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Sports Collectors Digest (SCD) is an American advertising weekly paper published at Iola, Wisconsin. The magazine provides an avenue through which sellers, traders and avid buyers of sports cards and other memorabilia may interact.
The National Sports Collectors Convention is an annual trade show held in the United States devoted to sports memorabilia.Also known as The National, the convention has been held annually since 1980 when a small handful of sports card collectors convened at a hotel located adjacent to the Los Angeles International Airport. [1]
Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen (c. 1943 – January 24, 2013) was an American sports collectibles dealer who was especially active in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] He advertised heavily and was a fixture at card conventions.
Attendance of the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention — nearly four times what it was in 2019 — is an indication of an industry that remains hot.
Wilson’s first job was working at a sports card store in Sarasota, Florida, at age 14. [3]Wilson had a background in digital marketing and entrepreneurship. He has founded and operated several businesses in the technology and digital space, though he became widely known for his role in the resurgence of interest in sports card collecting. [4]
In 1948, there were two sports card producers, Bowman [6] and Leaf Candy Company. Both produced their first football card sets, each consisting of about 100 cards of then-current players from the National Football League, with the Leaf set including a number of prominent college players. Leaf's set had also the distinction of being the first ...