card show

jackstraw

just to let everybody interested know there is a card show coming to Sturbridge MA see ya there.

Hubcap

Sorry but that will not be a card show. Memorabilia show with very few card dealers.

packCollector

Hmmmm??? I remember going to that show in the late 80's. Used to always look forward to it. i remeber buying my 59 williams #68 and ryan rookie there, turned out to be good investments. Alot of bid dealers with many multiples of nice cards. I remember going just after the Mr Mint Paris find and some dealer had gorgeous Koufax and clemente rookies lined up across the table. i wish I had the collecting funds then that I do now

so what's it like now? thanks

Hubcap

The only card shows left are Ft Washington, the National and Sportsfest. Unless you want to try St. Theresa's on a Friday night with 10 tables in East Oshkosh. The costs of doing a major are prohibitive of doing a show versus the cost of listing your cards online.

In fact, at the Rothstein Show a week or so ago, I attended on Friday night and there was not one graded vintage card dealer. Paid my $10 entry fee (what a ripoff!!!), walked around 45 minutes and left.

ctsoxfan

<< <i>In fact, at the Rothstein Show a week or so ago, I attended on Friday night and there was not one graded vintage card dealer. >>



In the thread about this show last week, I mentioned this. I recall (at the last Rothstein show in the fall of '03) there were 2 graded vintage dealers there. Both wanted at least full SMR for their cards, and therefore sold very little (they even complained to me that they weren't making any money). I would have paid a bit more than Ebay just to get the immediate gratification of taking my cards right then and there, but I wasn't throwing money away. I suspect that's why the Rothstein show is just a modern card wasteland.

The promoter of this Sturbridge MA show puts on small, very unimpressive shows in the CT area where I live. If this show is like his typical fare, I would stay home.

Glynparson

There is a very good show in Boston area every year in Wilmington Mass at the Shriners Auditorium there always seem to be a number of vintage dealers there with a nice selection of PSA cards. It is referred to as the Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club show run by Bill Carvalho. Psa used to go and except submissions i would assume this is still the case i did not make it up this year

ctsoxfan

That show is indeed a pretty good one. I was at the last one (around last Sept) and found some nice PSA cards there. PSA was not present, but I believe GAI was. Good show, only once a year though.

packCollector

ctsoxfan, PSA was there but they were in the middle of the auditorium. PSA/DNA was late due to a flight delay or something.

there were graded cards from a few large national dealers but highly priced. there were a few dealers with a large selection of nice raw cards. i pulled about 70 philly football cards from 1 dealer that were very nice. If I had time I could have looked for others.

you're right, only once a year though which is why I was looking for something else that might have the potential of being worthwhile. by the way last year the show was on halloween which is why I had time constraints, had to get back for trick or treating

Hubcap

The Shriner's Show, which in past years was a major vintage show, has also gone down hill. Primarily, because most vintage graded dealers tend to be there to buy and not sell. They sell online and chose not to leave any money on the table. The vendors that sell vintage cards are selling for the most part raw and ungradeable cards. Only one or two ex mt vintage vendors and one is a frequent Board member here. Joe is top shelf with his customer service.

The other problem with the Shriner's Show is the mentality that a major autograph show takes money out of the room for the vendors. On the contrary, I find that it brings more people into the event, both collectors and vendors. This past year, the autograph lineup was pathetic. As a vendor, it was the worst Shriner's Show that I have ever done and chances are I won't be back next year w/o a significant change in the show format.

miami3

Good reply!

I too went to the Rothstein Show on Friday in the afternoon and it turned out to be a total waste of time.

I spent more money on parking, admission fees, and food than I did on cards (and I only had a pretzel, hot dog, and a soda).

Know I remember why I missed the last four shows in White Plains, cause they are all modern card tag sales. (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I was looking for nice vintage or graded pre 2000' material and none was to be found.

One dealer who was set up there does a lot of auction business on ebay with graded cards, so I asked him why he only had exmt cards on his table in plastic sheets and sleeves. His response was that he only sells graded cards on ebay and tries to move the other "crap" at shows.

Ebay has really hit the local show market hard and before too long they will all be gone.