Philly Show this weekend....see you there ?

[tedzan]

I totally agree with you regarding the high-priced autograph situation as I have stated.....
"The people running this show have to realize that a "hi-priced autograph show" does not necessarily translate into a good dealer--customer show."

$100 for Schilling's autog., pix, and Authentication is ridiculous. I like Schilling a lot, but that is a lot $$ for his signature. And, who knows what they
were charging for Andre Dawson, or Reggie Jackson ?


Regarding your......
"Forth, Baltimore National, to me it had no impact. Perhaps people can't recover in a few months but perhaps it was more of an issue of the product
and the prices rather then the national being close."

I have to differ with you. I can tell you for a fact that at least 12 of my long-time, regular Philly Show customers, who bought cards from me in Bal-
timore this Summer, didn't show up at the Valley Forge show last weekend. I heard similar stories from other dealers when we were comparing notes.


TED Z

[judsonhamlin]

I would still like to see this show succeed. I think the observations that turning Philly into an autograph show does nothing for the vintage crowd. If you're there for a 100 Shilling auto, then the odds of you shopping the booths and picking up T-cards or the like is probably fairly slim.
I will defer to Ted (hi Ted) about the impact of Baltimore. But having two shows reasonable close in time and place may just not be viable in our small world.

Some ideas:

-Twice a year, say March and October.
-Make Friday more attractive to the vintage consumer somehow. Either by making it a "preview" night or by working some deal with SGC and/or PSA for grading deals that night. Something, anything, even a few freebie autograph guests.
-Group the vintage dealers apart from the shiny stuff crowd - we'll find you and will appreciate not having to fight through the tables full of customers looking for 2010 Chrome XL Super SP 1 of 1 Refractor autographed game-used pine tar rag or whatever.