Best Little Card Shop in the World

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by brob28

Very cool James, thanks for sharing. If I'm ever in the area I'll definitely stop in.

No problem. The turn-off is pretty sudden so if you're speeding you just might miss it. The owner appears to be in his 60s. I asked him what the future of his store is. He replied that him and his wife will operate for as long as possible but will eventually shut it down. Mr. Shaffer has one daughter who really doesn't have an interest in keeping it going. The closest town is Lewisburg, home of Christy Mathewson and the Bucknell Bison.

[wonkaticket]

Been there many times over the years was a highlight on the drives up to that area. Still have my T207 Johnson and others I picked up in that very same little shop.

Cheers,

John

[Rich Klein]

Rich

[glynparson]

from them over the years. Very good people. Glyn

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

The turn-off is pretty sudden so if you're speeding you just might miss it.

I sped right by the shop on the way back from Matty's grave at Bucknell so I could catch a game at Camden Yards the night before I left Baltimore for home following last year's National. It just popped from out of nowhere and I wondered what the frick a baseball card shop was doing in the middle of the road. For the next few miles down the highway I debated whether I should turn around. As it was I didn't get to the O's game until the fourth inning (although it went 14) but part of me wished I had checked the place out. Camden Yards was on the bucket list so that's what I did.

[ChiSoxCardboard]

I swear I've been there...on a family vacation in the early 90s...I would have been 7 or 8 years old, maybe...but the shop was closed.

I remember being devastated.

Funny the images that stick in your mind.