Some  photos from the show  

 The show has raised thousands of dollars for local charities as we've had at least one charity event/signing here each year since 1997.   $795.00 was donated to charity thanks to Luis Tiant's appearance here in June 2016 & $430 was donated to charity thanks to his appearance in October of 2017.  $600.00 was donated by former Patriot Sammy Morris to Attleboro High School football in conjunction with his appearance at the March show here last year. $575.00 was donated to the Mansfield Relay for Life thanks to Rico Petrocelli's appearance here in July 2017 and another $672 was raised for charity thanks to Petrocelli's appearance in November 2018,   $302.00 was donated to the Massachusetts Speech Apraxia Walk thanks to Frank Malzone's appearance here in the summer of 2016 before sadly passing away a few months later.  It was one of 3 charity appearances here by Mr. Malzone.   Also, special thank to Bernie Carbo for multiple charity appearances here. $210.00 in cash & more in sports memorablia was donated thanks to Andrew Raycroft & Luis Tiant's appearance in August 2019 here.  $473 was donated to the Vietnam Veterans for Braintree thanks for Rico Petrocelli's appearnce here November 2019.  And, in keeping the annual streak alive even during the pandemic, $125 was donated to Rico Petroceilli's church as part of his private signing in 2020.  $205.00 was donated to the Dedham Recreation Department thanks fot Luis Tiant's appearance at our Friday after Thanksgicing show in 2021.  And $220 was donated to the Nevin Methuen Animal shelter thanks for Tiant's apppearance here in Septemer 20222

VENDORS EXPECTED TO SET-UP INCLUDE

Marc Aaron	Eric Akesson	Ron of Bleachers Sports Cards		Barry Burden	Tony Cataldi
Phil Casinetti of SportsWorld		John Celona of Champion Sports Cards		Nate Charette	Mike Christian
Debra DeMarco	Steve DiRaffaele	Bill Ellis	Paul Frenette	Joe Garritty	Ed Guay
Gavin Guershuny	Larry Hudson	Paul Kane	Jeff Khoshateseh	Steve Leonardi	John Maher
Dave Medeiros	Jack Melchert	Larry Mishou	Bob Miller	Nick Outchunis	Jim Piccuito
Kevin Randall	Rick Potter	Rafael Rodriquez	Steve Rosenblum	Armand Surabian	Andrew Schultz
Joe Silva	Mike+Dan Souto	Tod Sweetland	Mike Walsh (holidays)	Connie Waskiewicz	Bruce Weeks

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The history of the card show & of me..............

Like a lot of people I started collecting sports memorabilia/cards as a kid going on to sell some just to buy more.  I've run card shows at several different locations in the past, mainly at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield.  I started this card show when I was 18 years old on Presidents Day in 1991.   It was certainly a different hobby, a different world and a different me.   The card show started out small both in size (about 38 vendor tables) & frequency (about 7 a year)  gradually increasing in size over the years with 17 shows a year of at least 85 vendor tables.  In 1999, I established the show's web page.   In 2003, we started having autograph guests on a regular basis, and now have nearly 70 autograph guests a year.  During the pandemic we expanded flying (or driving) to a lot of private signings.  In 2021 after 15 months of no card shows due to the pandemic, we've moved the show to the Holiday Inn in Dedham.  In December of 2021, we'll starting up a 2nd show in Peabody.  Married since 2003 with 2 kids, I’ve met a lot of nice collectors as well as a lot of nice autograph guests over the years, made some good friends and it's so nice to have a job I enjoy & have a passion for.   Special thanks to Jack Melchert (the autograph ticket guy), Ernie Rotman at the admissions table and  Chris & Bev Walz for their expertise in handling the autograph guests.