Johnny Ford Sports Cards & Memorabilia

Johnny Ford Sports Cards & Memorabilia is a sports card and memorabilia shop at 3150 Plainfield Ave NE, Suite E, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It stocks sports cards, unopened boxes and packs, signed memorabilia and comic books, and it buys collections as well as selling them. It suits collectors who want graded cards and authenticated autographs, and anyone with a box of cards to sell.

What's on the shelves

Sports cards are the core of the stock, with baseball, hockey, football and basketball among the sports covered. The store sells both graded and ungraded cards, and carries unopened boxes, packs and wax for buyers who would rather open product themselves. Cards pulled that way can be graded later.

Non-sport trading cards fill out the cases, including Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, along with comic books from Marvel and DC.

Memorabilia is the other half of the store: autographs, signed photos, bats and balls, and signed and game-worn jerseys from a range of eras. Autographs are verified by a reputable source and come with a certificate of authenticity, and certificates of authenticity are available for many other items too. Memorabilia is professionally graded, and staff inspect each piece before it goes on the shelf.

Selling to the store

The store buys large and small collections across the genres it sells: sports cards and memorabilia, non-sport cards, autographs, signed photos, bats and balls, unopened boxes, packs and wax, signed and game-worn jerseys, and comic books. Collections are evaluated on card type, quality, grading and current market value, and the store gives a valuation after that evaluation. Not every item is accepted for resale.

Hours and getting there

The store is closed Mondays and keeps shorter hours on weekends.

The shop is in Suite E at 3150 Plainfield Ave NE, in the 49525 ZIP code.

The local scene

No weekly events or organized-play programs are scheduled at the store, so a visit here is about browsing, buying and selling rather than playing. Players looking for a game should consider other shops nearby. Big Kidz Games is the closest at 0.7 miles, in Grand Rapids. R & J Game Placements and The Comic Signal are each about 2 miles away, also in Grand Rapids. Game Room Guys in Comstock Park is 2.4 miles away, and Galactic Toys and Games in Walker is 2.7 miles away.