Kisa under 12 get free admnission to New England's biggest card show!

The Northeast Sports Card Expo: Marlborough, New England’s biggest card show, will take place at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts on Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23, 2024. With nearly 50,000 square feet of exhibition space and 400 vendor tables, the family-friendly event will showcase new and vintage sports cards, non-sports and Pokémon cards, sports memorabilia, and various other collectibles. The show will also feature notable celebrity autograph guests, card-grading services, daily event hosts, prize raffles, Boston-area sports mascots, a new original commemorative poster & much more. 

Celebrity autograph guests include Boston Celtics alums and NBA champs Rick Weitzman & Kevin Stacom, New England Patriots alum Ronnie Lippett and 3x Super Bowl champ Matt Chatham, 3x Stanley Cup champ and Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Mullen, Pro Women's Hockey League star Jillian Dempsey, NHL 60-goal scorer Dennis Maruk, 4x Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers, WWE Hall of Famer Tony "Mr. USA" Atlas, and former ECW World Champion & 8x WWE Hardcore Champion Justin Credible.

Additionally, longtime Boston Bruins anthem singer Rene Rancourt and current Bruins anthem singer Todd Angilly will make an appearance together. 

The Northeast Sports Card Expo is sponsored by Ultra PRO and SP Images. Ultra PRO will host a “My First Break” workshop for children under 12 who are new to card collecting. During this fun-filled free workshop, kids will learn how to properly open, store, and handle cards. 

In addition, former Boston Celtics player Dana Barros will bring his basketball clinic to the show with onsite training in the sport for kids. 

Beckett will be taking card and autograph grading submissions and offering RCR/GCR services on both days of the show. In addition, New England-based TGA (The Grading Authority) will grade cards on site both days of the show, and Certified Authentication Service will be present to authenticate onsite and to also take submissions.

Mascots and characters appearing at the show include New England Patriots’ Pat Patriot, Boston Red Sox’s Wally the Green Monster, the Boston Bruins’ Blades, New England Revolution’s Slyde, Worcester Red Sox’s Smiley and Wooster, with appearances by Pikachu.

Each day of the Northeast Sports Card Expo will be hosted by two Boston-area radio and podcast veterans. Day 1 will be hosted by sports media host, WEEI contributor, and content creator Fitzy and Day 2 will be hosted by Boston-area radio veteran Mike "Sarge" Riley

New England artist and designer Peter Cardoso, whose work is included in the permanent collection of the RISD Museum of Art and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, has designed the official commemorative poster for the event. The first 250 attendees on each day of the show will receive a free high-quality color print of the poster.