Second Annual Mid-Atlantic Trade Day & Get Together
 

Andrew and I are happy to announce that we will be holding another collector get together in Chantilly Virginia.

The Date: February 10, 2024
Location: 1757 Golf Club- 45120 Waxpool Road, Dulles, VA 20166
Time: 11am - 5pm

We expect this event will be similar to, but bigger than, the prior event. While not mandatory, the emphasis will be on vintage (especially pre war) baseball cards, but variety is welcome. Tables and chairs will be provided, but bring your cards and your display cases. Its a great opportunity to socialize, trade, buy, and sell cards with like-minded collectors.

There is no cost to attend; there is no cost to set up; although we may choose a charity and ask for discretionary donations.

Last year we had at least 20 different displays and at least 50 different attendees. We had visitors from NY to Virginia; we would love to expand the size and geographic representation.

The location is very close to Dulles International Airport, the Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum, and just outside Washington DC. Its a great excuse/opportunity visit the area. More updates and reminders will be provided as we get closer to game time.

Here are some pictures from last year.

We hope you can join us!

Andrew and Ryan

can't wait
 

I am so excited this is happening again. While I was only there for a few hours the last time, I loved meeting everyone and seeing cards that blew me away. Ping me back if you want any help with anything. Happy to volunteer any way I can to alleviate some of the effort that goes into this. Just sign me up!

Sounds like a great event and very interested in attending. The time of year is the one thing that will hold me back. I live in central Florida and the climate difference from possibly 30’s to 60’s/70’s in one day and the likelihood of getting sick because of the extreme weather change will prevent me from making the trip. I would think that a spring event would be ideal, maybe May/June if that is ever a possibility. Summer with vacations and traffic build-up might not be quite as appealing. I hope that all goes well for those who are able to attend and would love to hear the recap afterwards.

Thanks Andrew & Ryan! Looking forward to attending again!

For those not familiar with the area, the street address Ryan mentioned in his initial post is actually deemed to be in Sterling, VA, which is a few mile north of Chantilly (where the Chantilly Card Show is held). And, it is just off Route 28, which is pretty much a north-south interstate highway, although it isn't designated as such - it is the same Route 28 that goes by the Chantilly Show.

I was there! I‘ll definitely try to make it again.

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already on my calendar!
 

Look forward to seeing all again.

Ill be there. Im looking forward to it!

Fantastic. Would love to attend again.

I'm excited to put this on my calendar again -- I thoroughly enjoyed the one this past year.

Thanks for organizing it!

Steve

I will be there. Had so much fun this year.

Bring the good stuff! :D

Should be able to make it this year.

Last year's was great! I'm looking forward to February.

Andy

Putting this on my calendar and looking forward to attending as the first one sounded like a lot of fun.

Scott

Good luck with this, guys. It looks like a lot of fun!
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I have been getting lots of questions from potential new attendees.

There should be room for everyone and you can bring display tables.

We will not have security -- the venue will not allow it unless we use theirs and its stupid expensive. This is within a country club for members only so we do not anticipate any issues and there was zero concern last time. Just make sure you can lock cases and mind your stuff and it should be no issue.

Unlike last year, we are not limiting it to prewar baseball, although I expect that will be the bulk of the items and interest. I highly recommend keeping anything after 1980 home and likely little interest in anything other than the big 4 sports and maybe boxing; but I will stress it will be significant majority baseball and mostly pre war

There is no fee, its free, and there is a grill where you can get food (thats on you)

You can buy, sell, trade, just view stuff and/or share and socialize. I visualize it as an adult version of going to friends' house at age 8-14 to trade and hang out with a bunch of guys.

If anyone is bringing a 52 Topps Mick in a 1.5 or 2 to sell, please PM me to discuss. Thank you.

As we are now about five weeks away from the event, I wanted to provide an update, as well as some additional information...

The hours for the event will be 11am to 5pm (not 12pm-6pm as originally advertised).

A formal card display is absolutely not necessary, and plenty of people last year just brought a box of cards and walked around. It is fine to come even if you don’t bring any cards, but I would encourage you to bring whatever you collect.

Since we don't know how many people will show up, for those of you that do want to set up a display, I will say that everyone should have room for two display cases (or equivalent). It is entirely possible that there will be more room than that, but no guarantee. For sure, a card show booth amount of stuff won’t work. For those that arrive early on, you will be limited to the two showcases until we know that there will be room to spread out. Table location will be on a first come/first served basis. Please watch your cards at all times.

There will be a beverage station with water, iced tea, and lemonade. Those drinks will be free. Alcoholic beverages and food can be purchased from the restaurant and bar. Everyone will have their own bill/tab. I would request that you tip appropriately for good service.

When you arrive at 1757 (45120 Waxpool Road, Dulles, VA), there will be plenty of parking in front of the clubhouse. Use the main entrance (photo below) and take a left once you are in the clubhouse. You will see the Monroe Room on your right.

Name tags will be available, and are recommended, since many of us may only know names and/orNet54 profile names, but not faces.

I am really looking forward to the event and hope to see a lot of you there.

Andrew Finkelman

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+1, looks amazing. Need to get an Atlanta version organized ...

Or just come to Virginia/DC- it’s a short, strait flight from Atlanta to Dulles. Plus, we never met in person (despite many deals and many more texts and emails), so maybe another reason to attend?

I'm going to see if I can swing it and do a quick day trip there. Have a few other things going on so not sure but will do my best.

Troy, this beats the Chantilly show. You have done the ol’ in and out for Chantilly, you can swing this!! But really, would love to see you there and catch up

I’ll swing down and check it out.

See everyone soon
 

Looking forward!

Danny/Howard, excited to see you both. Danny, for a while now we have been talking about getting together; its sad that Andrew and i need to plan a whole event to make that happen! :)

I'm in the process of canceling my other commitment on Feb. 10 to come down for the day. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for organizing this.

Cheers,
Mike

Oh man, wish I lived closer…

Is this strictly trading or do folks sell also? (If anyone sees a well centered 52 Topps Jackie in ~grade 2-3, look me up please!)

Have a fun all

Jeff

Damn sorry guys I can't make this one. I am set up at a show that day in Silver Spring MD. Bummer! The Washington Times Babies enjoyed all of the attention last year. Dan

I'm going to try to come up for this - regretted not coming last time!

There are no rules - trade, sell, show and tell, hang out.

Mike- love that. Great news!

Dan M - unacceptable!!! The Silver Spring show is great for kids and modern; I know it well and find it a great place to get a Randy Moss base card or a 1/25 3rd year Luka Doncic. While there is nothing wrong with those cards/shows - that ain’t you! Come join us old people ogling cardboard of dead people.

BTW - Dan M had some of the coolest stuff in the hobby and last year brought things from his collection that he does not put out at shows. If you don’t come Dan, the card quality in the room will be less for sure, however, the personality quality will go way up!! :)

Dan B - We would love to see you and would be thrilled if you joined

I'll be there with some of an unbelievable Phillies collection we just picked up. The Pre War cards alone filled 4 cheese boxes (yep, old school collector) and several albums. No Magie, but man the breadth and depth of this collection is mind blowing. Tons of esoteric post war as well.

Dan, why not do both events? Just tell the Silver Spring promoter that you have another committment and have to scoot early (say 12:30 or 1 p.m - you won't make any sales after this time anyway :)). It's a fairly quick drive from Silver Spring to the Net54 get together, which runs until 5 p.m. And, so that us good Net54 folks would have more time to view spectacular cards from your personal collection, I'm thinking that Ryan will be glad to stop by the Silver Spring show on his way around the beltway to the Net54 get together and pick up a couple of locked showcases of cards from your pc to entertain us until you arrive. As the old expression goes, "be there or be square!"

I'm thinking how great it would be if this event were to evolve into the Annual Net54 Pre-War National!

Now that is a good idea….

I spy a Ju-Ju Drum.

I’m thinking how great it is that this is in our backyard basically!


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Thanks, Ryan. I wish my wife would say this to me once in a while! :)

Because there is so much to see and do in the DC area, I'm thinking that an annual event also would be popular with the non-collector wives and children.

Agree with Val.

Baltimore baseball broadcaster/analyst Phil Wood used to run an annual vintage sports equipment show in the Baltimore-DC area for about 5 or 6 years in the late 1990's. It was about 50 dealers or so, who all were selling vintage sports equipment, memorabilia, uniforms, bats, balls, stadium seats, pennants, autographs, etc,... in all sports. It was really good show in different areas of Baltimore & DC (Bethesda, Timonium, Capital Hill, etc,...) Why not make this a vintage sports card & memorabilia annual show, with a focus on vintage baseball cards ?

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Speaking of memorabilia, I am going to try to attend as my parents recently moved a couple of hours from there so it will be a good excuse to see them. I plan to bring some lemon peel and other early baseballs, some early bats, and some 19th century ephemera. Some will be for show but others will be for trade or sale. Thank you for offering this!

Alan

Mid-Atlantic Trade Day
 

Ryan/Andrew - JoeT here and it sounds like this event was a huge hit last year. I wish I could make it, but a 12-13 hour round trip drive is just a bit too much for a one day 6-hour event. Wish I lived closer. Congrats to both of you for putting together such a popular gathering!

Val, that is a great idea…

Joe T and Dan, sorry you won’t be able to make it!

Looking forward to trade day
 

I think it's great that you're hosting this. I am a prewar collector and am going to bring all sorts of odd and unusual things to potentially trade.

Join date November 2009, first post January 2024.

That's got to be a record! Look forward to meeting you there.

While I'm more of a post war collector, I definitely would love to make one of these! Familial circumstances have me locked into home for the next couple of months, but maybe 2025 will be on the table. My experiences meeting members from the board have been nothing but positive so far!

He is another Schmerer..... no one leaves before 4pm. I have to respect that

Mike,

I hope you can make it as I am planning on attending as well. It would be great to see you and catch up on things.

Scott

The Big Mo?
 

So sorry to hear that Danny can't post, but this one does seem to be shaping up to be an even bigger deal than last year, which was a lot of fun. Great to hear from all those coming for the first time. Not sure I'm up to bringing any stuff this year, maybe just a few WaJo books to sign and "Glory" CDs to sell, hanging out, having lunch--good food there--then heading back home about an hour away. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. And where else you gonna to see so much serious eye candy packed into such a small venue, and get to meet and talk to so many Forum guys in one place at the same time? This could get to be be pretty legendary.

That guy knew how to run a show! What's this one, Danny?

Ryan, I was trying to surprise you and come down with my son, but unfortunately it ends up we're jammed that weekend. Have a great time, and I hope to make the next one.

Mike, I appreciate the thought. If you change your mind (or next one), you guys can stay with me if you want

This is shaping up to be bigger than last year. If we can get some real traction, perhaps it becomes the Vintage National

Hank, I meant to grab a WaJo book last year... definitely will this year. Glad you can make it.

Thanks, Andrew, look forward to seeing you.

Thanks Ryan! I really appreciate that offer, means a lot.

Are you planning to do the events annually in February?

Looking forward to this.

I’ll def be bringing some cards for buy/sell/trade.

Wish I could attend, perhaps another time.

Michael - Sorry that you won't be there. It would have been great to see you.

Thanks! Agreed. I will certainly plan to make a future event.

Second Annual Mid-Atlantic Trade Day & Get Together
 

In an effort to help a very worthwhile cause, Ryan and I have chosen Wolf Trap Animal Rescue (https://www.wtarescue.com/) as a charity to support, in connection with our trade day/get together.

The mission of this organization is to rescue high-risk dogs and cats, mainly from Mississippi, where young animals are euthanized by the hundreds every day. Since 2015, WTAR has successfully rescued over 12,000 dogs and cats, and transported them to the DC area. After being bathed, vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed/neutered, they are placed in foster homes until they find their forever homes through local adoption events. The transport of animals from Mississippi occurs on a nearly weekly basis. My family adopted our dog Bo (photos below) through WTAR, and donate to them frequently.

Our get together is free to attend, however, voluntary donations will be accepted at the event, with all proceeds going directly to WTAR, which is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization (EIN: 47-5126237). I would encourage you all, whether attending our event or not, to donate to this very worthwhile cause. For those of you who prefer to donate directly to WTAR, that can be done easily through their website.

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just so long as you're not bringing puppies. I have no self-restraint where dogs are concerned and my wife would kill me :)

Andrew,
This is awesome. I sure wish I was able to attend this event and meet some awesome collector, I’ve yet to meet and see amazing cards and collections. I can however give back a little to the organization. Thanks and god bless.

Scott, To avoid being complicit in a murder, there will be no puppies at the event. ;)

Josh, I hope you will be able to attend one of these in the future...

The dog would be fine. She has no self-restraint where they're concerned either. Where I'm concerned is a different story :)

Andrew and Ryan,

Thanks for organizing/hosting. I hope to make it, and will try to bring the cards shown in the below flickr album for trade/sale.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBcear

I'll be looking to pick up the below cards:

1) 1935 Hank Greenberg "Greenburg" Diamond Kings spelling error
2) Attractive 1948/49 Leaf Ted Williams
3) E92/E102 Christy Mathewson (or one of the similar horizontal variations).
4) T206 Walter Johnson portrait
5) T205 Walter Johnson

If anyone is interested in any of the cards I'll be bringing let me know.
Looking forward to it!

Looking for Piedmont 42 and honest long cut t205 Cobbs and off back t206 Cobb red portrait

Or just anything cool/rare-ish. DM me if you want to discuss.

Bringing the following:

1909 E102 Sam Crawford SGC 5
1911-14 Brunners Bread D304 Chicago John Evers SGC 2
1915 E106 American Caramel Eddie Collins PSA 4
1909-11 T206 Piedmont 350 Portrait Nap Lajoie PSA 3.5
1909-11 T206 Tolstoi Batting Sam Crawford PSA 2.5
1909-11 T206 Sovereign 350 Chicago w/ Bat Johnny Evers PSA 3
1911 T205 Gold Border Cycle Zack Wheat PSA 1.5
1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/460-42OP Bat off Shoulder Ty Cobb PSA 2
1909-11 T206 Piedmont 350/460-25 Red Portrait Ty Cobb PSA 3

Charles- great idea posting what you may bring.

Everyone is free to preview what they may bring and list what they are looking for.

I’ll be looking for the few e105s I need, a t206 O’Hara STL, n172 Phenomenal Smith and anything else that catches my eye.

TBD on what I’m bringing but I’ll pull out some goodies.

My want list:

N172 commons with good clarity.
N175 common with good clarity, trying to find one type example.
Other interesting 19th century type examples, such as N154 or things like that.
T207 in VGish, raw or graded, currently at 93/200, looking to make progress on set, PM me for list.
M101-2, need 15 to finish set, PM me for list.
1952 Topps low numbers, VG-ish condition, must have great centering.
1953 Bowman Color, need Musial, PWReese, Mantle/Berra/Bauer, Spahn, Billy Martin, Berra, Ford, and about 10 others. VGEX-ish condition, must have great centering and registration.
1976 Topps complete set in NM-ish condition.

I'll be bringing a bunch of stuff mostly to display, hard to say what's for sale/trade, but we'll see.

Looking forward to meet up. Bought a couple display cases. Bringing scarce/obscure Yankee stuff, basically for show. Mostly memorabilia, autographs and photos since you guys probably have most of my Yankee type cards.

I now have someone who wants all these price guides.

I'm doing some pre-Spring cleanup at my wife's STRONG urging, so I'm going to get rid of the following baseball price guides. Most are in nice condition. I can't bring myself to immediately trash them, so I'm hoping that someone who is coming to this get together can make use of them. If so, please PM me, and I'll gladly bring them to the get together.

Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (Krause/Lemke):
2nd Edition - 1990
3rd " - 1992
4th " - 1995
6th " - 1997
8th " - 1999
10th " - 2001
12th " - 2003
13th " - 2004
15th " - 2006
17th " - 2008

SCD Baseball Card Price Guide:
4th Edition - 1990

The Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide (Beckett):
#4 - 1982, #5 - 1983, #6 - 1984, #7 - 1985, #10 - 1988, #11 - 1989, and #16 - 1994.

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My want list & trade bait
 

My want list:
- Very scarce & rare Sam Rice cards.
- B&W, real-photo cards of WaJo with tough ad backs from 1916, 1917, & 1921-22.
- N172 Old Judge cards of Tom Daly, Arthur Irwin, John Morrill, Sam Wise and O'Brien-Irwin (2-player card) that show these players with Washington.
- E222 A.W.H. Caramel cards.
- T209-2 cards of Virginia League players.
- 1925 Holland Creameries in G or better condition.

My trade bait:
- N172 Old Judge, Connie Mack, batting pose, SGC "A" (skinned?).
- N172 Old Judge, "Dummy Hoy," batting pose, SGC "A" (trimmed at bottom).
- E223 G&B Gum, Silver Flint, photo portrait, SGC 3.
- T206 Carolina Brights, Jack Warhop, SGC 1 - nice looking card but has a pinhole.
- T214 Victory Tobacco, Germany Schaefer, KC Feds, SGC 1 but nice.
- 1926 Kut Outs Die-Cuts, Ross Young (sic Youngs), SGC 3.
- 1939 R334 Play Ball, Ted Williams RC, SGC 3 with nice centering.
- A few more cards TBD.

I'm looking forward to this Saturday's gathering and seeing all the eye-candy that will be on display. It will be good to catch up with folks as well, especially Scott. Here is a list of stuff I'm probably going to bring.

Displaying some combination from the following:
• Delahanty: OJ
• K-Bats: Robinson/Mann & Irwin
• Wingo: H801-7 OM, T210-5, T209, 1921 Exhibit signed
• T210: Kelly Mascot Series 7, Cross Series 5
• Hooker: T206 OM/Hindu, E222
• Foster: T206 OM/Hindu + T211
• T209: BE Thompson, Pressley & Pritchard, Evans card & PC
• T204: Johnson + Burkett
• Cabanas: Mesa + Prats
• Oms: all five poses
• Dihigo: Doble Aguila # 157 + 46-47 Propagandas Montiel
• Brown, Ray: 45-46 Caramelo Dep
• Dandridge: 45-46 Caramelo Dep. + 52-53 Victoria
• Paige: ’53 Topps
• Minoso: 45-46 Caramelo Deportivo + 52-53 Victoria
• Billiken: Thomas, Warfield, Duncan & Winters
• Dreke: ’24-25 Segundas
• Thompson, Hank: ’46-47 Caramelo Deportivo & ’48-49 El Indio
• Wilson, Artie: ’48-49 Toleteros (Last player to hit over .400, .429)
• Brewer, Chet: ’49-50 Toleteros
• Davis, Johnny: ’46-47 Caramelo Deportivo & ’49-50 Toleteros
• Photos: Dihigo/Oms/Mesa/Dreke, Santos, Oms, Ray Brown, Zulu player photo, Ind. Clowns player
• Ephemera: Zulus poster, Hilldale ticket, Hubbard letter, Bob Feller All-Stars program

Looking for:
• Negro League/Black baseball cards, photos, tickets, postcards, ephemera
• 1954 Red Heart PSA 8 and above
• T206 SL Hindu backs


For Trade/Sale
• H801-7 OM Cabinet: Walters
• W600: Chance
• ’07 HM Taylor: Detroit Team
• 1907 Detroit Team
• 1912 Boston American w/wrapper: Speaker (1200)
• 1946-47 Propagandas Montiel: Foxx, Greenberg, Matty, & Mize
• T210: Misc Series 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
• T206: SL Hindu: Bernhard & Perdue

Cheers,
Mike

Hope to make it down, thanks Ryan and Andrew for hosting again!

Hope to see you!

Looking forward to it. See you all Saturday.


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I am thrilled to come join a room of elite collectors this weekend and just learn from the best in the business. Can't wait.

I am going to try and be there again this time... if only to remind all the card guys that we photo guys want some respect too! :)

Thank you Ryan and Andrew for doing this for us!

We need an original type 1 Conlon photo used as the image for some cards,,,



Rob Slatkin

Hopefully someone takes and posts a lot of photos from this event. I have too much going on this year for a last minute trip but I may plan ahead and attend next year.

If this "get together" gets legs -- grows year over year for a few years, Andrew and I may seek to convert it into the "Vintage National".

How we define "vintage" would be up for debate, but I am thinking all sports, all types of stuff (cards, photos, memorabillia, etc) from 1979 or earlier. Ozzie Smith Ok, Rickey Henderson not OK.