Up North Collectors

Up North Collectors is a sports card and collectibles shop at 339 River St in Manistee, Michigan, with Pokémon, One Piece Card Game and Magic: The Gathering carried alongside the sports cards. The store holds more than a million singles, pays cash on the day for collections, and runs a PSA grading submission service by mail. It suits sports card collectors first, with enough trading card game stock to serve a mixed household.

What's on the shelves

Singles are the core of the stock, numbering over one million across sports cards, Pokémon and One Piece, with Magic: The Gathering and memorabilia also in the mix. Vintage, modern and graded cards all move through the store.

Sealed product leans toward sports. A recent sealed collection ran to 39 items in stock, with baseball the largest group at 15 products, then basketball at 7, football at 5 and hockey at 2. There is a single Pokémon product in that group, plus racing, combat sports and entertainment sets. Boxes include blasters, hanger packs and value boxes, with prices topping out at $300. Supplies cover sleeves, toploaders, magnetic cases, binders, storage boxes and display pieces.

Buying and selling

The store buys collections every day, pays cash the same day and gives free quotes. Accepted material includes sports cards, Pokémon, One Piece, Magic: The Gathering, vintage and modern cards, graded cards, whole estates, memorabilia and authenticated autographs. Sellers can arrange a quote by phone.

PSA grading

The store is a PSA submission partner, so collectors can send cards in by mail rather than filing with PSA directly. Cards are mailed to the store with a filled-out submission form, and the store batches them into rolling submissions, sending an order to PSA once it has 50 cards at the Value Bulk and Value Plus levels. A submission of 100 or more cards goes out every Tuesday.

PSA is currently grading slowly, so the Value Bulk rate is unavailable for new submissions for now.

Payment in full is required before cards are sent to PSA, and it can be made by credit or debit card, PayPal or Venmo. Return shipping goes out through UPS, USPS or FedEx and is added to the grading invoice, with insurance available at extra cost. PSA upcharges, which apply only when a card exceeds its declared value and mostly affect high-end vintage, fall to the customer. An evaluation service is available at $2 per card, and regular-size cards need card savers or an extra per-card charge is added to the order.

Events and live breaks

Events include trade nights, held after normal business hours, and Topps Rip Night, the annual celebration of pack ripping and trading hosted by hobby shops. Dates for both are announced as they are scheduled rather than fixed on a weekly calendar.

The store also runs live group breaks, with randoms drawn on Random.org during the broadcast. A recent break offered spots in a 2026 Topps Heritage Football half-case for $45.

Hours and getting there

The store is at 339 River St in Manistee, and it also sells online and ships through UPS, USPS and FedEx.

The local scene

Backstage Hobbies & Games is another Manistee store, about 0.2 miles away, so a card-shopping trip in town can take in both counters on foot.