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Originally Posted by BillyCox3
I haven't found anything good at a National since 2007. It's either a dusty museum that really needs a change of exhibits or worthless junk pile. The interesting stuff is at the auction house booths, but much of that is rehashed material as well. We can look at that stuff on their websites from the comfort of home.
Haven't attended since 2018 and will hopefully never do so again.
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Wow, that is so not my experience. I was at 1991, 1996, and every show from 2004-2019. Here's the thing: it works only if you work it. I spend all day, every day, dealer opening until the end, relentlessly digging through piles of stuff, looking at countless thousands of cards a day, etc. Lunch? That's for wimps. Socializing? Plenty of time for that after dinner. I was last at the 2019 show and off the top of my head, the first day alone, I found a Buchner Anson, a 1950 Sylvan Sweets Jackie Robinson, an Exhibit Appling with a Holloway Black Cow Sucker back, a 1947 Tip Top Wagner, a Star Cal Rosen I'd been chasing for years, and a whole bunch of other great stuff. I finished my run of Koufax Bell Brand cards too with a sweet 1958 a bit later in the week, made a trade for a cabinet card of a favorite boxer of mine, even picked up a beautiful run of 1972 Cocoa Puffs Harlem Globetrotters for that set. The only time I've ever come away with virtually nothing was the last time in AC. That show flat-out sucked. About the only highlight there was meeting Riddick Bowe
Even though it is AC, i wish I could go this year but family and personal issues just make it impossible for me to pull it off.