If you can navigate your way through autograph seekers, vintage card enthusiasts and the dozens (it feels like dozens) of companies doing live case breaks, you never know what you might find at the annual National Sports Collectors Convention. And while that’s not the most flattering lede ever…I love The National. Really…I do. It’s pretty fantastic and two years ago, I took … [Read more...] about FLASHBACK: Strangest Finds of the 2015 National
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Atlantic City National Surpasses Expectations
ATLANTIC CITY - John Broggi has been associated with the National Sports Collectors Convention since 1984 and has been running the show since 2006. So what grade would the executive director of The National give Atlantic City in the resort town’s first time hosting the NSCC since 2003? “I’d give it an ‘A’,” Broggi said, without hesitation. Broggi was all smiles on … [Read more...] about Atlantic City National Surpasses Expectations
Graded Vintage Card Market Hotter Than Ever
ATLANTIC CITY - Levi Bleam was one of more popular people on the show floor Thursday at the National Sports Collectors Convention. That’s because what’s old is new again in the world of collecting. Bleam owns 707 Sportscards LTD out of Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania and deals only in cards from before 1970. One of the hobby's longest tenured dealers, Bleam specializes in … [Read more...] about Graded Vintage Card Market Hotter Than Ever