Atlanta card shops?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

Atlanta used be a great town for card collecting. Now there's next to nothing. The few shops that are there are open very weird hours and have only shiny stuff.

True that. I miss the good old days of the 80’s of spending hours of going through endless trays of commons at Atlanta Sports Cards and Dick Schwartz’s various stores. There is a place way out in Loganville called GotBaseballCards that has a lot of vintage but they cater to internet/eBay sales, the last time I went there they pretty much chased me out because they didn’t want to bring out the trays of commons to me so that I could cherry pick through looking for obscure print errors and variations.

[JollyElm]

A 'The Sky is Falling' summation:

The community card shops have 'run out' of vintage material and local card shows don't have enough vintage tables to even accommodate the members of The Last Supper, and it continues to get worse as the 'refractorization' of the hobby continues unabated.

The only way there's ever going to be a hope of it changing is if the bottom falls out of the shiny market...but even that probably won't lead to more vintage appearing. We're sadly getting closer to an on-line (eBay, auction houses, etc.) or nothing environment for vintage collectors.

But try not to let it get you down.

[ALBB]

I recall a couple in the Marrietta area

[chalupacollects]

I remember one in the Norcross area. Not sure if it is there anymore...

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

I remember one in the Norcross area. Not sure if it is there anymore...

You might be thinking of Atlanta Sports Cards that was on Jimmy Carter Blvd, they have been closed for years. They had a huge inventory.

[ALR-bishop]

Came across a Topps 1970 Ryan Cloth there years ago

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Came across a Topps 1970 Ryan Cloth there years ago