Growing up in 1990s New York City as a devoted Knicks fan, Sam discovered his passion for sports cards in grade school, when he'd visit local street dealers hunting for packs of Finest and Metal.

In 1967 at the Beverly Riviera Dog Show they featured the Disney dogs They had Savage Sam who was a blue tick his real name was Tom Dooley and I fell in love with the breed and I thought someday I ...