Was there for a bit over three hours this afternoon. Great vibe and tons of vintage. Man that concrete floor is unforgiving though. I am not in horrible shape and my feet are sore! Overall I found a couple of relatively obscure Red Sox cards and filled some of my set needs. I find these shows a bit overwhelming. Very hard to find real quality that isn’t above market price. There are so many regular dealers with tons of stock who are so far above market price I wonder how they make sales. But there are also a lot of good sellers at this show. It’s so easy to get distracted and I can’t help but feel rushed because there’s so much out there and I don’t want to miss anything so I cover the whole floor and inevitably miss things anyway.
Oddball moment of the day was the dealer in the very back row near the left corner selling a 1916 Babe Ruth for $100. It was very badly stained so I say to the guy, “that can’t be real, right?” And he said something like yeah I think it is but it’s too poor to be graded. I nodded my head and moved on.
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