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PWCC adds memorabilia, video games and other collectibles to service offerings
PWCC Marketplace is expanding its marketplace by adding authenticated memorabilia, video games, comics, coins and currency to its list of services.
PWCC will provide vault storage, appraisal, collection management tools and a 24/7 marketplace for memorabilia and non-sports collectibles. The company’s vault in Oregon — a sales tax-free state – allows clients to securely archive their assets and access them digitally via web or app.
Its marketplace provides sellers with instant access to multiple marketplaces used by hundreds of thousands of potential buyers. Trading card collectors also benefit from liquidity solutions capital offerings, which provide loans and cash advances using archived assets as collateral.
While these services have traditionally been used for trading cards, PWCC has invested in innovative technology and hired industry experts in their respective fields to help implement platform changes that cater to the needs of memorabilia and new collectible assets.
“The platform updates bring clients more powerful solutions for collections that include memorabilia, video games, comics, coins and currency,” said Jesse Craig, vice president of sales at PWCC. “The most apparent changes include our new 360-degree imaging studios and software updates that up-to-date valuation of assets in a client’s portfolio. Still, the most critical additions come from the experts who are joining our team.”
Among PWCC's first memorabilia offerings is a pair of Kobe Bryant's first All-Star Game Crazy 8 sneakers from 1998.
"These are the sneakers worn by the youngest All-Star in NBA history," said Nick Cepero, PWCC's manager of memorabilia. "Kobe Bryant's debut on the All-Star court at 19 beat Magic Johnson's record and held out against LeBron James's debut as both were 20 at the time. On top of the historical significance, these are tremendously beautiful in terms of design with the elegant purple Lakers color match and an understated number 8 sneakerheads have come to adore."
PWCC’s new category leads are:
• Josh Byerly, manager of video games, is a collector and one of the foremost experts in the collectible video game hobby.
• Nick Cepero, manager of memorabilia, is a lifelong collector of both sports cards and memorabilia and a former sports consignment director at Heritage Auctions.
• Zachary Kirkpatrick, manager of comics, is a lifelong comics collector and former comic grader at Heritage Auctions.
• Jeff Lubinski, director of numismatics, is a 19-year industry veteran with an extensive background in U.S. coins, world coins and bullion and a former coin expert at Heritage Auctions, APMEX, Texas Gold & Silver Exchange and Upstate Coin & Gold.
