Reminiscing...Spring Garden, Willow Grove, Ocean City, Fort Washington, Reading Shows

[bigfanNY]

Came accross these items from first and second Philly shows. Maybe one day there will be a collection focused on card collecting. Anyway again lots of happy memories about a lot of great friends and fellow collectors.

[Rich Klein]

Ted always used to pose some neat trivia questions at his table. I miss those old shows. Those two days were whirlwinds and the Friday night into Saturday was rough even then on my sleep patterns.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Came accross these items from first and second Philly shows. Maybe one day there will be a collection focused on card collecting. Anyway again lots of happy memories about a lot of great friends and fellow collectors.

Out of all of my stuff in my current collection, which has swelled quite a bit since the sale of the first one, there is no doubt whatsoever that my card collecting is paled by my baseball card hobby publications/handwritten letters current collection. Here is part of it but I still have around 7 large brown boxes of stuff to go through. Almost everything is pre-1980, which is my soft cut off. Let me repeat I have 7 LARGE brown boxes that have not been gone through yet.
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[RedsFan1941]

wow leon that is so awesome. super COOL!

[cardsnstuff]

Id like to see a few pages of that beckett graded investor; to see how things have changed over the last 10 years. if you can

[jerrys]

Read the May, 1989 Willow Grove Dealer Roster. Hall's Nostalgia is not listed. I didn't think Walter and Joel ever missed a WG show. Same for Frank and Vivian Barning.

Jeff Miller, the publications dealer, played "Post Time" on his trumpet at the opening of the shows.

[tedzan]

Jerry

In 1981, when I first did the Willow Grove Show, Hall's Nostalgia (Walter and Joel), Frank and Vivian Barning, and Jeff Miller were there.

Bob Schmierer expanded the Willow Grove Show in the mid-to-late 1980's to 4 shows a year (March, May, Sept, Dec). My recollection is
the Hall's and Jeff Miller set-up only at the Sept and March shows.

As for Frank and Vivian Barning, when they moved to California, they were no longer regulars at the Willow Grove Show.

Check-out this March 1991 roster and you'll find Hall's Nostalgia at their regular tables (114-115). Jeff Miller at his regular table (11).











TED Z

T206 Reference
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[jerrys]

Yes now that you mention it - 2 shows became 4 shows a year. Walter and Joel went down to the Florida Spring training games and did the show on the return. Bob Thing came all the way from Maine to sell supplies. Never saw Jim Hawkins at this show - only at the Michigan shows. There are only about a dozen names on this list that are table holders in the National anymore.

Thanks very much for saving and showing these almost 30 year old rosters.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by jerrys

Read the May, 1989 Willow Grove Dealer Roster. Hall's Nostalgia is not listed. I didn't think Walter and Joel ever missed a WG show. Same for Frank and Vivian Barning.

Jeff Miller, the publications dealer, played "Post Time" on his trumpet at the opening of the shows.

Doing my best David Rudd imitation, There were a few shows either myself or Walt Crowell or some variation thereof set up as Baseball Hobby News without either Frank or Vivian there.

Rich