White Plains Show 1/15-1/17

[Prince Hal]

Good show overall with lots of dealers and a decent amount of pre-war stuff. I don't do autographs but if you do this show was chock full. The auction houses had some very nice high end stuff on display and were interesting to talk with. I was looking for T206 HOF portraits and there was not a great selection other than from Bill Bredhead (sp). Lots of commons though. Picked up a Joss and Waddell at very fair prices. One dealer had a nice SGC 55 Lajoie but the price was pretty well above what I've seen for the grade. The pre-war stuff at some tables rivaled the eBay BIN museum price numbers...I was hoping to get a W600 graded there but SGC wanted $100 which seemed pretty steep. Lots of Topps/Bowman so set builders there could make a killing. For me it was worth the 2.5 hour drive each way. It did remind me that eBay really can be a decent place for selection and reasonable deals if you are patient. I'll go back again.