Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 4/17/21 - Brandon Steiner, Sports Collecting Expert, Athlete Direct

Rick is joined by a legend in the sports collecting universe this week, Brandon Steiner.

Sports Memorabilia Expert Brandon Steiner and 'Athlete Direct,' an innovation on his CollectibleXchange.com site which will allow fans to purchase memorabilia of all kinds directly from players and coaches. 

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** Skyrocketing price of trading  cards vs value? Danger of investment? See this article by Hal Bock
https://www.nysportsday.com/2021/02/27/bocks-score-protect-to-collect/
** Covid and Sports, one year laterState of Collectibles industry
** Latest items on CollectibleXchange visit https://collectiblexchange.com/
***Value of collectibles

Brandon Steiner, who revolutionized the sports memorabilia and collectibles industry during 32 years as founder of Steiner Sports, is transforming the industry once again with the innovative CollecibleXchange.com.  The dynamic sports marketplace is set to launch “Athlete Direct” with enormous sports figures as Mark Messier, Walt Frazier, Sue Bird, Tom Coughlin, Aaron Boone andLou Holtz leading the way. "Athlete Direct" gives the players and coaches a “one-stop-shop” to sell memorabilia – autographed, game-used and commemorative items – directly to their fans. In addition, collector's will be able to have their own photos, jerseys, balls and the like  personally signed autographed by the athletes. And that's not to mention fan experiences for zoom one-on-ones to such video greetings as birthday messages

 “This was always the big picture I had in my mind,” says Steiner. “I found that over the years, there was too much of the same thing, hundreds, thousands of balls and jerseys signed by the same player. People bring collections to us, and are disappointed in their value because players just signed so much. Now we are away from the volume and give propriety to high end exclusive stuff; those ‘hard to get,’ cool, pieces. We’re trying to work on not only collectibles but also private items – from exercise machines to skin care products to healthy snacks.”