Thursday, April 22, 2021

The All-Star pitcher who wants to trade autographs with YOU

Pan Neshek, from the June, 2021 Beckett Baseball

Pat Neshek is an all-star pitcher with 13 years experience in the Major Leagues. He's also an avid sports memorabilia collector who wants to trade with YOU. You can read all about him in the June, 2021 issue of Beckett Baaseball.

Jim McLauchlin

Friday, April 16, 2021

Pandemic year: The best year for retail?

 

Marc Hammond and Aw Yeah Comics, photos courtesy Hammond


People READ during lockdown and SPENT at local businesses when they got their stimmy! Plus, collectibles markets BOOMED. Put them all together, and Marc Hammond and Aw Yeah Comics of Harrison, NY had their BEST year ever in 2020. Read all about it HERE.


Jim McLauchlin

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Desperately Seeking Graders

 

Photo courtesy CGC

All collectibles markets are on FIRE! In the sports card world, juggernaut PSA is suspending taking in 97% of new submissions for at least 60 days as it tries to hammer through its backlog.


Could a similar crimp hit comic books? It's possible, but grading services are desperately trying to hire to avoid that possibility. Read about it at Newsarama!

Jim McLauchlin