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The quest for collecting completism

By Paul Lukas
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Joe Charboneau is sitting at a table and signing autographs. A bunch of really fat guys are sitting on the floor and poring over baseball cards. And a few brave souls are sitting in what's billed as the world's largest indoor Ferris wheel and going around in circles. Welcome to the 30th annual National Sports Collectors Convention, which took place last week at the I-X Center in Cleveland. Collectors from around the world flew in to see the memorabilia being peddled by over 700 dealers. And I f ...

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