What Memorabilia Magic does

Memorabilia Magic is a privately held, founder-owned business that supplies authentic sports, celebrity, and historical memorabilia to charity event auctions across the United States. Founded in 1998 by John Osterweil after the sale of his prior business, the company is built on the founder's personal collection of sports and celebrity autographs, which he has been amassing since 1955. Its product portfolio spans 13 categories — Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Golf, Boxing, Soccer, Olympics, Celebrity, Historical/Military, Tampa and U.S. Cities, Miscellaneous collectibles, and Tickets & Experiences — covering memorabilia tied to athletes and entertainers including Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Michael Phelps, and Taylor Swift, as well as premium event access (Masters, US Open, Kentucky Derby, Final Four, NCAA Championships).

The company's go-to-market is direct-to-event-organizer, providing items for the live and silent auction portions of charity events nationwide, with custom design services available for event-specific packages. Operationally, the company operates from a single Tampa, FL headquarters (2503 W. Swann Ave., Suite #111) and runs on a consignment model: it only charges for items that sell and accepts all unsold items back at no charge. Distribution is direct sales to enterprise buyers (charity event organizers), and marketing is concentrated through the company's Squarespace-hosted website displaying its full catalog.

The business is essentially a solo founder operation. John Osterweil is the only named executive (President and owner); no other management, employees, funding history, subsidiaries, partnerships, or institutional backing is disclosed. There is no proprietary technology stack, no app, no API, no integrations, and no AI/ML capabilities referenced anywhere in the available information. Revenue figures, customer counts, and event volume are not disclosed; the only contact channel is a personal AOL email and a single phone number, reinforcing the impression of a small, lifestyle-scale operation rather than a scaling enterprise.

Name

Memorabilia Magic

Legal name

Memorabilia Magic

Website

https://memorabiliamagic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Memorabilia Magic supplies authenticated sports, celebrity, and historical memorabilia on consignment to charity event auctions across the United States. Founded in 1998 and led by owner John Osterweil, it serves nonprofit event organizers with a 13-category catalog and a pay-only-on-sale guarantee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports and Celebrity Memorabilia

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911), Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers (459)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Memorabilia & Autographs Retail (CRALAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Autographed Memorabilia Retail (CRAMAOAB), Entertainment Memorabilia Retail (Film/TV/Music) (CRALAGAJ), Historical & Military Collectibles Retail (CRALAGAM)

Keywords

• Sports memorabilia auctions
• Charity event auctions
• Autographed collectibles
• Celebrity memorabilia sales
• Silent auction items

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consignment Auctions: Provides autographs and memorabilia through consignment and donations to charity event auctions. The company only charges for items that sell and accepts unsold items back at no charge.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Memorabilia Magic supplies authentic sports, celebrity, and historical memorabilia to the live and silent auction portions of charity events nationwide. The company custom designs items unique to each event and operates a consignment model in which it only charges for items that sell and accepts all unsold items back without charge. Inventory is organized into 13 categories covering major sports, entertainment, historical/military items, tickets, and experiences.

Product overview

Memorabilia Magic is a provider of authentic sports, celebrity, and historical memorabilia for charity events nationwide. Their product portfolio consists of 13 distinct memorabilia categories covering major sports (Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Golf, Boxing, Soccer, Olympics), Celebrity entertainment memorabilia, Historical/Military memorabilia, Tampa and U.S. Cities memorabilia, Miscellaneous collectibles, and Tickets & Experiences. The company provides these items to the live and silent auction portions of charity events nationwide, offering custom-designed items unique to each event through a combination of consignment and donations. They charge only for items that sell and accept all unsold items back without charge.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Baseball Memorabilia

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Goldin Auctions: Leading online sports memorabilia auction marketplace selling authenticated rare sports cards, autographs, and memorabilia — a direct competitor in the sports collectibles auction space.
• RR Auction: Auction house specializing in rare documents, autographs, and memorabilia across sports, entertainment, and historical categories — a direct peer in the memorabilia auction vertical.
• SCP Auctions: Specialist auction house focused on rare sports memorabilia, autographs, and game-used items, directly competing with Memorabilia Magic for high-end sports auction consignments and buyers.
• Julien's Auctions: Auction house specializing in celebrity, music, film, and entertainment memorabilia — directly overlapping with Memorabilia Magic's celebrity and historical memorabilia categories.
• Prististine Auction: Online sports and entertainment memorabilia auction platform offering authenticated items from athletes and celebrities — overlapping with Memorabilia Magic's auction-based memorabilia distribution model.

Emerging players

• PWCC Marketplace: Large online sports trading card and collectibles marketplace; adjacent peer in sports collectibles retail, with stronger digital infrastructure but narrower category focus.

Broad incumbents

• eBay: Mass-market online marketplace with deep sports memorabilia and autographs categories; a broad incumbent that competes with memorabilia specialists on distribution and buyer reach.
• Heritage Auctions: One of the largest auction houses in the U.S. with a major Sports Collectibles category alongside many others; comparable as a memorabilia auction incumbent even though it operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• Sotheby's: Global premier auction house offering sports memorabilia, celebrity items, and historical collectibles as part of a much broader luxury auction portfolio — comparable incumbent at the high end of the memorabilia category.
• Fanatics Collectibles: Dominant licensed sports collectibles retailer (cards, memorabilia, apparel) that competes for collector mindshare and memorabilia supply chain relationships at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/memorabilia-magic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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