Calif. Card show!!!

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I would like to have been there Friday but work prevented it. Ditto everything Jason said. A decent little show. Could use a few more vintage dealers, though I heard that some of the dealers canceled due to illness, so the show may have been a bit smaller than was intended. Paul [Markoe] is a fixture at most SoCal shows and will hopefully be at ours. Nice man, king of the lower grade cards. From him I picked up an E210 Rice with a ghost back, a Zeenut Oscar Vitt and a Diamond Match cover of Izzy Goldstein. Ryan had nice 1915 Susini Tris Speaker that is now part of my collection. If I'd had $30K lying around I'd have purchased his 1920s Negro League HOFers; those cards were the best things at the show that I saw. Also got a few boxing PCs and several photos from Jim Jeffries' boxing facility signed and stamped by the staff photographer there. Very much enjoyed visiting with everyone though I did not sell a thing. I don't realize how much I miss shows until I get to go to one...

Paul had a two player Brooklyn Old Judge that I really regret not buying... I got all condition prude at the hacked off borders... In hindsight, it had perfect photo quality, and I could have "fixed" it with an actress card.

I'll see you guys in May, if I have enough stuff I want to sell at the time, I'll get a table. A saturday only show really is a great idea.

-Matt

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Paul had a two player Brooklyn Old Judge that I really regret not buying... I got all condition prude at the hacked off borders... In hindsight, it had perfect photo quality, and I could have "fixed" it with an actress card.

I'll see you guys in May, if I have enough stuff I want to sell at the time, I'll get a table. A saturday only show really is a great idea.

-Matt

I'm pretty sure that I have Paul's email if you want to still buy it. Could put you in touch with him.

Also, we can't take credit for Sat only show. Mark Macrae, our show mentor , has been running a successful show this way for 30 years up in San Leandro. It seems to work for him and allows for everyone to have a life as well.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

I'm pretty sure that I have Paul's email if you want to still buy it. Could put you in touch with him.

Also, we can't take credit for Sat only show. Mark Macrae, our show mentor , has been running a successful show this way for 30 years up in San Leandro. It seems to work for him and allows for everyone to have a life as well.

The only downside to a one day show is it makes it less viable for out-of- towners. Otherwise I hope to make more shows in the future too. I would love to come west and do some shows with Mark M. and friends....I do understand the one day concept and agree it works, especially for more local people.

[oaks1912]

The one day show most likely would scare away long distance dealers, like Roger Neufeldt and others more than 700 miles away, but the distance from Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego and Northern California is an easy few hour drive. The expenses would be Friday night lodging and gas. So Cal dealers Gavin Riley, Steve Brunner, Clay Hill, Tony Galovich and even Goodie Goldfaden were regular attendees at the Nor Cal shows years back. While gas prices have gone up since then, so has fuel efficiency. Four vintage dealers, each with a few albums full of vintage cards and an overnight bag could easily fit in a Prius wagon and their expenses wouldn't be much higher than the cost of a couple In N Out Burgers....of which there happen to be a few of located in the Big Valley...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oaks1912

The one day show most likely would scare away long distance dealers, like Roger Neufeldt and others more than 700 miles away, but the distance from Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego and Northern California is an easy few hour drive. The expenses would be Friday night lodging and gas. So Cal dealers Gavin Riley, Steve Brunner, Clay Hill, Tony Galovich and even Goodie Goldfaden were regular attendees at the Nor Cal shows years back. While gas prices have gone up since then, so has fuel efficiency. Four vintage dealers, each with a few albums full of vintage cards and an overnight bag could easily fit in a Prius wagon and their expenses wouldn't be much higher than the cost of a couple In N Out Burgers....of which there happen to be a few of located in the Big Valley...

Since last year there was an explosion of In N Out Burgers in N.Texas. We have one on every corner now. They are great burgers but I think they over-saturated the market. I look for a few of them to actually close down (locally) because of their over population. And back to the subject, I would love to be able to drive for 2-3 hours to get to a good one day show. I would do that every day. I understand that the original show we are discussing is a 3 day show so that might be doable if it keeps going. Coming west would be fun as we always go east.


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