The National: Is 4 hrs. enough on Wednesday?

[Lucas00]

I walked the whole 2022 national in about 3 hours pretty easily. I glance at tables and instantly know if I want to stop or not. I only went to find cool rare stuff and 90% of tables were glance, and skip. So that definitely helped.

It really depends what you're going for.. If it's for one of the same 40 cards every vintage dealer has 10 of it might take a full day. Eg koufax rookie, mantles Aarons etc.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

I walked the whole 2022 national in about 3 hours pretty easily. I glance at tables and instantly know if I want to stop or not. I only went to find cool rare stuff and 90% of tables were glance, and skip. So that definitely helped.

It really depends what you're going for.. If it's for one of the same 40 cards every vintage dealer has 10 of it might take a full day. Eg koufax rookie, mantles Aarons etc.

Thanks for the assessment -- I'm primarily looking for Jim Thorpe, so that's pretty narrow.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

Thanks for the assessment -- I'm primarily looking for Jim Thorpe, so that's pretty narrow.

If that's all you're looking for, you won't even need the 4 hours. In and out in less than two, I surmise.

I only sought vintage autographs when I used to attend, so was in a similar sort of timeframe. As the previous poster said, it took a nanosecond to tell if a table was worth stopping at or not.

[Jewish-collector]

It depends on what you are looking for. If what you're looking for are just Jim Thorpe cards, then you should be able to go thru all the tables fairly quickly.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

It depends on what you are looking for. If what you're looking for are just Jim Thorpe cards, then you should be able to go thru all the tables fairly quickly.

That's my intended mission ... but that could always be swayed due to rare eye candy.