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Originally Posted by Jewish-collector
I used to love that Raleigh show at the Kerr Scott Building. Is this the same show ? Is that show no longer ?
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It's basically the same show. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but Inside Pitch Promotions used to host about a half-dozen shows each year in the Kerr Scott building. I think they "sold" two of the shows to Tidewater Cards a couple years ago, and then "sold" two more of the shows to Oak City Sports Cards. Inside Pitch still advertises the shows, and I don't know exactly what the owner/promoter relationship is or how it works, but the shows are still going on with basically the same schedule as they have for the past 10+ years.
In the last couple years they've been trying a few different venues at the fairgrounds in addition to the Kerr Scott building. They've been in the Holshouser building, and there was even a show in Dorton Arena last month. This will be the first one in the Expo Center. Some of the shows are just sports cards; others are toys/pokemon/comics; some are a mix of both. This one is a mix, but supposedly 2/3 of the 300+ tables are going to be sports cards. It's always hit-or-miss with prewar and good vintage, but there was a lot of it at the December show, including a couple really impressive tables (that were unfortunately way overpriced).