A sports card and collectibles shop that built a following at Foothills Mall has relocated to Alcoa’s fast-growing Springbrook Farm development, trading mall hours and rules for a community-focused storefront with room to grow.
Collectibles and More, owned by Josh Elswick, 37, opened May 1 in the Shoppes at Springbrook Farm. His father, Chuck Elswick, manages the shop day-to-day.
The store carries the full range of licensed trading card products — Topps baseball, basketball and football, Pokémon and other trading card games — and stocks new releases as they arrive. With Panini having lost its sports licensing, Topps now holds the exclusive license across major sports, Chuck Elswick noted.
The Elswick family has deep East Tennessee roots. Josh attended school in Lenoir City through eighth grade before the family returned north, then came back permanently in 2008. He previously operated a location in the Morristown mall before bringing a second shop to Foothills Mall in Maryville for two years. The Springbrook Farm store joins an existing location in LaFollette; a third shop is planned for Jefferson City later this summer. The store hosts free monthly trade nights — the first at the new location takes place Saturday — and has developed relationships with University of Tennessee athletes who stop in regularly.
“We do whatever we can for them,” Chuck Elswick said of young customers. “99.9% of the time they’re going to walk out of here with something.”
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