The pain of looking for vintage while traveling

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Posted By: Fred C

Ed,

Back in the early 90s there were dozens of card shops to be found in most major metropolitan areas. I mean, a load of them. You could call a dozen shops and they considered 70s material vintage material. Every once in a while you'd find that shop that had good material.

Today, with the down turn in the rookie craze, there aren't many mom and pop shops open. I cherish the ones that actually have a vintage inventory. I stopped looking a few years ago because it was just too difficult to find good shoppes.

A lot of places closed because of the lower demand for inserts, rookie cards, etc. Also, the internet just clobbered a lot of the stores. Why would someone pay full retail for a card that they could easily find cheaper on the internet/ebay.

Good luck with the search. It would be really neat if we could get a link section that listed different stores that carry vintage cards.