At the National Sports Collectors Convention

Well, I am here in Cleveland, OH. Day one of the National is over. It's 1am and departure for day 2 is at 7:15am...

I did do another plane sketch on the way to Cleveland this morning. This one is of Bob Oldis. Former catcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts nad the Washington Senators. This sketch is from a photo of Bob while playing for the 1952 championship Lookouts. It was taken in Ponce De Leon park in Atlanta.

Another sketch card up for sale

Just completed another sketch card. This one is a tribute to the '53 Topps Mickey Mantle...

Trying out a different format for sketches. This card is the standard 2.5" x 3.5".

The next few sketch cards will be card tributes and hope they get better as they go along. Any ideas or requests?

Time for another National...

We are packing our bags for Cleveland, OH for this year’s National. Only a few days left!
While the grading team is well versed in traveling to shows around the country, the National is unique. This is the only show where we will slab cards on site.
This means all the sealing equipment and computers and other assorted hardware has to be crated up and shipped out.
As usual, the booth will be hopping with craziness, cards and excitement. Sketch card Brian Kong will be set up at our booth this year displaying his fantastic art.
Even if you cannot get one of his sweet sketch cards, come by and get your 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter cards signed by him. Brian is a great guy and loves to talk about his sports art and sketch cards in general.
Sitting in the grading area and seeing amazing cards throughout the show is as you can imagine awesome but I also enjoy meeting fellow collectors and BGS fans. If you have a grading question, come by and see us. If you just want to meet some of the BGS gang and say hi, stop by!
Grading at the National means late nights under the loupe but I will be posting updates at the show here and on Twitter. Hopefully there will be some great photos and sketches to share with everyone!