Southern California Sports Collectors Show

[VintageGamerN00b]

Hey Guys,

I thought it might be fun for those of us who will be exhibiting at the show to introduce ourselves and say a little bit about what we'll have. That way we can seek each other out to say hi, and our SoCal friends can know what to get excited about.

I'm David, age 25, and will be at Table 32. Here's a quick rundown:

***Vintage HOF pro-model and game-used bats
***Signed Photos
***Rare and Signed Books
***A Few Choice Pieces of Hollywood Memorabilia
***'11, '12 and '13 packs for the kids

Also, I'm building a set of 1959 Topps in NM or better, so if any of you have any, I'd love to take a look.

Looking forward to meeting some of you guys!

[Jaybird]

It should be a great time. We encourage everyone to check us out. Free admission and free parking. Come on by. Lots of great vintage dealers.

[DerekMichael]

Should be a fun day.

My Dad Michael and I will come and hang out, and will be at table 66.

Just bringing some T206's.

My friend from Texas mailed me some nice cards to put up for him at the show. The post office said they would be here yesterday, and still nothing as of today.

Tick, Tock ...



Derek

[Exhibitman]

I will be bringing a wide variety of boxing and nonsports materials with a smattering of oddball baseball, football and miscellaneous sports stuff, a real festival of bric-a-brac. Examples: Adam Hats matchcovers, BFE bread labels, Topps Flip-O-Vision and Bowman Flipbook Movies, Tolstoi tobacco athletes, 1910s football PCs, uncut sheets of Exhibit cards and Exhibit card artwork and machine headers, NX5 1938 American Sweets boxers, boxing posters, and so on.

[Leon]

Just thought I would bump this since the big day is tomorrow. Good luck gentlemen (and Adam). .... I wish I could come and join in the reindeer games but CA is a bit far from TX for a 1 day show. I hope everyone has a great time though. And thanks to the folks putting it on that chose Net54 to help advertise it. I hope it worked out well!!

[rdwyer]

I''ll be there. Bringing bucks for those must have deals. Looking for T205 & T206's.

[ErikV]

I too had the chance to stop by the show, mostly to say hello to a few friends.
Kudos to the organizers who made the show possible. I was impressed with the
Nice variety of vintage material. I was relieved to see how the show was simple
and very manageable to traverse. Very little in the way of modern, shiny stuff,
and no Beanie Babies!! For those of us who live in the SoCal region, it was nice
to finally have a real show around here (sorry, Frank and Sons doesn't count.)

I got to me Al from LOTG. Very down to earth and friendly. (Al, I'm still
Planning on sending you that e-mail soon). I had a chance to catch up with
Mark M. Always a pleasure Mark!

Looking forward to another SoCal show in the future!

ErikV

[dstudeba]

Was very happy with the venue and the steady stream of people coming in throughout the day. Was able to make some sales, make potential sales, meet new collectors as well as see old friends and drop stuff off with Al for his summer auction.

Worth the drive up from San Diego, and plan on getting two tables for the next show.

Was able to spend a little time with Mark Macrae and watch him date one of my photos by the girth of the man in the photo. Always a highlight to sit in front of the firehose of information that comes in a conversation with Mark.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

Always a highlight to sit in front of the firehose of information that comes in a conversation with Mark.

Been there, done that, got the wet t-shirt. If they gave PhDs for baseball knowledge we'd have to call him Doc Macrae.

[jimm]

Mark's shows in San Leandro are about the only shows I still attend. You couldn't have picked a better "Yoda"