There will be plenty of vintage card and memorabilia deals at the National especially if looking for raw cards.
Of course, graded cards have a fairly consistent value range as reflected in VCP so there will likely be no great bargains on graded cards. You will not find any graded T206 Cobbs for less than market value so if that is what you expect to find you will be disappointed.
However, most vintage dealers do well at the National because they are there to sell but it is true that the shiny cards will occupy a lot of the space and a high % of the customers will be at those tables.
I recently went to a mall show near my home and was shocked to see the number of customers. It literally looked like the National and there were over a hundred tables so it was not a tiny show. There were probably 5% of the tables with vintage and the rest were all shiny with Pokemon probably taking 25% of the space.
It is pretty easy to walk by those tables and concentrate on searching for items you are interested in at the National as there are still plenty of vintage dealers to pick from.
Good luck in the search!!
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