Atlantic City National Exhibitors Location/Information

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

We're at booth 465. Some Highlights:

[Peter_Spaeth]

How many names can you spot who have been outed on Blowout?

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How many names can you spot who have been outed on Blowout?

Many will be Set up or Walking the floors with dealer badges from friends who use their services.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Many will be Set up or Walking the floors with dealer badges from friends who use their services.

Yup. Same as it ever was, I guess.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How many names can you spot who have been outed on Blowout?

I think the correct answer is........too many!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobC

I think the correct answer is........too many!

The hobby of no consequences.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The hobby of no consequences.

At least we can say it is our hobby Peter. Just have to try and be a little more vigilant and watch out for the scams, fakes, and problems. I guess one good thing for the likes of us is that we've been in the hobby for enough years that we preceded a lot of the more current nonsense going on. And hopefully were able to find and acquire items that aren't so easy (and cheap) to acquire anymore. And we also probably know a little bit more than the average collector (at least I hope so) when it comes to vintage/pre-war.

I do know that I'd really hate to be starting out in the hobby these days now. It is a lot different than it was 20-30 years ago, that is for sure. LOL

[Fballguy]

If anyone out there sees this and can help please give me a yell...

My primary focus of the National....

1) Far and away pennants. I know my good friend Rick Haskins will put a nice sized dent in my budget. If there are any other dealers with pennants, I would love to know what table you'll be at.

2) I've had 70% of a 1962 Post Football set completed for about 5 years. I'd like to take a chunk out of the final 30% which as you can guess includes a fair amount of SPs. Not ever sure why I started this one as building sets isn't my thing but for some reason I'm compelled to finish it.

3) Early NFL memorabilia, especially Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams memorabilia. Anything but programs.

4) AFL or WFL memorabilia. For the AFL, I would make an exception on programs if they have exceptional art work on the cover which many do.

"If you bring it, he will come"....The it being the stuff above. The he being me.

Let me know.

[sb1]

Brockelman Auctions will be at Booth #733 accepting consignments for our upcoming September Auction.

Stop by and say hello....

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by BobC

At least we can say it is our hobby Peter. Just have to try and be a little more vigilant and watch out for the scams, fakes, and problems. I guess one good thing for the likes of us is that we've been in the hobby for enough years that we preceded a lot of the more current nonsense going on. And hopefully were able to find and acquire items that aren't so easy (and cheap) to acquire anymore. And we also probably know a little bit more than the average collector (at least I hope so) when it comes to vintage/pre-war.

I do know that I'd really hate to be starting out in the hobby these days now. It is a lot different than it was 20-30 years ago, that is for sure. LOL

There was as much if not more fraud 20-30 years ago as there is now. Much of it from the same group of clowns.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by glynparson

There was as much if not more fraud 20-30 years ago as there is now. Much of it from the same group of clowns.

Without a doubt Glyn. But back then you were more likely to come across these types at shows and in person. In those cases you would actually get to see and examine items in person, and thus be better able to discern if there were problems and issues. I know there were still mail order services, but it seems that most people back then stuck to the more well-known and respected dealers through the mail. Nowadays, with the internet and all, the scammers come looking for you, just look at the scams coming through our own B/S/T forum. And of course, Ebay is probably the biggest factor to really grow and expand the collecting hobby, and along with it, the scammers and thieves. The advent of TPGs and grading only added another twist or level to the kinds of fakes and scams that the would-be thieves would try to foist upon the collecting public. And with the expansion of those on the internet, those thieves and frauds can now reach a far larger number of people, literally around the world, and get paid using modern payment techniques that didn't exist back then. At least in the past, the scammers at a show trying to sell you a fake had to have an actual fake/counterfeit item to sell you. Nowadays with the internet, they can just steal an image from anywhere and pass it off as their own to unsuspecting marks.

That is more of what I was getting at. With the internet and the way more and more people just blindly accept buying virtually everything, sight unseen, online, it allows for more opportunities for crooks and fraudsters to take advantage of people. An old baby boomer like myself is automatically more skeptical from having been in this hobby for decades, and having seen and/or handled a lot of the fakes and counterfeits that can be out there. I still prefer the idea of going to a store to actually see and examine what I'm looking to buy, but since that concept and platform has been disappearing more and more in recent years, it just makes me all the more careful and overly skeptical when buying things in today's environment online.

[bbsports]

Another year at the National. Looking forward to seeing my steady diet of good customers and hopefully some new faces. I will be at booth #328. A majority of cards I will be selling are graded T206 cards, mostly graded by PSA. some SGC as well. Grades PSA 2s-PSA 6's, with a majority of them graded PSA 6's. I also have some graded T205's and some E-cards. Also added some PSA graded vintage from the 50's as well. Bill Brodhead at brodcards@aol.com

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by glynparson

There was as much if not more fraud 20-30 years ago as there is now. Much of it from the same group of clowns.

This hobby sure attracts them, doesn't it?