Upper Deck will be among the companies tossing some goodies into the giveaway bags for those who purchase VIP admission to the National Sports Collectors Convention.
Upper Deck will again provide a 10-card VIP Set for this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention. Featuring superstars from the past as well as current greats, the Upper Deck VIP set crosses all four major sports.
Leading the way is Cleveland Cavalier Great and 2008-09 NBA MVP 
LeBron James. James led the Cavs to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2008-09. Also from the hoops world comes LeBron’s predecessor as the best
NBA player of his time, Michael Jordan. Jordan was elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame this year and will be inducted in Springfield in September.
Baseball is represented by Bob Feller who won 266 games for the Indians in a career interrupted in his prime by service during World War II. Feller will also appear during the week at the Tristar
Autograph Pavilion. One of Feller’s contemporaries, Joe DiMaggio, joins him in the set. Current greats Ken Griffey Jr.,and Derek Jeter join young superstar Grady Sizemore in the list of baseball subjects in the set.
From the NFL comes Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. Since his debut in 1998, Manning has compiled stats which rank him among the greatest players in NFL history. A 9-time Pro Bowl selection, Manning has been the NFL’s MVP in three of those years. Named MVP in Super Bowl XVI, Manning is already 7th in career passing yardage and 4th in career TD passes.
Finally from the NHL comes "Mr Hockey" Gordie Howe. Howe 
recognized as one of the greatest hockey players of all time is the only NHL Player to play in 5 different decades. Howe won the Hart Trophy, emblematic of the NHL’s MVP on 6 occasions. Joining "Mr Hockey" is current great Sidney Crosby. Fresh off
the Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup victory at the tender age of 21, Crosby was named NHL MVP as the youngest player ever to win the award,
Sets will be provided exclusively to attendees of the 2009 National who purchase the VIP or SuperVIP Admission Package.
Tickets for the 30th National Sports Collectors Convention are available online through the National’s web site at http://www.nsccshow.com/.
