It's coming. The 25th National Sports Collectors Convention, or simply "The National" is the largest sports and collectibles show in the world. In fact, it's been said, "If you can't find what you're looking for at the National, it probably doesn't exist!" The National is the event of the year and is the place you should be in 2004 as collectors, dealers, distributors, manufacturers, licensors and everyone else in the collectibles industry all participate in the world's most spectacular sports and entertainment collectibles industry show.

To help you better understand the National and all it involves, I've assembled photographs from the 2001 National held in Cleveland, Ohio - the location of the 2004 National as well. Once you look through the photographs and descriptions, you'll likely agree that the National is the right name for this event and if you're only going to make one show this year, then it might as well be the biggest and best.

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