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As most of you no doubt know by now, I collect Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur. Although, to be honest, Martin is the number two guy and my first priority has always been Patrick...Why? Probably because he is the one I grew up idolizing and mimicking (from the butterfly style to the bad temper and even to that wink, I did it all).

I started collecting again two and a half years ago and try as I may, it is far from easy to be a completist when you collect a player who has that many ...

Today was the last day of the Nationals and it was quite a good day for all of us. It was less busy than the last two days but our giveaway still managed to draw a bit of a crowd. Debbie Herrmann was the lucky winner of a triple autograph card numbered to only five and ?I must say that her son looked absolutely chuffed.

Today, I had planned to stay at the booth for most of the day however, things did not go as planned...My husband and sister in law who came to Cleveland with me attended ...

Today was yet another great day for SCF at the Nationals! There were numerous highlights to my day starting with the interview I did with Chris Carlin from Upper Deck, a really nice guy who answers every question openly and doesn't shy away from giving you information! Thanks for your time Chris I really appreciated it. You will all be able to read the full interview in the next edition of Collector's Corner which should be out on the 10th August (delayed a bit because of the Nationals).
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Friday was a fairly busy day at the SCF tables, we got plenty of entrants for the SCF give away of the day (Tom Brady rookie) and gave out several packs of cards which all included a business card. Hopefully some of the people we gave them to will come and check us out!

I didn't have much time to browse, having spent time at the tables and then on the phone with my stupid bank which decided to block my account for unusual activity (purchases in the USA) even though I had told them ...

We have now all survived our second day of activity at the Nationals and I must say today was much busier than yesterday, normal I suppose as it was the first full day!

I spent most of the morning working on an article for the next edition of collector's corner based on the prices offered by the major dealers there and also comparing the prices to their online prices. Here are my results by sports:

Baseball

UD series 1: Blowout $52, Atlanta Sports cards ...