Atlantic City National Exhibitors Location/Information

[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....

[Steve_NY]

I think that Fballguy has it right. The better questions should come from the collectors to the exhibitor group telling us what they seek and then we can bring those items.

For him, I know I have Post Cereal football cards in nice condition.

I am at Booth 1100, Steve Sabow DynamicTwo@aol.com.

Other collectors coming to the National -- Post some of your main wants and we will help to find you exhibitors that can help.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by Steve_NY

I think that Fballguy has it right. The better questions should come from the collectors to the exhibitor group telling us what they seek and then we can bring those items.

For him, I know I have Post Cereal football cards in nice condition.

I am at Booth 1100, Steve Sabow DynamicTwo@aol.com.

Other collectors coming to the National -- Post some of your main wants and we will help to find you exhibitors that can help.

Thank you Steve. I will definitely stop by.

[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?

[Seven]

Tacking onto this if everyone wouldn't mind.

I primarily like to target raw vintage. Definitely looking to add some lower level pre-war cards, but possibly some 1953 Topps, along with alternative issues like Dan-Dee and Red Heart as well. If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be fantastic.

I might be looking for signed Mantle ball, depending on how my spending goes. Who would be the more reliable booths to search for signed baseballs? Thank you.

- James

[Steve_NY]

Seven: I do set up a showcase with esoteric items in it like 30-40 Dan Dees, some Red Hearts, Sugardales, and many other different company releases. Often, I get customers who buy the whole lot, so stop by Booth 1100, 6 booths in the main entrance. If you are looking for perfection, I tend to target those issues that are not in such condition.

Steve_NY
DynamicTwo@aol.com

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This hobby sure attracts them.

Card Doctors are like Athlete's Feet, they disappear for a while, but they’re Never entirely gone.

[Al C.risafulli]

Love of the Game will be similarly set up in the back of the room for our 10th National, booth 425 and 429.

I'll have a nice selection of items on display that will be in our Summer auction, which launches the week after the show.

We'll also be accepting consignments for our fall auction, which is, not so coincidentally, our Tenth Anniversary Auction. Ten years flew by quick, we're hoping to make this auction a special one so bring all your Baltimore News Ruths and Anson in Uniforms, please.

And if you've got nothing to consign and no interest in looking at the stuff on display, please at least stop by and say hello!

-Al