Philly Show ?

[bigfanNY]

Left about an Hour ago. Hoghlights Met Ted Z and had a great time talking with him. Nice selection of cards with less pokemon dealers than recent shows. This card cought my eye..I don't think I have ever seen this one before..M113 Boston 1915 team. Also saw a 1921 Tip Top for sale...dont see many of them. Overall great show..next store was "Retrocon" with cosplay old toys star wars etc. I walked it quickly and enjoyed it as well...probably where the strange smell was coming from last night..

[sb1]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Left about an Hour ago. Hoghlights Met Ted Z and had a great time talking with him. Nice selection of cards with less pokemon dealers than recent shows. This card cought my eye..I don't think I have ever seen this one before..M113 Boston 1915 team. Also saw a 1921 Tip Top for sale...dont see many of them. Overall great show..next store was "Retrocon" with cosplay old toys star wars etc. I walked it quickly and enjoyed it as well...probably where the strange smell was coming from last night..

Very nice M113 Team and very scarce!!!

[Leon]

Nice one!

Thanks for the updates, guys!

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Left about an Hour ago. Hoghlights Met Ted Z and had a great time talking with him. Nice selection of cards with less pokemon dealers than recent shows. This card cought my eye..I don't think I have ever seen this one before..M113 Boston 1915 team. Also saw a 1921 Tip Top for sale...dont see many of them. Overall great show..next store was "Retrocon" with cosplay old toys star wars etc. I walked it quickly and enjoyed it as well...probably where the strange smell was coming from last night..

[Rhotchkiss]

I was there all day Saturday. The facility/room is far superior to the Casino- so much more space and it looked like more dealers/table. The food situation was pretty solid too. The bathrooms, however, sucked- 3 stalls for a room full of men/boys.

Tons of vintage and tons of modern. All the sports were well represented. I thought it was very evenly mixed. It appeared the modern dealers were busier than the vintage dealers, but that makes sense as the larger majority of attendees appeared to be below 35 years old. A lot of kids and a decent amount of women, on both sides of the tables.

There were at least 10 pre war dealers with some really really good stuff.

I was there with my son and nephews. These kids only like the shinny stuff. It was so great to watch them wheel, deal, and negotiate. I think these experiences will be invaluable to them when they are older. A card show is a pure bastion of capitalism. It is pretty amazing how much money changes hands, most of it with that under 35 crowd. I spoke to many in this group, very few of them knew players or card issues older than 20-30 years. Everyone expressed deep respect for, and interest in, the old stuff and many said they want to own a Cobb or Ruth someday, but then they turn immediately to that optic, cracked ice /99 RPA variation!

After the show there was “trade night”. That was amazing, and my kids had a blast- it’s a chance to do deals on par with other collectors. All in all, great experience.

I did not smell much pot, although maybe I am just numb to it at this point- the entire city of DC, including 495 on a nice day, smells like pot