I began my sports collecting like most of you by collecting as a child. 1980 Topps was my first set. I enjoyed it more than anything as a kid, and that began my adventure in this hobby. I began the business side in college doing trade shows many weekends in the early and mid 1990’s.

             Our first sports card shop was a very small one in Iowa City in 1993, which quickly moved in 1994 to Coralville on Fifth Street across from the Coralville Library. I was running that store full time when my wife and I got married and graduated from the University of Iowa.