Sports Collectors Digest

EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Alfonso Magliulo was overwhelmed, and rightfully so.

The 20-year-old from Queens, N.Y. was set up as a dealer for a card show for the very first time. Oh, and it just happened to be the biggest show in the hobby: the National Sports Collectors Convention.

“Before coming, I was pretty nervous. I’m not going to lie,” Magliulo said. “[My friends] have been to smaller shows like Valley Forge and other ones and they said those are pretty packed. Then they’re telling me how it’s my first show, I’m going to be

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