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When Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of American Pickers on the History Channel needed an expert on sports memorabilia they discovered, the first person they phoned for help was our very own Leighton Sheldon. 

American Pickers is a show on the History Channel with antique hunters, Mike Wolfe and Danielle Colby.  Wolfe owns a main shop in Iowa but for years the team has traveled the Country in search of "rusty gold" to pick. While each of the Pickers has a great deal of knowledge in the antique world, they weren't sure about the value of a sports collection they found.  The first person they called - our very own Leighton Sheldon! 

Leighton has over 25 years of experience of buying and selling millions of dollars in sports cards, non-sports, and memorabilia. Through Just Collect, Leighton has purchased entire, rare collections like Grandpa's Shoe Box Collection with a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card that was stored with jars of pickles, The Fairy Godmother Find that had an ultra-rare T206 Eddie Plank, and the 1914 T222 Fatima Wilcox Hotel Collection that contained rare 1914 T222 Fatima tobacco cards saved from a family's old confectionary store inside their hotel and kept in the family for over 100 years! So when the time came for American Pickers to make a call to appraise a sports memorabilia collection, they called Leighton!

One of the unique items Leighton enjoyed appraising was a photo signed from Shaquille O'Neill TO Dwayne Wade. The photo was never meant for the public so the value could go from 3.5 to 10 times the average value of a Shaq autograph. The picture originally belonged to a family member of Wade's, kept in storage, and then relinquished.

If you want to watch the entire episode and see what else Leighton appraised for American Pickers, you can see Season 18, Episode 13, "Slam Dunk Junk" HERE.

If you're interested in a FREE APPRAISAL of your collection, you can reach out to Leighton, too, right HERE.

PS, can we talk about how Leighton's son, Crosby, is just casually playing with Leighton's not one, but TWO Mickey Mantle rookie cards in that photo?  We we were kids we had He-Man and Thundercat toys, not Mantle rookies...

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.

• 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! 

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