The Tim Hortons Team Canada Trading Cards set is the first hockey card collection to showcase imagery from the men's and women's Canadian Olympic Teams, including the chance to pull one of 10 autographed cards featuring Sidney Crosby's famous golden goal from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The collection also includes cards featuring some of
by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com No matter what your age, the Christmas holidays are sure to bring back childhood memories – and for many of us, they involve hobbies that have stuck with us for a lifetime. Since my early teen years, I’ve collected sports memorabilia, restored vintage CB radios and built plastic models. In
New Jersey-based MegaHobby.com, a long-time staple of the plastic model hobby industry and the largest online store of its kind, is shutting its doors for good in 2026. Despite the growth of the miniature model hobby industry, tough times have hit bricks and mortar stores like London-based Hobby & Toy Central, which closed its doors
by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com Photo: Part of the writer's collection of Original Six hockey sweaters. Today, as we groan about the price of eggs and butter, sports memorabilia collectors apparently have no problem shelling out their hard-earned wages for a bubblegum card, jersey or bobblehead of their favourite player. A recent report from research
Sports Memorabilia & Trading Cards Market size estimated at $33 Billion Mark and is expected to reach $271.2 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 22.1% 2025 Version Report "Sports Memorabilia Collectibles Market Size, Statistics, Growth Trend Analysis and Forecast Report, 2025 - 2034" published by Market Decipher, presents updated findings and insights. It
by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com The hobby of collecting sports memorabilia is once again as hot as a Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps rookie card. For those Gen Z and Millennial readers, Mantle is one of Major League Baseball’s all-time greats who patrolled the outfield for the New York Yankees. Don’t laugh: even oft-injured Atlanta Braves
eBay on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Authenticity Guarantee service for trading cards in Canada. Beginning now, single ungraded trading cards (including collectible card games, sports and non-sports cards) sold for $250+ in Canada will be authenticated. With this addition to eBay's Authenticity Guarantee service in Canada, the company now offers authentication for enthusiasts
Scale Model Hobby Hotter Than Ever Thank the Pandemic for Surging Sales, and concurrently Supply and Demand Issues by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com With a return to normalcy, many diversions will disappear – but don’t expect a resurgence in assembling plastic model kits to take a nosedive. In fact, industry insiders believe the COVID-19 pandemic
MLB Jerseys: My 90-Day Quest The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com It’s a good bet that I won’t visit every Major League Baseball park during my lifetime. Although I’ve seen almost every MLB team play at ballparks in Toronto, Montreal, across the Northeast U.S. and throughout the Grapefruit League,
Sports Memorabilia, Hobbies Help During Tough Times by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com During our toughest times – and today we’re all focused on our health and the well-being of others – we turn to what comforts us. As I wrote in this space last week, sports is a constant diversion from the realities of life.
