Chantilly (VA) Show - June 23-25

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Agree. I'm a three hour drive away and the lack of baseball guests in the auto lineup is disappointing. Enough so that I usually skip the show.

There will be plenty of cards there that fit the sets listed in your bio

It’s a card show, not an autograph show!


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[Brian Van Horn]

I may go, but 272 miles each way on the same day....hmmm...and I may pull it at the end of next month to and from Chicago nine hours each way with the show in between for around five hours. Yes, add in breaks and it actually works out to 26 consecutive hours for this 56 year old lunatic on caffeine. To answer the question that may come to some minds:

No, I have never been a long haul truck driver.

To date at Chantilly, which has a lot of pre-WWII cards, I have only ever purchased one card in that category at the show. A 1916 Zee Nut Morrie Rath from William Chappelle. Nice trip, however, to and from the destination.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

It’s a card show, not an autograph show!
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60 plus guests? There are usually more people waiting in the autograph area than one can count on the sales floor. I am all for a healthy hobby, but Cowboys and Steelers drive that show. Go look behind the curtain and tell me the money is not in the autographs. The amount of merchandise behind the curtain will blow your mind. I wonder why a big outfit like 707 Sports Cards out of PA no longer sets-up at Chantilly. I have seen them once.

[notfast]

Originally Posted by Huck

. I wonder why a big outfit like 707 Sports Cards out of PA no longer sets-up at Chantilly. I have seen them once.

I don’t see them set up at any shows besides the National.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by notfast

I don’t see them set up at any shows besides the National.

I have seen them at Chantilly once. I can't say for a fact that they set up at the Philly show. I have seen them at the National. Perhaps, their online sales trump the need to set up at shows in the area.

[notfast]

Originally Posted by Huck

I have seen them at Chantilly once. I can't say for a fact that they set up at the Philly show. I have seen them at the National. Perhaps, their online sales trump the need to set up at shows in the area.

Guess you answered your questions about why they don’t set up at Chantilly then. Doesn’t seem like a good way to measure how good a show is.

[jefferyepayne]

I will be there Friday and would love to catch up with Net54 members for dinner that night too. I always go to Willards around 6 or so if anyone wants to meet up and join me that is attending on Friday.

Would love to meet other members and see those I already known (hi Val and Mark and others!).

jeff

P.S. I wouldn't call Chantilly 'football heavy' but there are a few really great football dealers that sometimes come. Give us football guys some love!

[Huck]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

P.S. I wouldn't call Chantilly 'football heavy' but there are a few really great football dealers that sometimes come. Give us football guys some love!

The reference was to the number of football guests.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by notfast

Guess you answered your questions about why they don’t set up at Chantilly then. Doesn’t seem like a good way to measure how good a show is.

??? - I did not say Chantilly was a bad show. I am fortunate to have one of the major promoters in my backyard. I have been in the autograph/memorabilia side of the hobby for 30 years. Since memorabilia is scant at CSA, my hope is for an autograph guest (usually recent hall inductees) that I can add to the collection. I am hopeful that the October show can deliver.