Sports Collectors Digest

Houston proves among best cities for sports collectibles

As expected, sales of Kobe Bryant cards and memorabilia at the annual TRISTAR Collectors Show were brisk—or as TRISTAR Productions vice-president Bobby Mintz put it, “extremely hot”—and the same could be said for Patrick Mahomes, fresh off leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory.

TRISTAR’s winter show in Houston on Feb. 7-9 was star-studded, as usual, with such top signers as Joe Montana, Ryne Sandberg, Johnny Robinson, Randy Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Bobby Witt, Jr, and Yuli Gurriel.

“Attendance was strong, and the exhibitor involvement was our best in a long time,” Mintz said. “We sold

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