Lifelong hobby evolves into sports card store.(Business)(Northwest business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2004

Byline: Kim Mikus Longtime Palatine resident Mike Weber traded his 25-year corporate career for sports cards. Weber turned his lifetime hobby into a new business venture. He launched Palatine Sports Cards Plus at 54 W. Illinois in Palatine. Weber sells sports cards, supplies, Pokemon cards and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards.

"My baseball card collection goes back to my teenage years," Weber said. He said his new store features more than a half million cards. "Baseball cards have been a life-long hobby of mine. This is an extension of it," he said of his new store that opened Saturday. He also buys cards and sells them in the shop. Weber spent 25 years in purchasing while working for a couple local companies. He said he was burned out and figured it was time...