NEW Richmond, Virginia Sports Card Show
 

Looks like there's a new sports card show starting up in Richmond, Virginia, with their first show next weekend Aug 23-25. It's different promoters than the Chantilly show. Looks like a major show. Just curious if anyone is planning to go ?

http://www.mm-shows.com

I am seriously thinking about making the 2 hour drive up from the Raleigh-Durham area either Friday or Saturday.

Ill def be in attendance for this one.Im not an autograph guy but they have some good people scheduled this weekend.I hope it does well a local show would be nice to have.

What dealers will be there?

Andy

I might come down on Saturday depending on what else I have going on. I was just down in Richmond last weekend, so I'm not exactly anxious to sit on I-95 for hours on end. We'll see. Wish they had more info on their website.

wish they had a website...I would consider going but know nothing about it.

Richmond show
 

I'll be there. I used to attend the old Richmond show at the racetrack. Hope this one works out.

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Also note that PSA will be there

we will be there accepting consignments for our upcoming October auction. If you attend, stop by and see Bill.
thanks

Huggins and Scott Auctions

That is a pretty impressive list of autographers, although I am not into such things. Dale Murphy would be great to see.

Also the running of the bulls happens in Richmond this weekend. http://www.wric.com/story/23050019/r...es-to-richmond

Is this a show worth flying to? How many tables? Is there a dealer list? Listed nowhere on the website... They give relatively little info.

Any early reports from the friday attendees?

Andy

rumor
 

Heard a rumor it was not good at all.

I went with my son today.Not alot of people there but we had torrential downpours tonight.It was alot smaller than I anticipated.A few dealers didnt make it tonight.I think the amount of Prewar they had was pretty good for the number of tables there.Mostly T206 with a others sprinkled in as well.I didn't see any T210's which I find weird seeing as they came from a factory in Richmond.A highlight for me was meeting the author of Baseball In Richmond Ron Pomfrey.He had some nice Richmond Colt pieces for sale.Very cool guy.They had a free Redskins autograph session with former Redskin players.Im not an autograph guy or a Redskins fan but my son is a auto hound.I didn't get to pick up anything tonight but Im hopeful the dealers who weren't set up have a good selection available tomorrow.

Review
 

I, too, was at the show today. As Jason mentioned, it was a lot smaller than envisioned and had a very poor turnout. PSA and James Spence were set up, but had very few customers. The same with Huggins & Scott Auctions and Goldin Auctions. The show reminded me a lot of a large mall show, the only difference was that here the dealers were all together in one area (large exhibit hall).

Admission was free and there were a bunch of former Redskins signing free autographs. There was a nice crowd in that area for a short time, until everyone who wanted autographs got them. I personally enjoyed the show a great deal, though. It gave me a chance to talk to some of the Virginia/North Carolina dealers that don’t set up in Chantilly. I understand that there will be a February 2014 show scheduled at this same location, but I wouldn’t bet on any more future shows here. All of the dealers that I spoke to had a horrible show so far.

I’d be curious on what the opinions were of others after attending Saturday and/or Sunday.

Did anyone attend Saturday and Sunday? If so, did attendance pick up?

Was there on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was terrible, and most dealers I spoke with were not happy. Sunday seemed better, but there was also some big named signers ( Dr J, Pete Rose, Bench, Reggie Jackson) and Ray Lewis who drew a huge Ravens crowd in. The dealers seemed to have better traffic on Sunday.