Philly Show

Francart · March 5, 2011 11:18AM

Anyone attend the Philly Show?

Sethro · March 5, 2011 8:37PM

I went yesterday and looked around. Hadn't been to a baseball card show in around 20 years.

Ironmanfan · March 5, 2011 8:56PM

I'm heading over today

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Sportsamerica · March 5, 2011 9:52PM

Went on Saturday... Didn't really find much... everyone wanted about 20% more then what I could buy online (off ebay)....

msassin · April 13, 2011 9:59AM

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Anyone going to this this weekend? Looks like a Chantilly show with more National dealers (hopefully the beginning of the end of the old Ft. Washington / current King of Prussia show).

If anyone is from the area, how far is this expo center from the Valley Forge exit of the Turnpike?

Ironmanfan · April 13, 2011 11:01AM

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Anyone going to this this weekend? Looks like a Chantilly show with more National dealers (hopefully the beginning of the end of the old Ft. Washington / current King of Prussia show).

If anyone is from the area, how far is this expo center from the Valley Forge exit of the Turnpike? >>

I'll be in Oaks (probably Saturday)......It's not that far from the Valley Forge Exit.....just head on 422 West and go about 4-5 miles or so

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Sportsamerica · April 13, 2011 11:05AM

Looks like it is about 2 miles past the normal Philly show..

stevek · April 13, 2011 1:59PM

I haven't been to a major card show in a long time. They're interesting of course, I don't deny that, but the last few major card shows I attended, which was sometime after the beginning of the "ebay and internet era", I found that I wasn't buying much of anything there anymore, so I figured why waste my time any longer, when I can find better deals, much better deals, on ebay and elsewhere, including the BST forum here.

I think shows are great for bringing the kids and getting them enthused about the hobby when they can see all the physical cards there, but for me I'd rather surf ebay and the internet for the cards I want.

msassin · April 17, 2011 9:26AM

Anyone here go? If so....is it more like Chantilly (same promoters) or the old Ft. Washington crowd?

JMDVM · April 18, 2011 4:27AM

As a regular dealer at the Chantilly shows, I was persuaded to set up at the Oaks this weekend even though I knew my inventory (unsigned NFL photos for signing purposes) was not really appropriate for this venue. I had a low bar going in but it turned out to be worse than I anticipated----attendance was AWFUL! There were plenty of big name dealers from all over the country plus the regulars from Chantilly, and most were disappointed with their sales. From the customers I spoke to, my sense was the show was poorly advertised. It didn't help either that we had a "north easterner" on Saturday. The autograph guests seem to be a flop, too. If you are a collector, the goods were there. Unfortunately, the collectors were not.

Ironmanfan · April 18, 2011 5:52AM

I went...got there around 11:30 on Saturday; scored free autographs from Gary Matthews and Bobby Shantz and was actually on the floor the next three hours...Probably spent about $300 in total...I'll be back in November. Hard to judge the crowd as the aisles (and the venue itself) appeared to be bigger.

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Francart · April 18, 2011 7:38AM

I didn't make it to Oaks, but I definitely think it was poorly advertised. I ended up at KOP Mall
on Saturday to get Ruiz & Victorino autographs. Rose & Carlton were there also.
Kind of weird to have these guys signing 5 miles down the road from the big show at Oaks at the same time.

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