Attn DC Area Net54ers-Sportscard "Yard Sale"

[kcohen]

Time: Saturday October 24, 9AM to 3PM
Place: 6819 Elm Street, McLean, VA

Several local collectors have pooled resources and are putting on this sale, which will encompass mostly baseball and football cards from pre-war into the 70s. There will also be some publications and more recent cards of all sports in large-count boxes at blow-out prices.

Depending on the reaction to this sale, this could be the precursor of a vintage card and memorabilia shop that these local collectors hope to establish.

The locale is on the edge of McLean's business district. There will be signage to indicate the way.

It's supposed to be rainy tomorrow in DC. This should be a great activity for such a day and a nice opportunity to meet up with fellow area collectors.

I hope you'll come support this endeavor. If anyone has any questions, you can email or PM me. Thanks

Ken

[Leon]

Please keep us updated. This sounds like a fun venture and I wouldn't mind doing one in the Dallas area too (minus the store concept as I have my hands full enough on the business front) if there is good turnout for yours and enough interest in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. A good ole fashioned garage sale for cards.....I will tag along and if anyone thinks this would be fun in our area please email me or PM me....I am easy to get a hold of.....

[kcohen]

I'll be pleased to provide you with a post-mortem. Hopefully it'll be upbeat.

Ken

[Rich Klein]

And I have a good crop of modern cards (and some old ones) ready for action as well and could even make a nice low end package for "KIDS" who stop by. We'll just have to figure out a place but it's good to go.

We'll do lunch one day next week and discuss; this is not hard to throw together -- and I've wanted to do this for a while anyway.

Rich

Originally Posted by Leon

Please keep us updated. This sounds like a fun venture and I wouldn't mind doing one in the Dallas area too (minus the store concept as I have my hands full enough on the business front) if there is good turnout for yours and enough interest in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. A good ole fashioned garage sale for cards.....I will tag along and if anyone thinks this would be fun in our area please email me or PM me....I am easy to get a hold of.....

[t213]

Ken,

I heard they brought all the cards from Ron's basement to the sale. Sounds like fun, I'll be there.

Andy

[kcohen]

I'm happy to say that the sale well exceeded the expectations of all participants. Virtually all of the wax, a substantial amount, sold. The sale was well-attended and we came away with a list of about 30 emails as a base to advertise future events.

I brought some pre-war stuff and sold a few cards. Another collector brought in 50s and 60s cards, another football, etc. That is, all participants covered a specific niche so as not to step on each others' toes. As the sale was billed more as a garage sale type of event, I think the vast majority of people came looking for bargain box or heavily discounted box purchases.

When we do it again, we'll place a bit more emphasis on the card show aspect to attract more vintage collectors.

The key to success is of course the advertising. We advertised in the Washington Post classified, Craig's list, PSA chatboard, and my little blurb here.

Most importantly, it was fun and we all took in a few bucks.

If anyone is looking to stage such a sale, I'll be happy to answer any questions or to generally relay any knowledge gained from the experience.

[Tex]

Doh, I wish I would have seen this thread earlier. I live in Arlington and would have definitely dropped by. Very creative idea, I hope you do it again sometime.

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by Tex

Doh, I wish I would have seen this thread earlier. I live in Arlington and would have definitely dropped by. Very creative idea, I hope you do it again sometime.

Tex -

We will be doing others. If you like, send me your email address by PM or email and I'll add you to the notification list. The same goes for any other DC area folks. Thanks for your interest.

Ken

[Jewish-collector]

Ken,

I guess I should read this board more often. Didn't see it.