No Philly March Hunt Card Show

[HRBAKER]

I am assuming it is cancelled for both those allowed to set up and those that aren't. Sorry, too easy.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I am assuming it is cancelled for both those allowed to set up and those that aren't. Sorry, too easy.

Low hanging fruit.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Leon

Low hanging fruit.

Yep, didn't even have to get out of the chair for that one.

[e107collector]

Maybe they can bring the show back to the old Ft Washington site? Those shows were always great.

If they want to stay in PA, the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes Barre is a nice size complex, and they host a lot of different shows throughout the year.

Just my 2 cents.

Tony

[JamesGallo]

Originally Posted by e107collector

Maybe they can bring the show back to the old Ft Washington site?

They tore that down which is why it moved to Reading.

They apprently are looking at the Oaks and the Philly convention center in the city.

I see this as a possible out, once you miss a show it may be hard to get it back up and running again....

James G

[Buythatcard]

As of yesterday afternoon, Cheryl Goyda of Hunt Auctions said that they should know by the end of Weds whether a new date was selected for the show.

[Vintageclout]

The "Phillyshow.org" website has posted a June 8 - 10 re-schedule date for the Valley Forge show. I checked with Hunt Auctions and that is 100% accurate so I guess the show will go on!

Joe T.

[jbsports33]

Thanks for the update, I thought about taking a ride down!

Jimmy

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by JamesGallo

Ted,

I am not sure if you missed the talk about the last Oaks show. From what I heard it was horrible and had about 1/3 less then the first show.
James G

I set-up at both Oaks shows. Perhaps, I might be the exception here; however, I did really good selling, trading, and picking up cards at these Oaks shows.
"Really good" is a relative term.......prior to Oaks, I set-up at the first five VF shows, in which my experience did not equal either of these two Oaks shows.
Compound that poor experience at the VF shows with the excessive table fees of the VF shows, it was a losing proposition to continue doing the VF show.

Sure the attendance at Oaks doesn't match that of the Valley Forge (VF) show; but, most times the quality of collectors trumps the quantity of collectors
attending BB card shows.

Furthermore, the number of vintage card dealers at the Oaks show far out-numbers the dealers at the recent VF shows. Needless to say, this is a significant
factor in drawing the serious collectors to a show....and, certainly helps me in acquiring new cards for my collection.

Oaks show promoter, Marco, claims that he has been advertising in the Philadelphia papers. In my opinion, the fact that the VF show has preceded the Oaks
show has a lot to do with low attendance at Oaks.

Having said all that, it should be interesting to see what happens at the forthcoming Oaks show in April....since the VF show is not preceding Oaks this time.


TED Z

[Jewish-collector]

I also heard the Oaks show last time was horrible. We will see if this one is any better.

[danmckee]

I don't see another Oaks show scheduled. Am I missing something here?? Edison New Jersey is an option, it may be an autograph show but if enough of us go, we can turn that around.

How about the Pittsburgh show?