Burbank Card Show-Vintage dealers?

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Drove to the convention center, about 15 miles, and got to the area around 11:45. Traffic is absurd. More police and blocked streets than I've seen in a long time. The traffic line to get to the first possible light to turn left and enter the line for the parking lot, was at least 3 city blocks long and crawling. By the time I got to the entry for the lot, guess what - "lot full." They were directing people to lots miles away at best. Being a senior citizen, I'm just not up to that kind of walk. So.......after spending about an hour in line just to get to the parking lot, I changed lanes and went home. I wanted to go to show my support so that they would hold additional conventions here. I guess they got their show of support without me.

Maybe, if I can re-muster my excitement tomorrow, I'll try Uber. We'll see.

To those that made it in, hope you had a good time. Sorry I missed it.

I had the same luck. Drove around the convention center trying to find parking for around 45 minutes, and the police were no help. They had blocked off every entrance to the multiple parking lots I tried and were directing everyone away from the center. I went home.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I had the same luck. Drove around the convention center trying to find parking for around 45 minutes, and the police were no help. They had blocked off every entrance to the multiple parking lots I tried and were directing everyone away from the center. I went home.

I got there around 10:15 and it was already a major zoo. Ended up parking at one of the Disney lots and walking about 0.4 miles.

There was an anime convention going on at the convention center, which was also part of the traffic. I accidentally went to that side at first. Walked in and was like, “I know my people are different, but this is not my crowd”, so kept on walking. Took about 15 mins of waiting in line to get screened through security. Once inside it wasn’t too crazy busy. Had to leave to catch my flight after a pretty short stint, but by then the line to get in had grown exceptionally to more like 45 mins.

Just glad I got there early enough to take care of my priority stuff and still catch my flight back home.

The only serious drag was there were waaaaay too many Dodgers fans running around everywhere. Had to take a shower when I got home to wash off the Dodger filth.

[ocjack]

Originally Posted by raulus

There was an anime convention going on at the convention center, which was also part of the traffic..

Ahhh that explains the girls with purple hair and fur boas....

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Ahhh that explains the girls with purple hair and fur boas....

If they knew there was a card show in the area they might have stayed home.

[RCFire82]

Good time at the Burbank Card Show in Anaheim yesterday. Parking was rough (about 30min. to get into the parking structure), huge line to get in the center, but it moved quickly (only about 15min.). Decent enough amount of vintage. OK amount of t2o6's to be found. Didn't pull the trigger on anything. My son picked these guys out for himself, and was able to negotiate a few bucks and still be 10% under his budget of $100 for the day. All and all, for $20 to get in and $20 to park, it was a fun day.

[Chris-Counts]

I braved the traffic, long lines and endless tables of shiny junk yesterday and went to the show. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to get in. There were a couple thousand people waiting in line when I got there — and many thousands more waiting in another line to get into the anima/comics show. I wandered around the show for about two hours before I found Adam's table and actually spent some money.

After listening so many proclaim the imminent demise of the hobby, it was great to see so many people of all ages seriously geeking out on baseball cards. In the future, I would like to see all the vintage stuff in one place, and I think the promoter should have a section on the show's website explaining where people can park. The parking signs that were posted by the city of Anaheim actually steered people away from the show.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

I think the promoter should have a section on the show's website explaining where people can park. The parking signs that were posted by the city of Anaheim actually steered people away from the show.

I think that would have been a great idea and very helpful. I followed my GPS which took me to the main parking entrance in the front (closed). Then I followed where the police steered me and that parking was also closed and I ended up driving away from the convention center. That's why I finally gave up.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by RCFire82

Good time at the Burbank Card Show in Anaheim yesterday. Parking was rough (about 30min. to get into the parking structure), huge line to get in the center, but it moved quickly (only about 15min.). Decent enough amount of vintage. OK amount of t2o6's to be found. Didn't pull the trigger on anything. My son picked these guys out for himself, and was able to negotiate a few bucks and still be 10% under his budget of $100 for the day. All and all, for $20 to get in and $20 to park, it was a fun day.

Looks like your son did well for himself and pickup some great players

[RCFire82]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Looks like your son did well for himself and pickup some great players

Thanks Jeff! I was excited to see him excited. He plays travel ball, we watch our Braves together, and at 12yrs old he's into vintage cards...Great times.

[nineunder71]

Ryan,
That’s what it’s all about, love that post

Cheers My Friend!

[ocjack]

Any wrap-up comments now that it's over? Any great finds, any surprises? Sorry I couldn't attend.