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.