How does a new seller get into ANY major card show these days?

[philliesfan]

Let's just start our own damn show and we can waitlist them!
Yesterday 11:41 AM

Maybe we can have our own card show. Maybe create a new forum for a card show and set it for a certain date. And anyone interested can shoot a short 1 minute video of what you have for sale and post it.

I don't know if this would work or if it is even a good idea but who knows. It may beat listing individual cards and scans by using video.

Bob

[bcbgcbrcb]

You mean a virtual card show, Bob?

[philliesfan]

Yes. A virtual card show. Think it could work?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Whatnot is doing their version of a card show on YouTube this weekend. From what I understand, this is the third time they have done this. I don’t use the site so not familiar with the process.

As far as your idea, I think it’s feasible but wouldn’t really work for me. My main interest in setting up at the major card shows is two-fold, one is to sell the vintage high-end HOF GOAT rookie cards and the other part to it is bargain box $1-$20 vintage singles in mainly low-mid grade, mostly all HOF’ers and rookies from the 1960’s, 1970’s & 1980’s (baseball, football and basketball but heavily weighted towards baseball).

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

It would be absolutely wonderful to have an annual show for vintage material. I wouldn't personally want it restricted to Pre-War, though. Pre-Junk Era would open it up nice and wide and should also make it easier to enlarge it beyond those few tables at the small Virginia event that happened. I think the vast majority here aren't exclusively Pre-War but would venture that most don't dabble in the shiny junk. If a great and successful vintage-only show were to actually happen, it can't afford to be Pre-War elitist. That's just bad business.

Keep corporate and breaker areas with their noisy racket far away, please.

I'd definitely like to see more than 10 dealers or however many were in VA. Let's say 100 dealers, but the more the merrier provided the above parameters are implemented. Lots of venues available everywhere for something of that size. The last National had just over 350 dealers, so something a third of that size would be perfect.

Another interesting strategy would be giving priority to those on other shows' waiting lists, or true first-timers. We're all tired of the stale inventories at other shows.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

It would be absolutely wonderful to have an annual show for vintage material. I wouldn't personally want it restricted to Pre-War, though. Pre-Junk Era would open it up nice and wide and should also make it easier to enlarge it beyond those few tables at the small Virginia event that happened. I think the vast majority here aren't exclusively Pre-War but would venture that most don't dabble in the shiny junk. If a great and successful vintage-only show were to actually happen, it can't afford to be Pre-War elitist. That's just bad business.

Keep corporate and breaker areas with their noisy racket far away, please.

I'd definitely like to see more than 10 dealers or however many were in VA. Let's say 100 dealers, but the more the merrier provided the above parameters are implemented. Lots of venues available everywhere for something of that size. The last National had just over 350 dealers, so something a third of that size would be perfect.

Another interesting strategy would be giving priority to those on other shows' waiting lists, or true first-timers. We're all tired of the stale inventories at other shows.

You're, in many ways, Describing the Strongsville show.

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Whatnot is doing their version of a card show on YouTube this weekend. From what I understand, this is the third time they have done this. I don’t use the site so not familiar with the process.

As far as your idea, I think it’s feasible but wouldn’t really work for me. My main interest in setting up at the major card shows is two-fold, one is to sell the vintage high-end HOF GOAT rookie cards and the other part to it is bargain box $1-$20 vintage singles in mainly low-mid grade, mostly all HOF’ers and rookies from the 1960’s, 1970’s & 1980’s (baseball, football and basketball but heavily weighted towards baseball).

Bargain boxes are great at shows. If you get in you should do great.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks, Glyn. I think so too, that’s why I am so intent on trying to set up at a couple of major shows a year. Rather than doing my local events down here in Florida where I am lucky to get a couple of hundred attendees (like literally 100-200), the type of stuff I have at the prices I charge (almost always the lowest at the show for vintage HOF’ers and stars), I wouldn’t be surprised if I completely sold out of my 5 bargain boxes that I currently bring to each show by the end of the weekend. I feel that those sales alone would be more than enough to cover my booth and all travel expenses. Then, if I sell a Jim Brown rookie, an Aaron rookie, a Pele rookie and a Jackie rookie, I’m well over $10K with just those 4 sales alone for a 3-5 day show, pretty reasonable expectation, I believe.