2021 NSCC Update

[Jewish-collector]

I respectfully disagree. You can find anything you will ever want to purchase from auction houses, ebay, online stores, etc,... I used to attend the National every year, but the novelty is over. The only reason to go nowadays to meetup with guys from message boards and/or friends who are going. Leon's net54 dinner is always the best experience of attending the National.

[Exhibitman]

There is a visceral element to finding a rare item 'in the wild' that internet buying cannot replicate. Plus, there is the element of the find and unlike eBay you won't have to sweat the closing to grab it.

Needs a card, so here's a National find:

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

I respectfully disagree. You can find anything you will ever want to purchase from auction houses, ebay, online stores, etc,... I used to attend the National every year, but the novelty is over. The only reason to go nowadays to meetup with guys from message boards and/or friends who are going. Leon's net54 dinner is always the best experience of attending the National.

At the last National in Chicago (2 years ago) I acquired my holy grail - an e92 Nadja Ty Cobb. The dealer I got it from had acquired 3 of them (privately) shortly before the National. They are the only 3 known to exist. Two of them were gobbled up by “heavy hitter collectors” before the National leaving the 1 I acquired. None of the 3 have been in auctions nor are they likely to. If I hadn’t gone to the National I wouldn’t have 1 of them either.

If & when possible, GO.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

At the last National in Chicago (2 years ago) I acquired my holy grail - an e92 Nadja Ty Cobb. The dealer I got it from had acquired 3 of them (privately) shortly before the National. They are the only 3 known to exist. Two of them were gobbled up by “heavy hitter collectors” before the National leaving the 1 I acquired. None of the 3 have been in auctions nor are they likely to. If I hadn’t gone to the National I wouldn’t have 1 of them either.

If & when possible, GO.

If you're interested, I have a Gregg Jefferies RC I'd trade for it.

[JollyElm]

All of us NOT attending The National waiting to hear fantastical stories and see pictures...

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