, a passion for sports cards has taken him from binders to a storefront with stocked shelves.
Stephen Abbondandolo opened Filthbomb Breaks & Collectibles in Glen Cove almost 3 years ago - after running his business online for ten. "I collected cards my whole life," he told FOX 5 NY. "You can collect basically anything. There’s Pokémon, Marvel, Superman. There’s a market for everything. COVID was a perfect storm for the sport card market."His brother-in-law John Yohe, who was originally in finance, came on board and never looked back.The store has baseball memorabilia like sports cards with legends like Jackie Robinson.
Stephen and his team buy and sell cards and collections, and they also organize breaks where people from all over the world come together online to open up boxes looking for their favorite teams and players.Filthbomb ships more than 500 packages a day - some containing thousands of cards while locally the storefront continues to be a staple in the community.