National Sports Collectors Convention

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Stan Musial’s final public appearance?
Published 7/18/2008 by Mario A. at Wax Heaven
... One of the names that came up was that of Stan “The Man” Musial. They had booked him just a few months back so I asked if there was any chance he’d come back to South Florida again. The owner’s response was that Stan was officially not doing any more in-store sessions and that the Nationals in Chicago will more than likely be his final public appearance “if he makes it that long”. ...

Cubs fan Steve Bartman offered $25K for just one autograph
Published 28 days ago by 'Duk at Big League Stew
Sportsbuy.com and the National Sports Collectors Convention sure have devised a way to get a lot of marketing without ever having to pay a dime. As you might have read on Deadspin, they're offering infamous Cubs fan Steve Bartman a cool $25,000 if he shows up to their memorabilia show in suburban Chicago and signs just one picture of him destroying the World Series dreams of Cubs fans everywhere getting tangled up with Moises Alou in Game 6 of the '03 NLCS. From the Orlando Sentinel: To collect ...

Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit with Mike Hersch
Published 8 days ago by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
... Some quick background on Mike: He’s 40 years old and grew up in Philly, where his parents were sports fans (”My father had all these old autographed leather chinstraps from the Eagles,” he says). They eventually got into the memorabilia biz, so Mike has spent plenty of time setting up tables and booths at collectibles shows, where he’s developed a good eye and a good feel for prices, appraisals, and so on. It’s also where he developed the collecting bug. ...