A few 2012 Topps packs and boxes have somehow made their way into stores, but most folks won't have the chance to buy the year's first baseball card product until Wednesday. Already, though, there's a card generating mainstream media buzz. Like the Derek Jeter-George Bush-Mickey Mantle of 2007 and other subsequent manufactured oddities, the 2012 Topps Skip Schumacher/Rally … [Read more...]
Sun-Times Show Set for This Weekend
The 43rd annual Chicago Sun-Times Sports Collectible Convention returns to the Stephens Convention Center this weekend. The long-running show runs Friday from 4:30-9 p.m., Saturday from 9:30-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sports card and memorabilia dealers, auction companies and other hobby businesses from around the country will be set up. Over 40 autograph … [Read more...]
Yankees Loss Cost Steiner
Fans tired of seeing big market, big money teams advance in the playoffs aren't complaining about it, but losses by the Red Sox and Yankees cost Steiner Sports at least $1 million in revenue according to the company's CEO. Brandon Steiner's New Rochelle, New York-based company has deals with both teams to sell memorabilia and the Yankees and Bosox are far and away the … [Read more...]