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Old 09-04-2023, 01:39 AM
Svabinsky78 Svabinsky78 is offline
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I live about 25 minutes from Burbank Sportscards....the folks who, I guess, helped to organize the show. It's a nice card store but the vibe of the place is definitely more modern...shiny, auto product. There is a room to the side that has vintage baseball, but it's mostly raw in mid to low grade, and does not get as much traffic as the main part, which is a lot of basketball, football, patch, auto stuff.

My second and last time, I brought in some vintage cards to trade in and the kiddo behind the intake desk who was evaluating my cards looked clueless...i.e. I had a beautiful 59 Fence Busters Aaron Matthews in a CSG 8.5......the card was absolutely stunning....and he had no idea what to make of it....his eval to me ....I can't really find a comp....I can't take it.....it was not a shiny Ja Morant card so he was out of his element......I wasn't going to push it and sold the card later elsewhere....

I will second what other folks have said, the owner does seem like a really nice guy....is often on the floor....very positive vibes.

I've been to other shops in the LA area, and I've found that modern/ultra modern tends to make up the bulk of the inventory....so it's not just Burbank Sportscards...which may reflect the makeup of the inventory of the cardshow....

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