Puck Junk

There’s so much talk about artificial intelligence these days. In fact, AI is all the rage. Some of you use it; many of us fear it.

I had a thought recently: What does ChatGPT think about the sports card hobby and could collectors learn anything from it? 

The following is a conversation with ChatGPT about the hockey card hobby and what we should know as we enter a new year.

Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: Talking Hockey Cards with ChatGPT”

The National Sports Collectors Convention may be the show everyone wants to attend each summer, but the Toronto Sport Card Expo is the show I need to fly to each fall.

The four-day show, which concluded this past weekend, is Canada’s biggest card and memorabilia show – and one that I have made a point to attend each November.

Held twice a year (there is also a spring edition), this fall’s get-together was packed with collectors and featured sports cards and memorabilia from the past and present. The show, however, is known for its hockey cards.

While I did buy cards for my collection, I also spent hours looking through bins rummaging for oddball hockey collectables that are the norm at Canadian shows.  

Here are some cool items I saw at the show (all dating back to the 1990s) and their backstory: Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: Oddball Collectibles Highlight the Fall 2024 Toronto Expo”