I went to a card show in Atlanta... (I’m old)

[jimjim]

So I went to my first card show in close to 2 years yesterday in Atlanta. It is a 3 day show so I thought it would be worth dragging myself down there. Boy was I wrong! The show is big and the room was packaged. But it was 99% new and shiny slabbed modern cards. There were maybe 10 vendors with vintage but even those cases were mainly full of modern from the past few years. Not the usual crowd of dealers I have seen pre pandemic at the recurring small monthly show we have here in Atlanta. No autographs, tickets, ephemera. Minimal unopened. Lots of young dealers, so that is good. I saw about 3-4 people walking around professional filming themselves for I assume their YouTube page or Facebook. Lots of people wearing shirts with their catchphrase or ‘breaker name’ on it. One guy had a grab bag bin and I was about to buy one for my son until I realized the grab bag was for unopened packs and the price was $50! Lots and lots of graded cards. Almost no raw. I heard one dealer offering his services (for a fee) to a customer to inspect the customers cards prior to submitting to psa to make sure his cards were 9 and 10 worthy. I guess I am officially old, as I had absolutely no interest in any of this and left without buying a thing. Not sure if money was changing hands that much, as I saw lots of chatter and people showing off their ‘hits’ from the past year but not much cash being thrown around.

[NYYFan63]

Prior to the pandemic, the Philly Show was roughly 75/25 vintage/modern. The most recent show in June it was 50/50…


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[Leon]

The Dallas Card Show, I went to yesterday, had about 93% new to 7% other.

and a random card that isn't new and shiny...

[Johnny630]

I think the new guys are into it for the Gamble/Money Big Hit On a Break/Grade

That’s It.

They don’t build sets or collect type cards from different sets, it’s all about the gamble, rush, flip and cash $$$$$$ Not Collecting.

[Donscards]

I am a Old Timer here--Come to the National next week, I will have 7 showcases of Vintage cards--not 1 new shiny card.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Leon

The Dallas Card Show, I went to yesterday, had about 93% new to 7% other.

I went to the January show in Dallas and it was pretty heavily weighted towards modern and Pokémon. It looks like it has gotten even worse since then. I'm glad I decided not to go.

A seller I usually deal with at the OKC shows told me recently that he is having a hard time finding vintage to buy. He used to have several 5000 count boxes of vintage commons. At the last show, he had one 700 count box. Given that I am getting priced out of the market of vintage star cards, I am pretty much on the sidelines until the bubble pops.

[pawpawdiv9]

to OP(matt)
Where was this card show in ATL??
I live in GA and work in the ATL area...didn't hear about a card show.
Its been a while, but there a card shop near town center/kennesaw i went to, not sure if its still open. Then in the past yr or so, a small shop opened in my town (Rome) in the downtown area, but been unable to visitas it seems closed most time or doesnt open till noon.

The only show i could find was this: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prizm-g...s-151254852335
[B]Prizm Gawds: Culture Collision Card, Comics, Kicks and Collectibles Show[/B]

[notfast]

The Atlanta show (and Dallas) are both brand new. This was the first Atlanta show done by the promoter and widely promoted on social media…hence the heavy lean toward modern.

Dallas has been around for maybe a year? Once again a huge social media following/backing.

Makes sense to me.

[jimjim]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

to OP(matt)
Where was this card show in ATL??
I live in GA and work in the ATL area...didn't hear about a card show.
Its been a while, but there a card shop near town center/kennesaw i went to, not sure if its still open. Then in the past yr or so, a small shop opened in my town (Rome) in the downtown area, but been unable to visitas it seems closed most time or doesnt open till noon.

The only show i could find was this: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prizm-g...s-151254852335
[B]Prizm Gawds: Culture Collision Card, Comics, Kicks and Collectibles Show[/B]

It was the culture collision show. It had a nice set up
at a nice hotel.

On a side note, I probably won’t be doing a show again for a while, as my son is not old enough to be vaccinated and nobody was wearing masks. Even kids that clearly weren’t old enough either. It just made him nervous. I guess we had high expectations on that front. We go to places all the time where people don’t wear and it’s usually not an issue, but this was an extremely crowded room with poor ventilation and people on top of each other so he got nervous.