St. Louis/Collinsville Sports Show

[HRBAKER]

I was very apprehensive but it was worth the four hour drive.
Have to think they may have taken a bath on the auto guests yesterday unless there was a ton of MO. Didn't stay for the auction.

[Danny Smith]

Apparently the auction went pretty well with strong prices. I ended up winning one of the door prizes at the end. Scored the 51 Bowman Mantle rookie so needless to say I am pretty pumped. I stuck around for the 52 Topps Mantle, which was a very nice PSA 1 but unfortunately lightning did not strike twice.

[stlcardsfan]

You won the 51 Mantle??? Congrats! I purchased a VIP pass just for the giveaways because unfortunately I had no time to go over the weekend. Guess I was shut out. I did walk thru on Friday morning about 10AM and it looked like a lot of quality vintage dealers on hand. Browsed some of the auction items including the 52 set minus Mantle. Anyone know what that went for? I saw some of the big auction houses were going to be there so probably not much of a bargain.

[otismalibu]

Checked it out from 10am - noon on Friday. Was curious to see if there would be any basketball dealers. Figured probably not, but it was only about 20 minutes away and $5 to get in. Dropped some cards off with JSA, wandered, chatted, picked up a DrJ rookie for $20, then headed home.

[Danny Smith]

I sure did! It is a very presentable PSA Authentic with no evidence of alterations just a tiny sliver missing. Picture of the card and article on the show can be found at the link below from Sports Collectors Daily.

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...uis-area-show/

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

You won the 51 Mantle??? Congrats! I purchased a VIP pass just for the giveaways because unfortunately I had no time to go over the weekend. Guess I was shut out. I did walk thru on Friday morning about 10AM and it looked like a lot of quality vintage dealers on hand. Browsed some of the auction items including the 52 set minus Mantle. Anyone know what that went for? I saw some of the big auction houses were going to be there so probably not much of a bargain.

[stlcardsfan]

Originally Posted by Danny Smith

I sure did! It is a very presentable PSA Authentic with no evidence of alterations just a tiny sliver missing. Picture of the card and article on the show can be found at the link below from Sports Collectors Daily.

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...uis-area-show/

I actually got to look thru all the giveaway cards. What a prize! How many entrants would you guess? Did you buy a lottery ticket on the way home?