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Originally Posted by JamesGallo
Ted,
I am not sure if you missed the talk about the last Oaks show. From what I heard it was horrible and had about 1/3 less then the first show.
James G
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I set-up at both Oaks shows. Perhaps, I might be the exception here; however, I did really good selling, trading, and picking up cards at these Oaks shows.
"Really good" is a relative term.......prior to Oaks, I set-up at the first five VF shows, in which my experience did not equal either of these two Oaks shows.
Compound that poor experience at the VF shows with the excessive table fees of the VF shows, it was a losing proposition to continue doing the VF show.
Sure the attendance at Oaks doesn't match that of the Valley Forge (VF) show; but, most times the quality of collectors trumps the quantity of collectors
attending BB card shows.
Furthermore, the number of vintage card dealers at the Oaks show far out-numbers the dealers at the recent VF shows. Needless to say, this is a significant
factor in drawing the serious collectors to a show....and, certainly helps me in acquiring new cards for my collection.
Oaks show promoter, Marco, claims that he has been advertising in the Philadelphia papers. In my opinion, the fact that the VF show has preceded the Oaks
show has a lot to do with low attendance at Oaks.
Having said all that, it should be interesting to see what happens at the forthcoming Oaks show in April....since the VF show is not preceding Oaks this time.
TED Z