I will give a quick shout-out to the owner of one brick-and-mortar store who has a clue about current market value: Randy's Sportscards outside of Quakertown, PA. Although you won't find a lot of pre-war stuff at his shop, Randy is always getting in stuff and he knows how to turn merchandise by setting his prices at or below eBay prices and then working you a deal on top of that. Beyond that, he's just a good guy.
Randy sets up at the National and a lot of regional card shows so I'm sure he is known to many on this board.
I agree that most card-shop owners are stuck in the pre-internet days (80s) and are just wasting everyone's time with their joke museum prices. Randy is not one of those guys.
Disclosure statement: I am not an employee of Randy's or associated with him in any capacity, other than being a pretty regular customer of his.
Rob
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