The show-starved sports collectible market will have another large event later this month. Promoter Kyle Robertson says he has already sold over 400 tables for the Dallas Card Show’s November 13-15 event at the Watters Creek Convention Center in Dallas. For what seems to be the first time since the pandemic, multiple autograph signers will be present as well. Hall … [Read more...]
Promoters Cancel Greater Boston Show; Hopeful for Spring Event
It's not a surprise but another popular long-running sports card show has been canceled. The Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club Show announced Thursday that its annual November show would not be taking place due to restrictions on gatherings that are still in place in the state. The GBSCC began in the early 1970s with private gatherings of collectors. … [Read more...]
Notes: Lone 1916 Red Sox Championship Button Auction; ’52 Mantle Auction; Shows Open, More
The only known Boston Red Sox 1916 World Series Championship button known to exist is on the auction block. The oversize button pictures then-21-year-old Babe Ruth. Curiously sponsored by a Detroit brewery, it’s the largest baseball button made to that point, possibly to maximize the detail. Most serious collectors of baseball buttons would know of the legendary … [Read more...]
Fall Chantilly Show is a Go
The Chantilly Show is back in business—but one of the hobby's larger shows won’t be quite normal just yet. CSA Shows announced Thursday that the Dulles Expo Center, which hosts the event at its facility just outside Washington D.C., has reopened and the October 23-25 sports card and memorabilia show will be held without autograph guests and with limited capacity in the … [Read more...]
Notes: Market Coverage; Wagner Update; Indiana Show; MJ Wheels Bring $200K
The sale of the Mike Trout SuperFractor for nearly $4 million drew more mainstream media coverage for the hobby, including the Washington Post, which touched on the hot market for cards. Ken Goldin was on Fox Business Monday to talk about the auction and why things are selling for so much. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com After buying the card for $400,000, … [Read more...]
Is The Show a Go? Depends on Where You Live, Size of Event
The hobby’s sports card show calendar remains, in a word, “fluid.” Some areas have been able to hold smaller events while others remain on hiatus because of restrictions on public gatherings and the status of some facilities. The JP Sports/Rock Solid Promotions show normally held at the Westchester County Center in New York is off for the remainder of 2020. … [Read more...]
Notes: Ben Baller Set Coming; Amazon’s Top Sellers; Name Change=More $; Elite Goes eCommerce; Jacksonville Show
If you like Ben Baller's cards in the Topps Project 2020 series, you might be interested to know you'll soon be able to acquire some fresh material outside that arena. Baller (real name: Ben Yang) tweeted Tuesday that he's agreed to a deal with Topps for his own Chrome-branded baseball set. No details have been released yet. I am very proud to announce that I … [Read more...]
Whether Buying or Selling, Dealers Happy for Dallas Show’s Return
If this past weekend’s Dallas Card Show were, a restaurant or a hotel you would probably expect a five star rating. Vendors, card collectors and promoter Kyle Robertson all expressed a welcomed surprise for the success of the hobby’s first sizeable show to open its doors while the nation is still reeling from the pandemic. His event at the Delta Marriott Convention … [Read more...]
First Large Sports Card Show Since Pandemic Scheduled for This Weekend
As more and more of the restrictions are relaxed in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19, promoters are feeling enabled to resume their sports card shows. Among the first to test the waters is Kyle Robertson. The proprietor of the Dallas Card Show is back in business with an event scheduled for this weekend in nearby Allen, Texas. Robertson is believed to be the … [Read more...]
2020 Strongsville Show a No-Go
The annual Strongsville Sports Collectors Convention has joined the list of major show cancellations in the wake of CDC guidelines regarding the Coronavirus. A vintage card and memorabilia-oriented show, the event has been a favorite of dealers and long-time collectors. It had been scheduled for April 17-19 but plans were officially scuttled Tuesday by Lelands, which … [Read more...]