The First National You Attended

05GHBRETT · July 31, 2014 1:58AM

1985 Disneyland hotel
IIRC

Anyone know if the 1984 show was in San Diego?

Ironmanfan · July 31, 2014 2:37AM

1984 Parsippany, NJ

IMF

BobbyVCP · July 31, 2014 2:41AM

I was at the 85 show...

Much smaller back then.

Stone193 · July 31, 2014 2:41AM

1992 National in Atlanta.

Very overwhelming. Over 900 tables! Couldn't keep up with everything going on. No CU, no internet, no "networking."

Today it's way easier to keep track of things.

Hope those at the National are having a good time!

pdub1819 · July 31, 2014 2:42AM

I've only been to one National thus far and it was last year.
Here are the pictures of what I picked up and what I got to see while I was there.

Picked up these three (the Ruth we received at the PSA luncheon):

Got to see all of this:

NickM · July 31, 2014 2:53AM

1985 was my first too.

Nick

Dusto · July 31, 2014 3:00AM

1990 in Arlington, TX when I was 13 years old. Second one will be tomorrow!!!!!!

ahkmedbinladen · July 31, 2014 3:06AM

The first one in Los Angeles

Baez578 · July 31, 2014 3:28AM

Next year's show

hammered · July 31, 2014 3:56AM

Anaheim in like 92 or 93
Got Gayle Sayers auto there

EAsports · July 31, 2014 8:43AM

Atlanta in 1999. Only time I've been.

RipublicaninMass · July 31, 2014 8:45AM

2014

Right???

gemint · July 31, 2014 8:46AM

My first was San Francisco, 1987.

stevebay · July 31, 2014 10:49AM

<< <i>My first was San Francisco, 1987. >>

Ditto. McGwire was all the rage in the bay area, since it was his rookie season and he was hitting homers like no other rookie. I remember one dealer who had about 500 85T McGwires in his display case. Rumor had it that he won it from a gambling bet (i.e., instead of betting for money, they bet for cards???).

RyanAdmirer · July 31, 2014 11:49AM

This year's will be my first (not going till this weekend). I took about a 20 year break from the hobby before coming back a couple years ago.

mj23kg21 · July 31, 2014 1:06PM

1982 St. Louis. Been to about 25 more since then.

1980scollector · July 31, 2014 1:22PM

2001 Cleveland- I'm pretty sure that was the year but certain it was Cleveland.

pclpads · August 1, 2014 12:20AM

Anaheim . . . '81?

YogiBerraFan · August 1, 2014 12:31AM

1980 in CA. It was in a hotel by the airport. The next one I went to was in 1984. That one was great for back then.

ahkmedbinladen · August 1, 2014 12:42AM

yep Ill always have fond memories of that first one in Los Angeles...as a 14 year old kid my budget was 20.00....I ended up with one purchase...a 1968 Jerry Koosman RC card.
Many years later when a company named PSA came along,I sent it in and it came back a Psa 8!
I can remember dealers with dozens of 65 Carlton and 67 Seaver Rookies fanned out. I wish I had picked up a few of those back then.

Nathaniel1960 · August 1, 2014 1:14AM

Chicago 1993

slum22 · August 1, 2014 2:19AM

Whatever year it was in Anaheim. Also the only one I attended. I think it was in the early 1990's.

TNP777 · August 1, 2014 2:48AM

2000 in Anaheim

Ltl509 · August 1, 2014 7:02AM

1989 Chicago. Got there on Sunday about 2pm, they didn't even charge entry. I remember some booths had some hot models and for a 16 year old I liked those booths a lot

elsnorto · August 1, 2014 3:07PM

Chicago 2011.

I left thinking never again... I spent more on travel than I did at the show unfortunately.

But now I am thinking Chicago 2015?

Snorto~

The First National You Attended

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