Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 8/7/23 - Steve Grad, Autographs, Grad Collection and Pawn Stars

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Beckett Principal Autograph authenticator Steve Grad is now bringing some of his own collection to market.

An autograph collector long before his job was to examine them, Grad has gained plenty of notoriety in recent years for his appearances on the hit show Pawn Stars.

Now, he’s excited to let some of it go to fellow collectors. He had much of it for sale at the National Sports Collectors Convention. Rick talks to Steve about that and more, including well over 100 appearances on the hit TV show, Pawn Stars.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 8/5/23 - Phil Dalhausser, AVP Pro, Four-time Olympian

Rick is joined by AVP beach volleyball pro, Phil Dalhausser this segment. The 6'9" hitter is still going strong in 2023 on the AVP Tour.

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He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions.

Dalhausser and Rogers dominated both the domestic US tour and now the FIVB international tour winning #1 team honors on both tours in 2010. Dalhausser and Rogers were Olympic gold medalists at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dalhausser and Rogers failed to defend their gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The pair was ousted in the round of 16 by the young Italian team of Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo, losing in straight sets for the first time in their Olympic careers.

He paired up with Nick Lucena for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, winning their debut match against Tunisia in straight sets.

At the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena made it into the quarterfinals match where they played against Brazil's top-ranked team of 6-foot-8 Alison "The Mammoth" Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt. There they were eliminated by a 2-1 (21-14, 12–21, 15-9) scoreline, by the hometown's favorite team.

Dalhausser and Lucena made it again to the 2020 Olympics where they finished 9th after a 1-2 against Cherif/Ahmed from Qatar.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 8/5/23 - Mike Moynihan, Baseball Collector on YouTube

Rick talks with “Baseball Collector” from YouTube.

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Mike Moynihan, Baseball Collector on YouTube took in the lead in organizing the Unofficial Content Creators Night at the 43rd National in Chicago. The gathering was attended by men, women and kids, all looking to share ideas about their thoughts on YouTube and podcasting and just have a great night talking sports collecting and more.

Mike has a great YouTube channel where he keeps viewers updated on his collection and many projects he has ongoing. He and other content creators are doing a great service promoting the hobby and educating those that tune in multiple times a week.

Here’s a two-minute segment with Mike, Baseball Collector.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/27/23 - Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth AVP Beach Volleyball Returns to Atlanta

Great to be joined leading into the weekend by AVP Beach Volleyball pros, Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.

It's also the 40th year of the AVP.

Rick is joined here by Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.
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Instagram: @avpbeach

Link: www.AVP.com

Tournament name is AVP Gold Series Atlanta Open

Tournament dates/hours:
Friday, August 4 – 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday, August 5 – Noon-10 p.m.
Sunday, August 6 – 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

This is the third straight year that the AVP has come to Atlanta and played at Atlantic Station

Tickets are available here: https://avp.lyte.com/3706973/party/tickets/5770

Note that general admission starts at $25 and there are a number of upgraded options available, as well as package deals for multiple days.

The field of expected players is here, with a tab for women and a tab for men: https://avp.com/event/gold-series-atlanta-open/2023-atlanta-gold-series/

16 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams playing for a purse of $300,000 total

Taryn and Kristen are expected to be the second seeds in the women’s bracket

The first seeds will be Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes. Third will be Terese Cannon and Sarah Sponcil. All three are battling for two spots in the Olympics next year. (To be clear, AVP events don’t count toward Olympic qualification, but they still battle each other and learn about each others’ games so when they face each other in international events, it helps them).

We talk about the Olympic qualifying process.

Taryn and Kristen are 2021 LSU graduates and were standouts on the Tigers’ beach volleyball team. Taryn was also a highly successful indoor player at Creighton.

They won the 2021 Atlanta Open in their first tournament on the AVP, beating Kelly Cheng and Sarah Sponcil (who had just played together in the Olympics) in the women’s final.

Last year, they won three of the seven tournaments they played on the AVP – Austin, Chicago and Phoenix

This year, they have played in two AVP events and reached the semifinals in both.

On the international tour, they won twice last year and have won twice so far this year.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/2/23 - John Azarian, Star Wars Collector, Auction

Talking with John Azarian this week about many of his one of a kind Star Wars items going to Heritage Auctions, including one of a kind props, and a bevy of entertainment artifacts.

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This Is the ‘Star Wars’ Auction You’re Looking For

Heritage Auctions has unleashed its blockbuster, three-day Entertainment Signature® Auction which continues through July 27-29 and features a treasure-trove of pop culture memorabilia from the collections such icons as adventure film/TV series producer-director, “The Master of Disaster”  Irwin Allen; M*A*S*H mementos from show star Alan Alda; collector John Azarian’s one-of-a-kind Star Wars props; rare Three Stooges memorabilia from a renowned collector Richard Baron Cohen, the largest selection of scarce material from the Wizard of Oz.

Heritage's The Irwin Allen Collection is comprised of more than 200 items from Allen's legacy, including significant props, models, concept art, costumes — and some of the most detailed and gorgeous storyboards to come out of Hollywood from the director behind Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space and The Towering Inferno.

Titanic, yes, but movie and TV buffs will remind you that Titanic, and all other contemporary disaster flicks and streaming shows, rest on a foundation of the great disaster-movie trend of the 1970s, which belonged to producer-director Irwin Allen.  

The Star Wars props include  one of the few surviving Imperial Stormtrooper helmets from 1977's Star Wars, Stormtrooper helmet and blaster rifle, Luke's X-wing and pistol, Carrie Fisher's Snowspeeder and Phantom Menace's trio of lightsabers.

The still wildly-popular comedy film and Vaudeville legends The Three Stooges collection from Richard Baron Cohen in includes Larry Fine’s custom-made violin, a complete set of Fleet Stooges trading cards, and a Columbia Pictures signed contract by four of the Stooges.

Some specific items up for bid:

Carrie Fischer's Star Wars snow speeder mini - gifted by George Lucas to Carrie Fischer and Azarian bought it from Carrie. She gave him an autographed picture of her holding the piece.

Darth Maul’s light saber - donated by George Lucas to benefit the survivor families of 9/11.  

First Order Stormtrooper helmet donated by Lucas for a charity auction

 One of the few surviving Imperial helmets from 1977's Star Wars

 Luke Skywalker's Stunt Blaster from 1980's The Empire Strikes Back

 Arnold’s Terminator 2 ensemble with bullet-ridden jacket which was gifted by Arnold to Matt Sorum (Guns n Roses drummer), who Azarian bought it from.

Friends Central Perk mugs autographed by the cast - obtained by an NBC exec at the wrap party.