procedure at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He’s on a kidney … [Read more...]
Show Promotion: Where to Find Customers
Promoting sports memorabilia shows used to be pretty simple 20 years ago. Put an ad in the newspaper. Put up some flyers wherever you could. Ask the hotel or hall to put it on their marquee. Put an ad in a trade paper if your event was big enough to warrant regional interest. You can still use those ideas, but times have changed. If you're not in tune with … [Read more...]
