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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
Glad to hear this, but I would like to see a show this size without the autograph guests--not that I have anything against them--to gauge the strength of the card and memorabilia markets. It does seem that there is a new generation of younger collectors of what we used to somewhat derisively call "shiny stuff" coming to and setting up at shows, but Chantilly has for decades been mostly an autograph show with the dealers as window dressing, and I wonder if that's changed much. In any case, packed is packed and that's great.
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Hank, traffic in the aisles was heavy as was traffic at the tables of dealers with the "shiny stuff." The traffic at the tables of vintage dealers seemed good, and I hope these dealers did well.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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