Card Show in Los Angeles Area

[Wite3]

I will be there saturday morning/afternoon-ish. Looking forward to seeing some people and buying some cards. I know if you are not condition sensitive, one of the dealers setting up is Paul M. who often has tons of vintage cards that are priced from good to okay.

Joshua

[Rob D.]

Just curious, and admittedly, this is a question coming from across the country from someone who doesn't know the nuances of Los Angeles: Why, if there hasn't been a show in the area for years -- meaning there's no worry about scheduling against competition -- would you pick Mother's Day weekend as your dates?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Just curious, and admittedly, this is a question coming from across the country from someone who doesn't know the nuances of Los Angeles: Why, if there hasn't been a show in the area for years -- meaning there's no worry about scheduling against competition -- would you pick Mother's Day weekend as your dates?

Maybe the promoter is hoping to cash in on all of those Mothers Day gift purchases of cards? I can see it now "Hey Ma, check out the great centering on this T206 I got for you!!"

[Jaybird]

Agree that the timing is bizarre. And on REA auction weekend as well. No promotion in the area that I've seen either.

[botn]

I put up a link to the show a month ago in a post and asked the same question. Why on weekend that is both Mother's Day and REA?

When I had not come across any ad for the show I wrote to the promoter, who seems like a really nice guy, to see if the show was still happening and he told me it was and that they are advertising in the SMR, PSA's site, auctionreport.com, Beckett, the San Gabriel News and LA Daily.

I thought I would be able to make it there but too much going on.

[Tsaiko]

Just a heads up for anybody interested. Listed under Dealers Attending Show: Goodwin & Co. are listed, but Bill couldn't make it.

[rickybulldog50]

I didn't know about the show until I saw it posted here. Thanks for the heads up. It's not very often we get a show around here so I took advantage. I collect equipment/memorabilia so I post more on the other forum. I saw a lot of raw and graded cards. I personally thought I saw a lot more vintage stuff than the shiny new stuff. Traffic was light for the show, but I heard some people say it was good for a Friday. I hope it does better tomorrow and Sunday (Autograph guests come those days). Dealers were nice and willing to work with people on prices and some folks even shared some of their knowledge to a novice card person like me. I was grateful for their time considering some folks took a long trek to get to the show. I had a good time walking around and picked up a 20's trophy ball and a HUGE barnstorming panoramic featuring Grover Cleveland Alexander and Dazzy Vance. I snapped some photos of cards/memorabilia I saw (sorry if they're not that great, I just wanted to give those who were going a heads up). Please keep in mind there were a couple tables (6-7) that had more graded pre 40's cards. (I thought I snapped those as well, sorry I think I missed them). Also, they do have a snack bar, but not many places to sit.

[ErikV]

I enjoyed checking out the show today. I had a chance to
meet Jason and a few new as well as old friends. I was told
by one of my dealer friends that this was the first SoCal show
in five years! As such, the venue was about the right size and
the attendance was as I expected, not terribly crowded.

Overall I was impressed with a pretty good selection of vintage
cards (a good mix of graded and non-graded material). Most of
the stuff I saw was a bit overpriced I thought. Nothing caught
my eye, so I left the show empty handed. I did submit a couple
of autographs to PSA/DNA.

I'd like to hope this will be the start of card shows out here again!

ErikV