Westchester NY Marriot show this weekend Jan 15-16
 

Hello all. I will be set up at the show looking to buy , sell and trade vintage (1900-1980) "better sports cards". I am looking to pick up cards of Mantle, Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Clemente, Mays, Wagner, etc. I have much of the same for sale. I will also be accepting select private consignments - come talk to me if you are not familiar - puts more $$ in your pocket on cards/sets valued over $1K. Cards pictured are but a small sample. If nothing else, stop by and introduce yourself or say hello if we have met before. See you tomorrow!

Show address is 670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown

Wonder if GM will be there ?

He was at The Last Valley Forge !

Can we get a Card Doctors National ?

Will look for you tomorrow!

Good luck, Howard. Hope it's a great show and a good replacement for White Plains.

Howard good guy in the hobby

Usually a good show there.

Sadly I will miss this years do to health issues


Hopefully catch it next go around

Upset I have to miss this one as well, even though I'm so close. Best of luck today, Howard. Hope to see you in person, again at the Philly Show.

Be interested in any reports. Seems like a lot of things in the NYC area have slowed down a fair amount in the last 2-3 weeks. Very cold and every other person you know seemingly has a really bad cold and/or the Omnicron variant. Lots of people seem to be lying low right now waiting for the latest wave to blow over.

I heard it was extremely crowded with people who where spending like the money was burning a hole in their pockets.

Hope you did well Howard, and thanks for the fantastic '53 Topps you sent me last month!

I went yesterday. A few high-level thoughts. The Westchester County Center is far better for a show given its high ceiling and all tables being in one giant space. This show was fairly packed and tables were in a number of rooms. Aisles often left little room for movement. Some people upon entering the first room were unaware (myself and others based on a overheard conversation) there was a large main area and some tables in hallways. And though masks were said to be mandatory a few collectors and at least one dealer on the main room didn’t bother to wear one. I think upon paying to enter, attendees should have been told there was more than one room. While I am confident the vast majority figured that out, I suspect some left after seeing just the first room.

I found that most graded cards were priced at or above what you’d see on eBay. I appreciate though that sellers have to cover the table fee/transportation etc. and make a profit. So for that reason I found the best deals could be had by rummaging through $3 card boxes of ungraded vintage cards and their ilk though I bought some vintage mid-grade cards at a fair price.

I went today. As mentioned above, the Westchester County Center is definitely a better venue for a show. The rooms here were very crowded which made discussion and browsing less pleasant.

I had a few observations:
- Many of the dealers I've seen at the Westchester show for years were not there.
- There was a decent amount of vintage and some high-end modern. The high-end modern was largely football and basketball. Very little baseball
- I noticed that JSA had no lines and basically no one around. I asked them about the show and they said the day before (with Yankee signers) was insane, so overall was solid) even if today was very slow
- There was a breaker doing breaks for kids. Not sure if you had to buy in or if it was free, but he had a very large audience
- Not a ton in the way of memorabilia of any kind. A couple of guys had signed baseballs, and a couple of programs etc. but very weak from that perspective.
- PSA was not there. I had hoped to submit tickets for grading but hadn't looked at the ad close enough I guess.
- Far fewer auction houses seemed to be there than usual


I ended up only buying supplies and was in and out in probably 30 minutes or so.

Always fun to get out to a show, but definitely a letdown compared to the standard WP show.

Show report from the dealer side
 

Hi all,

Back from the show. As mentioned - the layout was disjointed - 2 large conference rooms and lots of surrounding hallways. I was 1 of 2 tables in a hallway between the 2 conference rooms - I actually liked the location - PLENTY of space for my customers and potential customers to shop, look and have conversation.
Great to see a bunch of Net 54 guys! I sold a bunch of vintage commons to set builders, cleared out a "bargain box" to 1 collector, sold some type 1 photos, M116's, T205's and a nice PSA 8 1971 Ryan. From speaking to other dealers, the show was mixed - guys with modern stuff seemed to do really well, vintage a bit less so.
I bought a small collection of 1950's graded Dodger cards that will be listed shortly on the BST and a nice Michael Jordan 1st sports illustrated (which will be off to get graded this week).
All in all not as strong a show as some of the larger East Coast regionals I do, but a solid show I will be returning to.
A bunch of announcements about masks which the majority adhered to, but definitely saw some not following policy - no policing that I saw.

Howard

Thanks everyone for the recap

Just came across this video by Silver Jackify about this show.
Some sweet cards near the beginning!

https://youtu.be/vsLK3SUM2kw