2009 Strongsville Show Summary

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Posted By: Paul Fusco

From my perspective as the promoter of the show. The material in the room was much stronger than last years with much pre-war offerings as well as well loads of 1940-1970 vintage material. The mood was upbeat both amongst dealers and collectors. The foot traffic was down at least 40% from last year. A sure sign that the failing ecomony is begging to make an impact, at least at this show. The good news however is that the 1000+ folks that did show up were avidly buying, trading, consigning and submitting items for authentication and grading. Having Brian from SGC at the show was a big plus. Most of the dealers went home at the least satisified to very glad of the weekends outcome. A few were dissapointed with their sales but indicated that they will be back. The dates for next years Ohio Sports Collectors Convention is April 16-18th at the Strongsville Holiday Inn. I want to personally thank all of you that attended the convention in one capacity or another. Cleveland is a great sports collecting area and with your continued support, we will endeavor to keep this great vintage show not only running once a year but make it better, each and every year to come. See you all at the national. Stop by our booth and introduce yourself if we haven't met before.

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Posted By: Jantz

I attended the show on Friday and felt it was worth the hour drive to the show. There certainly was a large variety of cards & memorabilia to cover all the different venues of sports collecting.

As far as disappointed dealers, well maybe some of them need to brush up on their customer service skills. I say this because one dealer was extremely rude when I inquired about a T206 back. Then the same dealer, an hour later, interupted the conversation Brian(of SGC) & I were having by shoving a card into Brian's face and asking him what the card would grade. No big deal though. Dealer rudeness = zero sales from me.

Speaking of Brian Dwyer of SGC, I had a great experience talking to Brian and made my first submission ever to an authenticating company. Brian treated me like a person, not a customer. That stands out the most with me.

I had a good time at the show, met with a few Net54 members and picked up a couple cards for my collection. Hope the show stays around. Thanks Paul.


Jantz

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Posted By: Paul Fusco

Brian was certainly a pleasure to meet I agree. He has already indicated the SGC will be involved in the show next year as well.