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2023 National Sports Collectors Convention Autograph Guests

Written by Monte Jennings | Apr 22, 2023 12:45:19 AM

The National is right around the corner and Tristar has just revealed the initial guest list of athletes signing at the show! Check out the list and see who you can meet at the biggest show of the year.

The initial guest list for The National is here! From Wednesday, July 26th to Sunday, July 30th, the biggest dealers, breakers, and hobby enthusiasts will be at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. Some of the biggest names in sports will also be on-hand for autographs and photo-ops. Just posted is the first round of guests! Here are a few of the athletes appearing at the National:

Football:

  • Dan Marino
  • Joe Montana
  • Emmitt Smith
  • Adrian Peterson
  • Charles Woodson

Baseball:

  • Mike Schmidt
  • Frank Thomas 
  • Johnny Bench
  • Ricky Henderson

Basketball:

  • Bill Walton
  • Walt Frazier
  • Kevin McHale
  • Joe Dumars 

For the COMPLETE list, you can visit TRISTAR site. For all information about the show, you can visit the National site.

Just Collect will be at the National buying and selling collections. Come stop by if you're at the show; we'd love to meet you! Here are a few photos and stories from the 2022 show where our owner, Leighton, got to hold an SGC 9.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card that later sold for a record 12.6 million dollars! We WILL be buying 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie cards at the National. We hope to have a guest stop by our booth, too. Emmitt Smith sat down with us previously, as did Rollie Fingers. We. Can't. Wait.

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING

Just Collect is always buying vintage sports and non-sports cards from 1879 to 1979 as well as select modern cards. If you have a collection that you are considering selling, contact us today to discuss or get our industry-leading purchase offer. If you have a collection that you want appraised, please contact us and we would be happy to discuss your collection and help you understand the real cash value of your collection in the current marketplace. Check out the Just Collect Buy List.

We always offer a FREE APPRAISAL for your collection here at the Just Collect site. Just click here:

We offer may ways to evaluate your cards other than or using our website, too.

  • Travel to Us

If you can make the trip here like the son from my hometown did for this collection- we can make a deal at the office. We once met a father-son duo that drove eight hours from Virginia to meet us to sell a Michael Jordan rookie card stored in Tupperware since 1986 - great read here

  • Come to convention

We keep a LIST of card shows we'll be attending.  Come stop by the Just Collect table and chat.

  • Meet in-person

If you have a valuable collection and want us to come to you, we'll hop on the next plane out.

  • Meet in New York City

We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.

  • SHIP your collection 

If you choose to mail your cards for an appraisal, we will evaluate your cards for FREE still. If you choose not to sell the cards, we'll ship them back shipping fees paid by us!  We can offer our FedEx account with 2-day shipping, fully insured, all covered by us. Simply contact the office to set up this option.

OUR BUYING PHILOSOPHY

We've run into a wide range of people and collections over the last 25 years. Although Just Collect is known for buying vintage sports cards and especially vintage baseball cards, we are also extremely interested in buying non-sports cards, too!  

Every collection and every collector is different and we treat EVERY collection with the respect and attention that we show for our own collections. We understand that many have put their heart and souls into building their collections. So when you're ready to sell, we understand the feelings that you're going through and will work with you to help you reach a decision that is a WIN/WIN, because if you're not happy, we're not happy.

CONTACT US ANY TIME

Whether you have vintage cards or modern wax you want to sell, you can reach out to us any time!