Reminiscing...Spring Garden, Willow Grove, Ocean City, Fort Washington, Reading Shows

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by vic

That was a great show for my Brother John and I. John sold an Eddie Plank

T206 and I sold a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. Bought so much stuff had to

turn people away from the table. It was a great mad house. All Cash

Great story, Vic

I remember those days.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[bigfanNY]

This is postcard ad for First Philly show. That show was Baseball card overload for a 14 year old. It was maybe the 5th or 6th card show I attended with my Dad. Paul Pollard sold us a set of 1940 playballs. (First cards my Dad bought as a kid..He had a complete 41 set but only a few 40's) I remember someone had some 1941 play ball packs he sold and I picked two wrappers off the floor. Saw my first Maggie error card at the auction saw a Joe McCarthy hat sell for $8.. We got a 1905 W601 of Clevland. (Still have it). Many happy memories of Philly shows mostly if the great folks I spent time with.

[bigfanNY]

Came accross these items from first and second Philly shows. Maybe one day there will be a collection focused on card collecting. Anyway again lots of happy memories about a lot of great friends and fellow collectors.

[Rich Klein]

Ted always used to pose some neat trivia questions at his table. I miss those old shows. Those two days were whirlwinds and the Friday night into Saturday was rough even then on my sleep patterns.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Came accross these items from first and second Philly shows. Maybe one day there will be a collection focused on card collecting. Anyway again lots of happy memories about a lot of great friends and fellow collectors.

Out of all of my stuff in my current collection, which has swelled quite a bit since the sale of the first one, there is no doubt whatsoever that my card collecting is paled by my baseball card hobby publications/handwritten letters current collection. Here is part of it but I still have around 7 large brown boxes of stuff to go through. Almost everything is pre-1980, which is my soft cut off. Let me repeat I have 7 LARGE brown boxes that have not been gone through yet.
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[RedsFan1941]

wow leon that is so awesome. super COOL!

[cardsnstuff]

Id like to see a few pages of that beckett graded investor; to see how things have changed over the last 10 years. if you can

[jerrys]

Read the May, 1989 Willow Grove Dealer Roster. Hall's Nostalgia is not listed. I didn't think Walter and Joel ever missed a WG show. Same for Frank and Vivian Barning.

Jeff Miller, the publications dealer, played "Post Time" on his trumpet at the opening of the shows.