CSA Shows Chantilly VA April 6th-8th 300 tables Net54 member specials !

[jefferyepayne]

I'm planning to hit Willards BBQ right next to the Dulles Expo Center for lunch at 1:00. Any other Net54 members want to join in?

Let me know and we can coordinate to meet up.

jeff

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I'm going to have a larger lot of mostly 50's baseball and football that is lower than the EX grade I like to maintain for my commons. Was going to put it up on here, but I'll bring ti to the show if you're interested stop by and ask!

[larrie804]

Please stop by and say hello....as usual we, Dean's House of Cards (Not Dean's Cards) can be found at Tables 524, 526 and 528! We recently picked up 15,000+/- cards from the 50s, 60s and early 70s. We found these while on vacation in the Adirondacks. We also have 15+/- sets from 1954 on...1954, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, etc. Mention this post for a 10% discount!

Hope I see you there!
Larrie dean

[Johnny630]

Willards BBQ is off the hook !! Great Place and I bet this is the first time anyone has ever said "Off the Hook" on net54. Look forward to the show and a Willards Smoked Catfish Sandwich.

[Leon]

Anyone go to the show today and have a report back?

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by Leon

Anyone go to the show today and have a report back?

Sure did! A small group of Net54 members met up for lunch at Willards and after gorging ourselves on good BBQ, we headed to the show.

Chantilly was down a bit this time in terms of vintage as I'm guessing some dealers opted to pass on it to head to the National in a few weeks. That's pretty typical for the Summer Chantilly Show in my experience. There was still quite a bit of nice vintage and pre-war material to check out so it was a nice show! I was able to pickup some pre-war stuff I've been after as well as 70 cards I've been looking to upgrade in my sets.

Some auction houses were there as well, showing off upcoming auction items: REA, Huggins and Scott, Mile High. Saw SGC and CSA booths but don't think I saw PSA . Or maybe I missed them?

Also got to say 'hi' to Loni Anderson so that was a plus ;-)

jeff

[Huck]

I took in the show today. I thought the show floor was kind of busy for the summer show. There was not a ton of vintage on the floor. As the other poster mentioned, the number of dealers was down a bit. I did see some early 1900's tobacco cards and admired some Tattoo Orbits that seemed reasonably priced. Far too many (1) auction houses, displaying cards (2) football in my opinion (3) too many tables that had the look of a front loader just dumping material on a table. I like American Pickers as much as the next guy but not at a card show (4) framed autographed items (5) odd booths, the comic book art booth???. I had a nice chat with Pat from Kevin Savage Cards out of Ohio. The other dealers I spoke with said "business was okay", "too many autograph guests" - which is the knock on the CSA shows, it is more of an autograph festival than card show. I do like obtaining autographs, hopefully a balance can be achieved where the vendors are happy as well.

Loni Anderson was looking pretty good for her age.