Shriner's Show

[talkinbaseball]

Any feedback from the show today?
Thanks,
John

[Vintagecatcher]

Just got back from the Great Boston Sports Collector's Show at Shriner's Auditorium. I arrived later than in years past at noon, and there a long line to get into the show. It did move briskly.

I picked up a Chief Meyers T205 with a Piedmont Factory 42 back from Ed Hans. I have 9 of the possible 10 backs now. Need just a Cycle back to complete my Chief Meyers T205 back run. Ed had the best selection of pre-war cards at the show. He had lots of P2 pins, S74 silks, T210s, a Home Run Kisses card, a D310, T205s, T216s, and numerous caramel cards as well.

In addition, Don Hontz had a great selection of T205s, T206s, and Cracker Jacks.
Furthermore, Steve Verkman had a huge pile of T222 Fatimas at his table.

Plenty of hockey card dealers, and more and more dealers of new shiny issues.

Grabbed a couple of 1" lucite holders and headed home.

Patrick

[scooter729]

I had a nice time at the show for a couple of hours this afternoon - had a nice purchase from Don Hontz as well as a couple of other nice items.

My goal at shows like this is to look for unique items which don't show up on eBay or every auction, along with chatting with friends that I may only see once a year. Both can be very rewarding, and fortunately, both happen at the Shriners show more times than not!

[warrior1978]

I was there for a couple hours yesterday. More busy than I expected for a Friday. Getting out of Boston at rush hour sucked though.

[BabyRuth]

Was there today - very busy!!! Picked up a nice 1969 Topps 4in1 Pete Rose and some 1935 Schutter Johnsons for my set.

[wazoo]

Show was great! Lots of good conversations.

[talkinbaseball]

Just got back from the show got to hang out with Dave & Meri and the living legend Robert Thing from the great state of Maine.
John, Kyle and Mike
There was a big line for Kemba Walker.

[jbsports33]

I was at the show Friday, hard to look and it was very busy. Defiantly surprised at the crowd for a Friday. Only spent a few hours to beat the Boston traffic south through town. Sent in a handful of cards with SGC, line was short and then was out the door. Enjoyed briefly talking with Paul, Steve, Alan and a few others. Vintage selection was good, limited on 19th cent which is what I was interested in seeing. Unfortunately more and more modern stuff is showing up at this show. Did see more auction houses this year, and noticed they all ended up taken a good amount of space.

Jimmy

[BobbyVCP]

Just curious if you can tell me how was your phone connection inside the venue? Did you get 5G?

[BabyRuth]

Oh and the PSA submission line was about 30 deep at 1PM yesterday. None of the recent card doctoring events seem to have affected them.

[trambo]

Was there yesterday and it was a good mix of stuff there! Only picked up one card but had a great time talking to many, many people!

[topcat61]

It was a fun show this year, had a great time. One dealer had a mid-1920's full Homestead Grays uniform. Apparently it is a new find and really nice.

I agree, didn't see a lot of 19th Century cards, and both SGC and PSA had strong customer lines. Too much new stuff for my tastes and inflated prices. There were some disgruntled collectors and a few dealers with regard to Hobby prices and what's going on with the grading companies, etc, but overall it was packed.

There were deals, but you had to look for them and honestly, it was a show where you really needed to take your time.

I generally complain about the prices at shows to begin with and mostly have an easier time getting what I want or need on ebay. With that said, ebay has nothing on the people you'll meet at a show, and this one probably being the largest in New England, was excellent! The loudspeakers dont sound like that SNL skit about the MBTA train conductors but they still need to work on the lighting -got Joe vs the Volcano office vibes while trying to see any flaws in what I was looking at.

[aelefson]

I had a great time and was there all three days. I saw many Net54ers (and I apologize if I forgot someone) including Steve, Jimmy, Toby, Don, Ed, Ryan, Murph, Joe, and Steven. I mainly went to sell as I am working on a large purchase (for me at least) of 1870s letters with good baseball content but I did buy a circa 1930s homemade Babe Ruth metal plaque and a 1920s Braves poster.

The selling was very easy for me this time. I brought in a 6 foot tall bat I had purchased at Brimfield and sold it to the second dealer I showed it to at double my purchase price. I also sold a Blatz Beer figural item (the one with the cans and bottle with arms and legs) very quickly (first dealer I showed it to) and three 1945 scorecards from the California Winter League with Jackie Robinson in the lineups among other items.

I can't wait until the Spring show!

Alan

[TUM301]

Originally Posted by aelefson

I had a great time and was there all three days. I saw many Net54ers (and I apologize if I forgot someone) including Steve, Jimmy, Toby, Don, Ed, Ryan, Murph, Joe, and Steven. I mainly went to sell as I am working on a large purchase (for me at least) of 1870s letters with good baseball content but I did buy a circa 1930s homemade Babe Ruth metal plaque and a 1920s Braves poster.

The selling was very easy for me this time. I brought in a 6 foot tall bat I had purchased at Brimfield and sold it to the second dealer I showed it to at double my purchase price. I also sold a Blatz Beer figural item (the one with the cans and bottle with arms and legs) very quickly (first dealer I showed it to) and three 1945 scorecards from the California Winter League with Jackie Robinson in the lineups among other items.

I can't wait until the Spring show!

Alan

Hey Al, missed you on Sat but did see that HUGE wooden bat you mentioned. Awesome man cave addition for the buyer, noticed he also still had the Cy Young booklet. Another good show. Saw some fellow 54`ers and as usual the best gathering of vintage materials in N E for the year. Made a couple purchases and enjoyed talking with dealers as well as some patrons. On a side note, Frank Viola is one big dude.