Press: The SI KING’S 15 MINUTES OF FAME

I’ve been lucky enough to appear in print and video a few times throughout my collecting career.  Click the links below to see the articles written about my historic collection.

• NEW YORK POST    November 10, 2009   Online & Print
  "$igning Off on SI Covers" A super collector who, over the last three decades, has amassed 2,584 signed copies of Sports Illustrated
  
  

• 1010 WINS    November 9, 2009   Online
  "'Sports Illustrated King' Selling His Collection for $2M" Meet Scott Smith -- the self-proclaimed "Sports Illustrated King." 
  
  

• NORTH JERSEY BERGEN RECORD    November 8, 2009   Online & Print   
  "Autograph Hound Cashing In" Scott Smith is the pragmatic dad, looking to guarantee his own kids’ future with a $2 million payday.
  
  
  
• PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS    November 2, 2009    Online & Print   
  "Going Once... "LOOKING FOR AN early Christmas gift for the sports fan who has everything?
  
  
  
• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED    November 10, 2003   page 91
  “The Cover Story”.  SI’s 50^th Anniversary Issue featured all of its covers dating back to 1954 and documented my collection of signed ones.
   

• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED    January 21, 2002   pages 57-58
  “The SI Jinx”.  I helped SI staff writers Albert Chen and Tim Smith write about the infamous SI Jinx story by interviewing over 200 cover subjects from the 50’s through the 70’s.  Since I had all of their addresses from 20 + years of research, I had SI hire me since I wouldn’t give them my little black book of addresses.
   

• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED    August 24, 1987   page 6
  “Letter to the Editor”.  My first SI appearance and I didn’t even write the letter.  I was interviewed by phone by a staff writer but it was transcribed as if I wrote to the editor.  Either way, it helped me nail President Reagan eventually. Nice picture of me with my collection.
   

• MSG NETWORK                  May 17, 2002   8 minute feature
  This is my first and only Video feature that Madison Square Garden Network shot of me chasing around a few athletes on the streets of NYC with a camera and crew. It’s an awesome look at how I obtain signatures and also gives some home footage of the family as well my collection.
   

• THE BERGEN RECORD    June 22, 2002   page S-2
  This feature cover story tells of my collection and my wanting to potentially sell it at the time to raise as much money as possible for the future and security of my child and family. I never sold it and continue on.
   

• THE BERGEN RECORD    July 14, 1987   page C-5
  Photo of me rackin’ Muhammad Ali for 30 in a row outside Elaine’s restaurant in New York City.
   

• THE BERGEN RECORD    March 29, 1987   page A-29
  Sports Page cover story on my historic collection.  Tells of how I started and how I become the biggest collector in the tri state area.
   

• NEWARK STAR LEDGER  June 1996
  Great article about the collection and how I run around doing my thing.
   

• SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST   November 30, 1990   page 230
  Awesome article written by Mike Jerchower about my collection.

• NORTH JERSEY SUBURBANITE   September 2, 1987
  Another great article detailing my collection.
   

• AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR MAGAZINE   September / October 1987
  Nice story about my collection.