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Cody Stokes: EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC BROKE OUT IN 2020, THE MARKET FOR SPORTS COLLECTIBLES AND TRADING CARDS HAS BEEN EXPANDING.
ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING MONTHLY TRADING CARD SHOWS IN THE COUNTRY HELD AN EVENT IN SYRACUSE THIS WEEKEND.
THE ALBANY SPORTS CARD SHOW TRAVELS THE STATE AND HOLDS EVENTS WHERE UP TO 110 VENDORS CAN SHOWCASE THEIR COLLECTIBLES TO SELL OR TRADE.
OWNER OF THE SHOW, SCOTT TRUDELL, SAYS IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PASSION OF THE HOBBY.
Scott Trudell: It brings people together to talk about those players, talk about the sports they love, it’s just a really nice thing to experience.
Stokes: WHETHER IT’S MODERN…OR VINTAGE…SINGLE CARDS…OR PACKS…IT’S MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE ON ONE OF THE VENDORS’ TABLES.
THE VALUE OF A CARD IS BASED NOT ONLY ON ITS RARITY, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY AT WHICH IT’S GRADED, TYPICALLY ON A 10 POINT SCALE.
THE ALBANY SPORTS CARD SHOW IS AN OFFICIAL SGC SUBMISSION CENTER, MEANING YOUR CARDS CAN OFTEN BE GRADED RIGHT THERE AT A SHOW.
TRUDELL SAYS HIS LOVE OF COLLECTIBLES STEMS BACK TO THE FIRST MLB HALL OF FAME CLASS IN THE LATE 1930s.
Trudell: Over all the years of me being a passionate collector, and going to all the shows over a span of probably 35 plus years, that I owed something to these players, to kind of represent them on my arm.
Stokes: THE SHOW RETURNS TO SYRACUSE IN MID SEPTEMBER. FOR NCC NEWS…I’M CODY STOKES.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – The Albany Sports Card Show made a stop in Syracuse this weekend. The show is one of the oldest monthly running sports memorabilia events in the U.S.
The show took place at the Embassy Suites hotel in East Syracuse, where 30 vendors set up tables to showcase their collectibles and cards to sell or trade.
As the name suggests, the show is based in Albany, where they hold shows with up to 110 vendor tables. They tour throughout New York, hitting areas like Syracuse, Johnstown, Saugerties and Saratoga Springs, where they hold an annual event on the same weekend as the Travers Stakes horse race.
While much of the focus is on traditional sports trading cards, the shows also include other sports memorabilia, such as vintage event tickets. There are also flags, banners, pins and more related to historic sporting events.
Scott Trudell, the owner of the show, says that the showrunners and vendors do it for the love of the hobby. On his left arm, he has tattoos of the signatures of the first MLB Hall of Fame class, officially inducted in 1939.
“Over all the years of me being a passionate collector, and going to all the shows over a span of probably 35-plus years, that I owed something to these players, to kind of represent them on my arm,” Trudell said.
Trudell worked as a vendor before being the owner, and has been involved with the show since 1986. Collectibles and memorabilia always interested him as a child.
“I would go to the shows and trade a lot of my cards for the cards of the players I wanted, which of course were those players,” Trudell said.
The 1939 Hall of Fame class is made up of Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson.
Some events held by the Albany Sports Card Show include official grading services by JSA, who authenticate autographs, in addition to their standing as an official SGC submission center, a card grading organization.
The show will host two events in June in Albany, and will return to Syracuse on Sept. 14-15.