Anime!

This Hudson Valley (NY) card show includes Yu-Gi-Oh cards, too!

After a drought of sports card and memorabilia shows in recent years, Esserman has made it his business to bring collecting events back to the Hudson Valley.

When his children introduced him to collecting 18 years ago, it was an easy hobby to sustain without traveling far. But when local malls stopped having card shows, Esserman said he had to travel as far as Pennsylvania.

Last year, Esserman decided to change the matter himself by hosting his own card show. Since then, he's been building up a registration list that he hopes will soon be big enough to attract major players to autograph items.