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Posted By: petecld

This show was really a interesting experience for me. Disappointing on some levels but encouraging on others. For me personally I found nothing new but broke down and bought my first M101-4s, or are they M101-5s. I'll find out.

Disappointments:
- NO new vintage material. Even the two guys who usually have a little something for me had nothing new. Same supply of WAY over priced cards though.

- Had to go to PSA to get 3 cards graded. I'll explain more later after I have some feedback from another collector and I want to be fair before I mention anything.

- SGC wasn't there and like Brian I had a box of cards to submit. Them not being there can't be a good thing can it?

- Lorenzo Lamas was there. Why??? Of course a Playboy playmate was there as well and (forgive me Julie) I didn't care why - I was just happy for few moments.



BUT...

Good News!!!:

- I thought the turn out was better than in the past. I was nice to see the larger crowds and what seemed to me more kids/parents and I caught a few instances of dealers or dads explaining to their kids what certain cards wre and who certain players were. To me that's got to be good for the future of the hobby as I don't recall seeing much of that the last few years.

Lasting impresson: As I was going through a pile of cards and experinceing de-ja-vu (sic?) a boy about 6 or 7 at the next table was buying his first Sammy Sosa card (with $$$ help from dad I'm sure). He was so excited to have that card and was looking at it like it was the only card on earth. I couldn't help but think about how years ago I had that feeling opening a pack of .15¢ cards and finging my favorite Cub player. I spend a lot more than ,15¢ on cards these days but I can't help but feel I have lost that same excitement.