Ignored for decades after being acquired by a 1920s youngster, a Babe Ruth autographed ball is now getting its just due. The signed ball, barely handled since it was acquired in Los Angeles more than 90 years ago, sat in a dingy basement for much of its life, still inside the original box. Now it’s the pick of a litter of Ruth signed balls in the current … [Read more...]
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Vintage Haven: Ohio Show Returns Next Month
With a heavy emphasis on vintage cards, autographs and memorabilia, the Ohio Sports Collectors Show returns to the Cleveland area next month. Over 70 dealers and auction companies will be on hand for the event, which is set for the Holiday Inn Select in Strongsville from April 13-15. The show’s roots date to the 1970s and for years, veteran collectors and dealers … [Read more...]
St. Louis, Nashville Shows Set for This Weekend
Collectors in the middle of the country will have a couple of large sports card shows to attend this weekend. The Westport Sports Collectible and Autograph Convention returns to the St. Louis suburbs Friday, Saturday and Sunday. About 70 dealers are expected as well as the hobby's three main authenticators-PSA/DNA, James Spence and Beckett … [Read more...]
Hobby Time Travel: Photos from a 1973 Baseball Card Show
Before top loaders and display cases and cards encapsulated in plastic with holograms...there was the ASCCA. Among the first sports card collecting groups, the American Sports Card Collectors Association held shows in the New York City area where a small, but avid group of adults and kids gathered a couple of times each year to buy, sell and trade. We recently … [Read more...]
Three-Day Show Set for Columbus Includes Urban Meyer, 968 Buckeyes Reunion
Plans are underway for the return of a large show in Columbus, OH early in 2018. The 2018 Midwest Sports Spectacular will be held January 19-21 at The Ohio Expo Center’s Cardinal Hall on E. 17th Avenue in Columbus. Promoters say the show will be three times larger than last year’s event with over 100 vendor booths and PSA and JSA on hand to accept authentication … [Read more...]
Final Philly Show of 2017 a Sellout
Tables are sold out for the final Philly Show of 2017. The Valley Forge Casino Resort is again hosting the quarterly gathering Friday, December 1 through Sunday, December 3. Dozens of dealers from the eastern half of the country and beyond will bring vintage and modern era cards and memorabilia to the event with autograph guests throughout the weekend. Show … [Read more...]
WSSCA Show Set for November
The Washington State Sports Collectors Association will hold their annual winter convention November 4-5 at Meridian Park Elementary School in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline. The long-running club holds a weekend show twice per year with over 40 eight-foot tables occupied by dealers with vintage and modern cards and memorabilia. Their Summer Convention is the … [Read more...]
Fall Chantilly Show Includes 80 Autograph Guests
Past and present sports stars will join with actors from some iconic sports movies at the CSA Shows event in Chantilly, VA this weekend. Over 80 guests will sign autographs over the three days while dealers from 19 states will offer their wares on nearly 300 tables. The show takes place Friday (2 PM- 8 PM), Saturday (9 AM- 5 PM) and Sunday (10 AM-4 PM) at the … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Shows Remain Alive and Well
Back in the late 1970s and early 80s, when the internet was barely a gleam in the eyes of computer scientists, most sports collecting business was done through the pages of ads in printed publications and a newly blossoming market for “baseball card shows.” That’s what they were called then, although some were labeled “conventions,” which sounded a little more … [Read more...]
Nashville Show’s Fall Event Draws Crowd of Dealers, Collectors
You can attend a card show in the Nashville suburbs twice a month but twice a year, the event supersizes to become the biggest one-day show in the country. The second of two such events in 2017 took place Saturday at Lighthouse Christian School in Antioch. It was the largest in the four-year history of the show, with 180 tables jammed into two gymnasiums. Several … [Read more...]
