Long Beach
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Just got back from Long Beach.
Drove up from San Diego with my wife Shellie so we could use the carpool lane.
Found parking after going by 5 closed up parking lots. Made the journey all the way to the Exhibit hall (normal spot) and followed a bunch of people the wrong way for some time before being told to turn around and go back that way. After a nice walk with my wife we finally found Hall "C" which ending up being right above where we parked.
No line when we got there, went right in.
First stop was Great Collections to pick up a couple coins and see the famous cricket.
Then we stopped by to see Fred who was in an exceptionally good mood, very cool talk.
Then we walked around to all the tables looking for a dealer who was not there.
Submitted a small error coin submission ATS.
Met up with Mike and talked a bit and I committed to writing another error coin article for Mint Error News.
Talked with a Heritage Auction specialist about possible future consignments.
Met with Long Beach Expo about getting a table for Feb or in the future and about hotel rates.
All in all it was a productive quick in and out at Long Beach. Forgot to look at the Hawaii Five "O" coin. The show was smaller than I expected. Too many sports cards as well.
On our way out there was this biker looking dude on a street corner complaining loudly to the world about out how he could get into a coin show because of the governor which doesn't makes any sense at all as it is city of LB protocol on Covid.
Drove back to San Diego and got Mexican take out and had lunch in beautiful park with my beautiful wife by a lake and got invaded by Canadian Geese.
It was a nice day.
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Great report and here was, in my opinion, the best part-
"Drove back to San Diego and got Mexican take out and had lunch in beautiful park with my beautiful wife by a lake and got invaded by Canadian Geese.
It was a nice day."
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
"and got invaded by Canadian Geese."
Those damned things are everywhere. Weren't they on the threatened list not long ago?
Excellent, concise and “like I was there” report!
Some bikers and most geese, both pretty noisy.
Thanks for your report. Could have been written by Raymond Chandler.
Glad you enjoyed the show.
The 1913 was tough to view with all the glare.
My favorite line in this report:
"Drove up from San Diego with my wife Shellie so we could use the carpool lane."
peacockcoins
Nice report, thanks for posting it!
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
In sickness and in health and in carpool lanes….
Thanks for the report @ErrorsOnCoins ⭐️
Once again, the non self-promoting show reports are refreshing!
Keep em coming, please.
Sportscards are having a resurgence and the Long Beach Expo reflects that reality. The sportscard grading arm of Collector's Universe, called PSA, has been so overwhelmed by submissions, that many customers had to wait a long time to get their cards graded and now they only offer the premium services, not the bulk submissions. This means it would cost $150 to have a card graded that is worth below $2499. If the card value is higher, it would cost more. I do not know this for sure, but I assume they are only offering the higher priced quick turnaround services to give themselves a little breathing room (avoiding the bulk submissions that are of lower cost) as they try to hire more graders (they had a jobs application booth at the show).
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mbogoman
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When the sports card market crashes it is going to be a dark day for the speculators who have put big money into it.
Sports cards were red hot before in the 1980's. So hot they were responsible for the demise of some local coin shows. The demand for sports card (and comic book) show hall rentals was so high in some places that the coin shows got priced out of the market.
291fifth said:
"When the sports card market crashes it is going to be a dark day for the speculators who have put big money into it. Sports cards were red hot before in the 1980's. So hot they were responsible for the demise of some local coin shows. The demand for sports card (and comic book) show hall rentals was so high in some places that the coin shows got priced out of the market."
I never knew this about local coin shows meeting their demise at the expense of sportscard shows. The market has its up and down cycles. Sportscards were flat for a long time before this resurgence. One can also say it was long in the making. Kids and young people that collected in the 1980s are now middle aged and have more income, so there is a nostalgia factor at play too. I don't think all the gains will be wiped away on the next downturn, but certainly speculators will suffer some, especially if they were not too strategic on what to buy.
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Thanks for the report EOC..... Glad you had a good day with coins and your wife... and the geese.
Cheers, RickO
Thanks for the report @ErrorsOnCoins
Great report!
Speaking of sport-related items, I noticed one guy had a Yankee Stadium ticket stub from 1926, a game in which Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs. He was asking 5K. Very neat item.
Dave
Not for 5k. $5 would be more to my liking.
You realize that $5 is probably at least 10x face value, right?
Coin grading is starting to get close to that, slow as I ever seen it. I myself wouldn't submit anything currently unless going express or walkthru. until they get caught up.