Triple B Collectibles

Upper Deck Diamond Dealer in Saint Paul running group box breaks seven days a week, with hockey and baseball wax as the house specialty.

Trever and Darlene Bergman have been running Triple B Collectibles long enough to have moved it once — the shop now operates out of Suite 110 at 626 Armstrong Ave W, just off the West Seventh corridor. It is a sports-card store first and foremost, and the Upper Deck Diamond Dealer badge on the door is not decoration: Upper Deck product lands here in quantity, which matters a lot in a hockey market like Minnesota.

Inventory spans hockey, baseball, football and basketball, with comics and assorted collectibles filling the margins. Sealed wax is the strength — blasters, hobby boxes and cases — supported by singles and graded holders in the cases. Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dragon Ball Z sit alongside the sports side for customers who collect both, though nobody would call this a TCG-first Saint Paul card shop.

What actually distinguishes the place is Bergies Box Breaks, the shop's group-break operation. Buyers take a team or a slot in a box or case rather than swallowing the whole cost, which is how a lot of local collectors get exposure to high-end product they would never buy outright. Breaks run online as well as in the store, and the shop has kept a loyalty-points system for regulars through more than one website migration.

Hours run all seven days, which is rare for an independent sports shop. Monday is a shorter afternoon shift, 1PM to 6PM. Tuesday through Saturday the doors open at 11AM and close at 6PM, and Sunday wraps early at 4PM. That Sunday close catches people out, so it is worth calling 651-502-5939 before a late-day drive. The shop averages 4.5 stars across 62 Google reviews, with regulars pointing to owners who know the sports market cold and price accordingly rather than guessing off a phone app.