Raleigh Meetup - January 6 Card Show

[Bliggity]

Happy new year all! If anyone in the Raleigh NC area is interested in getting together this weekend, some of us were thinking of meeting up for lunch and then the card show at the fairgrounds on Saturday. Oak City Sports Cards has bought the January show - the guys there tell me they're going to have about 200-250 tables of sports cards, and they're bringing in some dealers that haven't come to the show before. Hopefully it will be a good show. They're doing it in the expo center for the first time.

If you're interested in meeting up, reply here or PM me. I was thinking lunch around noon somewhere near the fairgrounds and then the show after. I know there are a bunch of us in the area, and maybe we can make it a more regular thing.

Looking forward to hopefully seeing/meeting some of you this weekend!

-Dan-

[marcmandel]

I'd love to join whatever plans happen on Saturday in Raleigh. Sounds like a lot of fun.

I hope we can make it happen.

Marc Mandel

[JimmyC]

Dan - I am pretty much in for this! Thanks for reaching out! Jim

[ccre]

Hey Dan, I'm down for this! Dave

[campyfan39]

Me too

[bobbyw8469]

I am from Raleigh, but I go out of town every weekend.

[MJRaider]

I’m in the area too. I might be interested.


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[Bliggity]

Glad to hear that we'll have a group! So far we have -

Bliggity
marcmandel
JimmyC
ccre
campyfan39
MJRaider (maybe)

I'm going to suggest that we meet at Brickhouse sports bar at 3801 Hillsborough Street, which is just a mile east of the fairgrounds. UNC/Clemson plays at noon, and even thought we're in NC State country, we may want to get there around 11:30am to make sure to get a table in case it gets busy. Does that sound ok? Looking forward to it!

[batsballsbases]

Hi Dan thanks for reaching out... not sure yet but will try my best. Probably not for lunch but will try and make the show.. Al

[Jewish-collector]

I used to love that Raleigh show at the Kerr Scott Building. Is this the same show ? Is that show no longer ?

[Bliggity]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

I used to love that Raleigh show at the Kerr Scott Building. Is this the same show ? Is that show no longer ?

It's basically the same show. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but Inside Pitch Promotions used to host about a half-dozen shows each year in the Kerr Scott building. I think they "sold" two of the shows to Tidewater Cards a couple years ago, and then "sold" two more of the shows to Oak City Sports Cards. Inside Pitch still advertises the shows, and I don't know exactly what the owner/promoter relationship is or how it works, but the shows are still going on with basically the same schedule as they have for the past 10+ years.

In the last couple years they've been trying a few different venues at the fairgrounds in addition to the Kerr Scott building. They've been in the Holshouser building, and there was even a show in Dorton Arena last month. This will be the first one in the Expo Center. Some of the shows are just sports cards; others are toys/pokemon/comics; some are a mix of both. This one is a mix, but supposedly 2/3 of the 300+ tables are going to be sports cards. It's always hit-or-miss with prewar and good vintage, but there was a lot of it at the December show, including a couple really impressive tables (that were unfortunately way overpriced).

[marcmandel]

Done. Brick House @ 11:30 it'll be. I'll be there!

[JimmyC]

I’ll be the ol’ curmudgeon with a Yankees cap on….

[Natedog]

Hi all - my plans have changed so I'm open to join. See you soon!