Moving to Maryland..What shows are there?

jdalymgd

Hi everyone. I am going to be moving from Michigan to Maryland next month. Are there any decent shows around the Silver Spring or College Park area? Thanks in advance.

Paul

ToppsCo1lector

<< <i>Hi everyone. I am going to be moving from Michigan to Maryland next month. Are there any decent shows around the Silver Spring or College Park area? Thanks in advance.

Paul >>



Not many at all. I've lived in MD my whole life(mainly the eastern shore, but I live in PG County/Temple Hills for the past 1-2 years) and since I've moved up here, I know of 4 shops in the whole city. There are more autograph signing shows than card shows; not sure where the card stores are. I'm a subcontractor(residential renovations) and so I work from northern Virginia(Fairfax, Alexandria) to Baltimore and everywhere in between.

calaban7

Hi , I live in the People's Republic Of Maryland. Hope your from the city as the politics here in this area are from of the fundamental LEFT . My family of 5 sons and a wonderful wife have survived inspite , go figure .


There are almost no shows anywhere near here. The only shows are the ones that the gangs put on nightly.( Sorta, maybe kidding). Its possible to network here with some of the local shops. Some are wonderfull , others ask you to bend over and are to be avoided after your first visit. One thing that I did was to get on Ebay, pull up what was interesting to me , that arrange it from the shortest distance. I've been able to find some great people to buy or trade with , using this method. In the northern VA area, there are some great ebayers that deal in sportscard.

Good luck on the move, its very beautiful here. I hope that you find some cards friends close by. What a person truely looks for in life they will find. Sonny

msassin

I try to make the drive to the Chantilly, VA (Fairfax) once or twice a year (they might have 3 or 4 shows a year??). It is a decent size show with lots of (expensive) autograph guests.

mkg809

Here are a few:


Jan 19-21 - Glen Burnie Marley Station Mall, F-Sa 10-9 Su 11-6, 50T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Jan 20 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T - Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Jan 21 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 30T - Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Jan 21 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T - Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Jan 26-28 - Annapolis Westfield Annapolis Mall, F 10-9 Sa 10-10 Su 11-6, 70T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Jan 4-7 - Hanover Arundel Mills Mall, Th 10-9 F-Sa 10-10 Su 11-7, 60T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Jan 5-7 - Bel Air Harford Mall, F-Sa 10-9 Su 11-5, 30T - Mike Mahaney 410-803-1150 mahaneymp@aol.com

Feb 17 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T - Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Feb 18 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 30T - Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Feb 18 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T - Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Feb 23-25 - Baltimore White Marsh Mall, F-Sa 10-10 Su 11-6, 50T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Feb 8-11 - Hanover Arundel Mills Mall, Th 10-9 F-Sa 10-10 Su 10-7, 60T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Mar 17 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T - Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Mar 18 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T - Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Mar 8-11 - Hanover Arundel Mills Mall, Th 10-9 F-Sa 10-10 Su 11-7, 60T - Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

bighurt2000

Hi Paul, and I would like to welcome you to Maryland I live in Lothian just West of Upper Marlboro if your looking for card shows I
would recommend you check out the Beckect on line show calendar here is what they have for the next 3 months so far. I have gone
to the following shows-

Glen Burnie Marley Station Mall
Glen Burnie Arthur Slade
Hanover Arundel Mills Mall
Baltimore White Marsh Mall

I would recommend the Glen Burnie Arthur Slade shows have always like that show good dealers
very nice for the most part the other 3 show at the malls I find to be a waste of time. I would also
recommend the Chantilly Virginia show alot of everything there plus autograph signers on the weekends.
If you don't know the area that well I would be welling to swing on by and we could ride together to those
if your intrested and I'm not working.

What do you collect Paul? I am mostly working on a Frank Thomas Master Set currently 3rd.


Mar 16-18 - Chantilly Virginia Dulles Expo Center, F 2-8 Sa 9-5 Su 10-4, 220T, a:$5.00
Marco Rol or Niall Hayden 540-456-6877 csashows@aol.com


Jan 19-21 - Glen Burnie Marley Station Mall, F-Sa 10-9 Su 11-6, 50T
Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Jan 20 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T
Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Jan 21 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 30T
Joe Barnes 240-217-2560


Jan 21 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T
Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Jan 26-28 - Annapolis Westfield Annapolis Mall, F 10-9 Sa 10-10 Su 11-6, 70T
Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Feb 8-11 - Hanover Arundel Mills Mall, Th 10-9 F-Sa 10-10 Su 10-7, 60T
Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Feb 17 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T
Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Feb 18 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T
Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

Feb 23-25 - Baltimore White Marsh Mall, F-Sa 10-10 Su 11-6, 50T
Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Mar 8-11 - Hanover Arundel Mills Mall, Th 10-9 F-Sa 10-10 Su 11-7, 60T
Michele Stackhouse 302-345-7209 stackhouseevents@aol.com

Mar 17 - Glen Burnie Arthur Slade 120 Dorsey Road, 9-3, 40T
Leo Zerhussen 410-859-1297

Mar 18 - Hagerstown Maugansville Ruritan Club, 9-2, 40T
Joe Barnes 240-217-2560

70chip

Paul, welcome to the great state of Maryland.....We got everything, high taxes, lots O traffic, insane house prices, terrific food (crabs and beer) and this little pond called the Atlantic Ocean, not to mention the local creek, The Chesapeake Bay. Add in 6 professional sports teams and big time ACC sports and I think you'll find something to do. If your moving to the Silver Spring or College Park area (I have lived in both) you'll find a few shops in Montgomery County, a couple in Frederick County, a decent shop in Laurel and a very expensive one in Ellicott City. Baltimore has a good shop as well right off I95, pm me if you want more details. Show wise, like BigHurt said, the mall shows that go from Glen Burnie/Arundel Mills/Owings Mills/White Marsh malls are lame, just plain lame. Same dealers, same crap.....The Arthur Slade show does have other dealers and its a pretty nice setup. I can't speak for Chantilly as I have never been to that one (Road Trip??)...Good Luck with the move and welcome to the State, I sure as hell hope you like traffic....If you have any other questions please feel free to pm me.

70

ToppsCo1lector

I went to the last show at Chantilly, and for what it was, I liked it. I hadn't been to a show in about 6 years so it was a good time. Also, I live off Exit 4 north of the Woodrow Wilson so it wasn't much of a road trip for me.

qualitycards

PAUL - you're just a couple hours to the EPSCC Philly shows.
They were held at Ft Washington, PA. now its Reading, PA
for the next 1 or 2. The next show is March 2-4, its one of the
largest shows in the country outside of Sportsfest & the National.
I'm close to the Md border and I wouldn't think of missing it...jay

jdalymgd

Well thanks for all the answers everyone. I guess I got so used to where and when all the card shows were in Michigan that I forgot about the beckett site to look them up in other states. For those of you that asked, right now I am focusing on buying un-opened wax from the 70's and 80's and get cards of mine autographed. I kind of have all the other cards I want right now so that is it. I'll be there in 2 weeks.

Paul

Salinas

Welcome. Although I live on Capitol Hill in D.C. I am familiar with the shows in the area too. And I concur with those postings above that the Hanover Arundel Mills shows are not interesting at all. The most recent show I attended there, last summer, was in the food court area of the mall. I also have hit a show last year at the Holiday Inn in Tysons Corner, VA. Small, but very friendly dealers, willing to deal. I found out about that show in the classifieds of the Washington Post.

I do recommend the shows out in Chantilly, which is about 30 minutes from downtown D.C. The show is large, has signings and an assortment of dealers selling all sorts of items. Not as many graded cards as I had hoped, but a nice show nonetheless.

I do hope to attend an Arthur Slade show sometime soon.

Again, welcome to the area.

QUITCRAB

There is a cards shop in Severna Park(front row cards) and one in Glen Burnie (coin shop on baltimore annapolis blvd)-Baltimore/ Annapolis area- Towson use to have "Jays baseball cards"-not sure if it still there-the best one is in Wheaton-cant think of his name-maybe Bill-go to the philly and Chantilly Va show-I think the Baltimore convention center is having a show the last weekend in January-weaver,brooks eddie murray and other orioles....scott

Southerncards

The Orioles fanfest every year is good for autos