Card shops in Toronto
inFluX
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I'm in Toronto for for eight days. Where are all the good card shops? Shows? 
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Depends on what you want to get...wax etc? All the shops I see around here stink...full of yugio pokiman crap. No real good singles unless your looking for a hacked up Mark Messier rookie for $250Cdn.
Here's the location of the place I buy wax....decent prices but nothing really with singles....
Untouchables Sports Cards & Gaming
Central Parkway Mall
377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. E.
Mississauga
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<< <i> Isn't there one SW of Fastball? Its on an E/W street not far from Wayne Gretzky's. I don't recall the name but its on a corner lot, hardwood floors, by a theatre. >>
I'm pretty sure you mean Legends of the Game. It's been a while since I've been there but I recall it was a pretty nice store.
As for Fastball...yea Steve is a fast talker and is full of $Hit. His father (the old guy) is the one I really dislike. Total BS. What I like is I drop by and give them a few tips (on what products to buy in basketball and what's in there) and then when I show up the next time I hear word for word what I told them. It's pretty funny.....
Worst thing was when I walked in with a OPC Steve Yzerman RC (was in Mint condition with 50/50 centering but light surface wrinkle). Steve's father had a OC Yzerman with dinged corners for 150% Beckett. I asked what he would give for my Yzerman which anyone could see was in better condition. The man absolutly refused to make an offer! All I heard was...."What do you want for it?" All I wanted was an offer and we could go from there. Basically I've seen the old man work before....he wants me to say like $10 for it as some other suckers have and then he will offer $5. I was ready to lose it with this guy......since I'm really easy to deal with ( have dealt with big $$$ at shows with good dealers).
Basically you can go to Fastball if you want a good laugh. This guy doesn't believe in graded cards....all his crap is Gem Mint (even though you can see it's not a mile away. Over priced.....
Untouchables at least has decent wax with average prices. Everything else stinks here......Well there is no hockey and Vince Carter wants to leave Toronto......sigh....at least Football is on......
Wincecarder
I know what you mean with the offer crap. They are hoping you are a junkie going in there do get whatever you can so you can buy a dime bag. He gave me the old "did you know PSA switches card " speech. I've been there 3 different times and each time he had no clue who I was. For him, each time, that was the first time I entered. He probably just sees pigeon heads whenever anyone enters in there, that's why he repeats what you say. I should go in there next time and record him making his PSA speech and send it over to PSA and they can use it in a defamation of character lawsuit. Please, PSA is a multi million dollar company, why would they risk their reputaion switching cards. The guy is lowclass.. he also doesn't like people paying with credit cards because then he has to report it. People like Steve are the pioneers of the %^(#&#^%#^% sterotype of card dealers. 2 other real so and so's I can come up with were two guys in New York. One guy owned a place called action comics. I don't know if this place still exosts, or if this guy is even still alive. I remember dealing with him back in 1987 and he was such a piece of crap. Another place in New York was Collector's Stadium. The owner their was a real piece of work. He sells on ebay now. He closed the store in 1998 because people didn't want to be ripped off anymore. wah wah. Vince. Private message me. I have a juicy story about Steve that I don't want to post up here.
Check out Legends of the game, it is on the northeast corner of King and Peter st. While they did have a considerable downsizing last year, I'm fairly certain that they are still open. They have a decent selection of all sports mostly EX - NRMT. This includes 50's - 70's baseball, football and hockey. They also have a nice selection of memoribilia ie: ticket stubs, game used sticks etc. If it is graded cards you are looking for, you won't find any here. You could also check out the Antique market around the corner as some of the vendors sometimes will have a vintage card or two. It is open 6 days a week.
If it is graded cards you are looking for, AJ's is the only place in town. They are about 20 miles Northeast of downtown. While not cheap, they've got the goods.
These are the ONLY two shops in the city worth your time.
Hope this helps
Rob...
Edited for location...
No question, AJ has the material but the prices are high.
Rob - Have you noticed that AJ has less vintage in his inventory than he used to have? No C56's or C57's , only a few C55's etc.
I'm doing great. As far as AJ's vintage inventory go's, perhaps the pre-war well is beginning to show signs of drying up.
On the subject of card shops, are there any decent card shops in the Hamilton area? if so, do any of them
carry graded vintage hockey?
See you at the fall EXPO.
Hope all is well...
Rob..
Tommy's Coin and Stamp Hut, on King Street near Sherman, used to have unbelievable material and great prices but he is strictly into stamps and coins now.
Westend sportstop (near Main and Ottawa) is good for modern cards and good prices but very little vintage.
Tally's sportscards is in the Fennell plaza and he has a big selection but very little graded. He has a decent vintage selection but lower grades.
Nothing else worth mentioning although the guy who owned NASA grading used to have a store. Also Ang Savelli, the king of Cards, the man with a Wagner used to have a store as well but alas, now you will only see him at the Expo.