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Strongsville Sports Collectors Convention 11-13 Apr 2025
Chicago1976
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All,
I am attending my first Strongsville card show next month. Was wondering what type of payment do the dealers accept? Credit cards, Venmo, PayPal? Or is it mostly cash only?
Appreciate any other recommendations about the show. Thank you.
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As it has been many times:Cash is KING.
Cash deals always get you a better price on the card as well. Bring cash.
For safe keeping ensure to store your most valuable cards at the Strongsville Best Western!
If it's good enough for Memory Lane to keep 2.5 Million there it's good enough for everyone!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
Cash is definitely king. The key is finding that dealer that actually wants to move inventory vs displaying it and holding out for their ridiculous premium. I used to go to the Tri-Star in Houston and I swear that the larger dealers had the same inventory three years in a row.
We are going to Strongsville next weekend for the first time and looking forward to a show with strong vintage cards outside of the National. The last two months we have been to Nashville and Shipshewanna which were mainly modern stuff with a little vintage. Shipshewanna was a nice venue and people were super friendly. Vintage was scarce at the show and the little bit that was there was not high grade or plentiful.
Have heard that Strongsville has a lot of vintage plus I am getting about 6-8 cards reviewed by MBA - already submitted them last week to expedite the process. Probably bringing a few decent cards as well to move if anyone is setting up😉
KC
Drove up on Friday, 140 miles or so. Arrived at about 2:15 and it was raining. Drove in circles for 10-15minutes looking for a parking spot, none to be found. No signs pointing to a parking area that I recall seeing. I looked at my adult son and asked "how far to the casino?" Went to The JACK racino instead.
We got there early both days and overall I would say this show is very well run. The facility had plenty of room, the parking was crowded but they did have several lots, and they also had golf carts running back-and-forth between the parking lots. The food was also good as they had numerous food trucks outside with a bunch of different options. Also, the people working in the event were very friendly and always helpful. Top-notch!
We drove about five hours to get there on Friday night and went to the show Saturday and Sunday mainly because we wanted to find a good vintage show outside of the national. Very impressed with the quality of dealers, and if you were looking for vintage such as pre-war as well as 1950s and 60s baseball in football This was an excellent show. Also, you had several top auction houses like Heritage, Memory Lane, and Mile High set up, and I also met with Tyler from REA as well.
One of the other benefits was MBA was on site doing reviews, and we had several cards submitted prior to the show for reviews so the process was very smooth and we had all of our cards back the same day. One of the great benefits when they are at a show is they do an outstanding job of reviewing your cards as well as telling you why a particular card received a silver/gold label or did not qualify. On a couple of my cards that did not qualify they took the time to explain in detail where the issues were on the cards.
Couple of cards I received reviews on at the show plus some cards I had done at the National.
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This must be the Eye Candy store. Those cards are glorious.
That 56 Mantle 8 is one of the nicest ones I've seen. It's perfectly centered.
that Ryan looks every bit of a 7+
Thank you for the nice note. I have owned 2 to 3 PSA 8.5.’s and 4-5 PSA 8’s and out of all of them I would say it is definitely one of the top two in terms of centering. I currently have a PSA 5 that is very close to this one that I need to get reviewed.
why is that Schmidt rookie "only" a 5? looks fantastic! centering is great. perhaps a surface flaw?
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
I would say , Why do most all of them so highly under graded. WOW
Not sure on the Schmidt and will take a closer look at it. I actually have a few other cards I will be submitting for the national - ironically enough I have another Schmidt in at 5 that looks like a twin to this one.
I am also thinking of submitting the PSA 5 for review, and might move it at the National to upgrade to a Jordan rookie or 33 Ruth plus cash - hate moving Mantle’s but sometimes you have to give up the good to get the great. Wise advice I was given by a fellow collector. It seems it is centered as nice as the 8’s, and it does have a little snow on the front and a small indentation on the right border. As you can see in the attached scan it is pretty close to being dead centered and corners are strong.