Card Show in Los Angeles Area

[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.

[rickybulldog50]

More photos

[rickybulldog50]

Last set

[chaddurbin]

thx for the photos ricky...looks like there were at least some prewars in dealers' cases.

[snider4prez]

I went down today and the show was GREAT for me. Shows like this really remind me of the good old days... Smallish show, hardly any shinny stuff, good vintage selection (thanks to Paul), lots of friendly faces, GREAT dealer communication and I even found a T213 and T3 that I need, at what I though was a very fair price. Thanks Paul and John. Man I wish shows where they way we bought our cards today. Nothing beats talking to people who collect what you do, seeing the cards in person, and getting to meet baseball greats. Bob Gibson was very nice and a great signer. Great show, great people, $3 to get in, my kid was free!!!, man this is what makes me love this hobby. Bring back the show!!!!!!

Nice seeing Adam very briefly :-) Hi Adam!!!

Still a happy collector,
Trevor