Philly Show Update

[skelly]

Anything at all going on as far as card dealers at the show, or has it just completely fallen apart & gone autographs? Updates/thoughts...

[Jewish-collector]

I was at the show all day yesterday. There is a lot of construction around the facility. The show itself is on the bottom floor of the complex. You had to walk down a few sets of stairs and down a large hallway. So, that atmosphere does not help. They charge $8 per day admission, $21 for the weekend, all of which I thought was a little steep.

Now, having said that, the show itself wasn't as bad as I was suspecting. There was a mixture of local Philly dealers as well as National dealers. Lots of Phillies cards & memorabilia. A few auction houses had booths (Goodwin, Mile High, Heritage, Huggins & Scott, Clean Sweep). All 3 grading companies (PSA, SGC, Beckett) were there. James Spence (JSA) was there for authenticating autographs.

All in all, the show has lost a lot of its luster from the old Ft. Washington days, but it doesn't seem like it will be history just quite yet.

Alan

[Jay Wolt]

Wasn't SGC at the Oaks show? I know they were at the 1st Oaks show earlier in the year
as they were set up in the front hall way when you came in.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Wasn't SGC at the Oaks show? I know they were at the 1st Oaks show earlier in the year
as they were set up in the front hall way when you came in.

I think the exclusion was only for auction houses and maybe dealers....

[YankeeCollector]

I drove down with a friend yesterday from NY and there was a lot of empty exhibition space in the room. The dealers that I spoke to were very happy with their sales and I got to see a few preview items in upcoming auctions like Mile High. There were quite of few modern dealers as well.

I was happy to pick up a rare Ruth card

[molen]

I was there for a while yesterday. A lot better than the last Oaks show. Lots of people, probably because there was no Eagles game. A lot of decent autographs. While waiting to get in the show at 10, I had to fight the urge to turn around and give a couple guys behind me a piece of my mind. They were running their mouths, talking crap about card collectors and guys who were carrying boxes of cards. Piss off, a-holes.

Picked up a T206 Reulbach (glove variation) and T201 Evers/Chance double folder. Awesome follow up to my T200 Cubs I picked up at the Oaks show.

[bbcard1]

Any great ideas to help the Oaks shows? I know that there has been money spent doing that ads...why do you think the traffic has been so light? Admission is cheaper and the first two shows have had Vick and Rollins.

[kmac32]

How much were they paying people to take Vick's autograph? I certainly wouldnt pay anything for it!!!