by Rich Klein | Jul 31, 2019 | GTS, Klein's Korner
Klein’s Korner: Preparing for the National Sports Collectors Convention – In a reasonably short time, the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois will be hosting the National Sports Collectors Convention. The dates of the show are July...
by Rich Klein | Jul 9, 2019 | GTS, Klein's Korner
Klein’s Korner: How Can We Deal With Loss in the Hobby? Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. -From: A.E. Housman’s To an Athlete Dying Young. While a beautiful...
by Rich Klein | Jun 24, 2019 | GTS, Klein's Korner
Klein’s Korner: Embracing New Concepts in the Hobby – Recently, I helped lead services at my synagogue after going through a “Learn to Lead” class about how to conduct services. You see, our rabbi, who has not had much time off since he came...
by Rich Klein | Jun 11, 2019 | GTS, Klein's Korner
Klein’s Korner: Addressing a Scandal in the Hobby – If you are a hobby “insider” as most of the GTS readers are, you are probably familiar in many ways with what seems to be a growing “scandal” in the baseball card industry. There...
by Rich Klein | May 20, 2019 | GTS, Klein's Korner
Klein’s Korner: Do Your Homework When You Invest in Cards – In the Twitter and LinkedIn world of Sports Collectibles there might not be a more polarizing figure than Gary Vaynerchuk and his postings and interviews about sports cards. I think it’s...