I would still like to see this show succeed. I think the observations that turning Philly into an autograph show does nothing for the vintage crowd. If you're there for a 100 Shilling auto, then the odds of you shopping the booths and picking up T-cards or the like is probably fairly slim.
I will defer to Ted (hi Ted) about the impact of Baltimore. But having two shows reasonable close in time and place may just not be viable in our small world.
Some ideas:
-Twice a year, say March and October.
-Make Friday more attractive to the vintage consumer somehow. Either by making it a "preview" night or by working some deal with SGC and/or PSA for grading deals that night. Something, anything, even a few freebie autograph guests.
-Group the vintage dealers apart from the shiny stuff crowd - we'll find you and will appreciate not having to fight through the tables full of customers looking for 2010 Chrome XL Super SP 1 of 1 Refractor autographed game-used pine tar rag or whatever.
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