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Shawn Gates' Archive

Back & In-Person: 2022 Spring Sportcard & Memorabilia Expo Opens Tomorrow!

June 1, 2022 - 12:23 PM ET

It’s back. Praise the lord baby Jeebus it’s finally back! Starting tomorrow, Thursday June 2nd, and running through Sunday June 5th, the bi-annual Sportcard and Memorabilia Expo makes its highly anticipated in-person return! Last held in-person with the Fall edition of 2019, this highlig...

Off The Ice: MJ's Rookie, I Bent My Wookie, & Queen Elizabeth Yoga Pants

June 2, 2022 - 4:17 PM ET

The upswing in the memorabilia market since the onset of Covid has been stunning to say the least. Limited in where to use their “disposable income”, people have increasingly revisited hobbies from their past, or explored completely foreign areas of interest, investing their time and dollars int...

The European Trading Card Market: Parallels to North America?

June 6, 2022 - 1:38 PM ET

For as much as the memorabilia game has undergone some significant shifts over time, many of the roots of the trade remain constant. Here in North America, a mainstay of the industry is the trading card which, despite its evolution over the course of decades, has remained a cornerstone product in th...