I just did my 7th straight National. Not a great year for buying cards, but I'm still glad the event exists. And it's good to hear from Mike Berkus about the logistics. There was a rumor that 2011 would be in Anaheim, but I guess that's out. Looking forward to Baltimore and 30-40 of us having a slumber party at Dan Mckee's house.
My only request is find anywhere else other than Cleveland: 3x in 6 years coming from the West Coast is a drag. There's now just one direct flight from SFO to there per day. Our Seattle friends had to go through Dallas. Etc.
My favorite moment from this show was a spontaneous sale to a Phillies collector that I made at Rhett Yeakley's table. The guy mentioned he wanted a D381 Fleischmann Bancroft and I had my only dupe from that set in my backpack. He was glad & so was I. Oh - and thanks for letting me poach, Rhett.
Bill
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