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.
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