I’m watching Mad Men, S2 E8 when I notice this guy in Harry Crane’s office reading a copy of Sports Illustrated.

This specific issue came out on July 9, 1962 and the cover featured a sailboat called The Gretel Invader, an Australian yacht competing in the America’s Cup.

Sports Illustrated was ingrained into our culture for decades. It’s one of the big reason it’s so collectible today.

After years of DM’s back and forth on social media, I finally got to meet Darren Rovell in person at The National yesterday. I’ve always appreciated how Darren has put a spotlight on all types of collectibles.

It’s defiantly not a coincidence that we took this pic in front of the graded magazine display at the PSA booth!

Great to see you again Mark. I love catching up with all the magazine collectors each year at The National

After talking on Instagram for over a year, I finally got to meet this guy in person at The National! Bernie dropped off a ton of magazines for me to clean and press, really some amazing pieces that I’ll be sharing here on here soon.

So far it’s been a great day in Chicago!

It’s been too long since I got to see “Lou the Legend” in person! He’s one of the first people I met in this hobby. This year he’s got his own booth!

Stop by and see his Jordan collection. Look at all those newsstand copies of “A Star is Born”. Love seeing all my people each year at The National