Diamond's Geppi buys sports auction house

The Baltimore Business Journal reports that Steve Geppi, president of Diamond Comic Distributors, has bought a controlling interest in the Memorabilia Road Show, a New York auction house that accepts consignments of sports collectibles directly from athletes or their families.

The company will be renamed Geppi's Memorabilia Road Show, and moved from Long Island to Diamond's headquarters in Timonium, Md.