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05-22-2007, 12:46 PM
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Vintage in LA
Posted By: James Gallo
Are there any good vintage shops in LA? Hell even non vintage. I will be mostly in the area around the convention center. 
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05-22-2007, 01:27 PM
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Posted By: Bobby Binder
You are referring to Los Angeles, correct? If so there is Beverly Hills Basecall card shop located on Robertson Blvd. The owner is Matt and he is a good guy and has a nice selection to choose from in pre-war. Don't think they are open on Monday and it would not be very far from downtown to get to.
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05-22-2007, 02:34 PM
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Posted By: JimB
I would second the recommendation of Beverly Hill Cardshop on Robertson. Matt is a great guy and the shop has been there for about 20 years. It is one of the survivors. He usually has quite a bit of vintage inventory, but you have to ask him about it since he does not keep it in the cases. Matt is one of the good guys in the hobby.
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#6
05-22-2007, 02:57 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I had one unpleasant transaction on ebay with the Beverly Hills cardshop. In the days before paypal I won an auction and called them the very next day and paid with a credit card...after weeks passing and not receiving the cards I called them and they said they had no record of me paying them and they were extremely rude about it. I waited for my credit card bill to show up and sure enough the charge was on my bill so I called them back and finally they told me they must have made a mistake...it still took them a couple of weeks to ship out my cards. No apology, and no positive feedback from them.
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05-22-2007, 03:09 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Yep...Star Wars Celebration IV.
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05-22-2007, 03:17 PM
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Posted By: MVSNYC
cool...i am a big Star Wars fan, but have not collected anything "SW" since i was a kid. i do have some original figures kicking around somewhere. i am sure they are pretty valuable...maybe i can trade them for some T206 cards?
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#10
05-22-2007, 03:25 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I used to be into collecting the vintage star wars toys...even bought some foreign toys from James many years ago, but I sold off my collection when I had a kid and bought a house. I had a complete mint set of the figures loose and somewhere around 100 figures mint on the card...and most of the vehicles still in boxes. I sometimes miss them, but I don't miss all the space they took up when I had them.
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#11
05-22-2007, 04:09 PM
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Posted By: James Gallo
No reason I have to just mess with Star Wars while I am in LA. I am hitting the Dogers game Wednesday night and figured I might be able to do some card hunting as well.
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05-22-2007, 04:15 PM
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Posted By: JimB
1137 S Robertson Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 map district: West Los Angeles Tel. +1 310.278.4263
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05-22-2007, 04:32 PM
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Posted By: Anthony
If you're looking for bargains and selection I think you're going to be disappointed wherever you go. Matt's shop is about 6 blocks from my studio, and while I agree he's a great guy you're going to find a lot more on ebay at much better prices. He and TJ Schwartz (Porky's in Woodland Hills) have the best selection of vintage cards of any store in LA County, but for the most part I've found when I'm in another town I've had a lot better time meeting up with board members for a beer than pouring over books of cards at 99% of mint beckett. Overhead for card shops is just too high to find anything reasonable, IMO.
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05-22-2007, 05:50 PM
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Posted By: MVSNYC
anthony- i'll shoot you an email as it gets closer, but i plan to be in LA in september for a bachelor party (a bunch of us are staying at the Roosevelt Hotel most likely)...then again in november for my best friend's wedding @ Yama Hiro's in Hollywood...
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05-23-2007, 11:28 AM
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Posted By: peter chao
I'm sorry, but every time I think of Star War collectors, I think of Eric on the '70s Show. It's not a pretty image I tell you...but I'm sure that Eric is not representative of Star Wars collectors.
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05-23-2007, 02:19 PM
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Posted By: peter chao
Dan,
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05-23-2007, 03:14 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Gilbert: I just wanted to say that I'm a nerd, and I'm here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we've been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we're smart? Cause we look different? Well, we're not. I'm a nerd, and uh, I'm pretty proud of it.
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05-23-2007, 03:50 PM
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Posted By: peter chao
Dan,
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05-23-2007, 04:44 PM
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Posted By: Anthony
<<For instance, around 15 years ago Steve Jobs started going to board of directors meeting in casual attire. Now you will see this in most corporations here in Silicon Valley.>>
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