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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: peter chao
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: boxingbaseballgolf33
VFW, in Braintree Massachusetts - I was 8 years old at the time when I started going. The person who runs the shows has had the same location for years. The one problem is getting folks away from the internet and bigger shows to visit him and his show once a month. The show is always advertised in Beckett. I am thinking about trying the show as a dealer (have done it a few times), but not a lot of vintage collectors. Maybe I can change that and get people to come visit me. There is also another show that is better, which I set up every month in Mansfield – advertised in Beckett – both shows have been around a long time. I also remember a flea market at the basement of super market in Weymouth that is long gone, but had many card dealers. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: CN
As a young teenager I was lucky to have a relative who worked for a charity that sponsored Monthly card shows at the Golden Gate Motel in Brooklyn. I was fascinated by the shows. I would help out the dealers in setting up and packing up and since I was always there they would have me watch their tables. I never got paid in money just cards and in about 4 years I built up a nice collection and a lot of knowledge about cards. Those weekends are priceless for me. CN, This was in 1976 to about 1979 when Topps was a Monopoly but I always drifted for the Older cards. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Anthony
I thought the 1st one was put on by Jim Nowell in Orange County in 1969. Jim (and Gavin Riley, Steve Brunner, Clay Hill and a few others) kept putting them on every year thru the '70's, and had a monthly meeting in Garden Grove starting in the early '70's. I stopped going (and collecting) in early '76, and when I got back in 2000 all but Clay were out of the hobby, from what I could see. Anyone know what happened to any of them? |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Jack R.
Way back in the mid-70s I remember there were several shows each year featuring "Collectibles" or "Antique Items" in the Chicagoland area. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Richard Masson
I set up on the benches in the lunch room of Garden Grove Elementary School to peddle cards and autographs on a few Saturdays in the very early 1970s. Gavin Riley, Mike Berkus, Jack Something-or-other were a few of the names I remember. Mike Berkus is still around and sells on eBay now and then. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: peter chao
Actually, that makes a lot of sense. In the Bay Area, there's an upscale city of Albany, on one street in Albany there's a very trendy street with a number of antique stores. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Mark L
My first was the Second Annual Midwest Card Collector's Convention at a Holiday Inn in Detroit. I think it was in 71 or 72. It wasn't big by modern standards but I got to meet Frank Nagy and lots of other friendly and helpful people. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Rich Klein
Was the old Montclair State College show hosted by Tom Reid and Bill Jacobowitz (sic). A good way of knowing if someone is a real long-time collector in the North Jersey area is to see if they remember this show at all |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: MikeU
I believe my first real card show was at the North Kent Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Circa 1984 or 1985. I believe Steve "Big Daddy" Knapp was the promoter. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
I have fond memories of the Montclair College Show. First one I attended was in 1981 and it's where |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: judson hamlin
The first show I can recall was at the (long-gone) Ramada Inn at Exit 9 of the NJ Turnpike; probably at the same time as I was trolling the (also long-gone) Route 1 Flea Market in New Brunswick. John Broggi had his stall there before he cashed it in with whatever real job he had and opened hi store full-time. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Paul S
Anthony, |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Larry
The original NYC shows were run by Paul Gallagher and Bob Gallagher(amazing material was found by these guys way before Al Rosen) and were around since 1973/74.....Early names include : Mike Aronstein TCMA, Lou Michtisch,Dan Dischley, Barry Halper, George Lyons, L&R Card Co, Denny Collectors Den, Rex Coyle,Tony Spaneo, Wayne Varner, Steve Friedman, Rob Lifson(he commuted back then!) etc...These were earlier than the Reid/Jacobowitz or Taylor/Schmierer shows, also St. Louis and Detroit had fabulous shows....Cards were stacked on tables in rubber bands or stamp albums, great time for collecting! |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Andrew
My first card shows were the ones put on by by Mark Christiansen (very tall guy) in Fountain Valley, CA. It was 1981 so Fernando mania gripped So. Cal; I searched through all the common bins for his cards. Regular dealers included Dave Kohler (Sportscard Plus), Gavin Riley, and maybe Tony Galovich (who's a member here.) About twice a year there was a "Big Show" in Buena Park put on by Gavin, Mike Berkus (currently organizer of the National) and Steve Brunner. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Anthony
Paul- I did deal with Goody often back then- first at his store (I grew up in Santa Monica) and later at the Garden Grove monthly meetings and the annual Anaheim shows at the Hyatt. He never treated kids very well, no matter how polite you were, but his wife Esther was very kind. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: peter chao
Guys, |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Peck
Peter |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
Ted, I used to go to that Montclair show every year when I was a kid. I looked forward to it and saved my money for it all year long. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: peter chao
I enjoyed the old SCD. Back in those days, I would say that it was the primary source for the hobbyist. Nowadays, I would say the internet has become the primary source, it certainly doesn't feel the same. |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Peck
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: CN
Larry aka Painthistorian I believe you were one of the dealers/collectors I used to talk to during shows. I still have your business card from when you lived in Oceanside. I just remember you being what seemed to be a lot younger than most of the table holders but you went out of your way to be super helpful. CN |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: jay behrens
For those of us in wastelands of the Midwest, all we had was Mansco Perry's show at the Thunderbird. The first one Lee and I went to was in 1980. Larry Fritsch was the only "name" dealer I remember there, but I think Lee might remember some others since I only made it to two shows. The next show I got to go to was the March '82 Willow Grove show. I've never seen a show with better material, including Nationals. Oh to have $10k to spend back then |
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The Origin of Baseball Card Shows
Posted By: Larry
Hi CN- I am not sure of your name but yes, I was from Oceanside which was a hotbed of young card collectors and autograph hounds, it was a great time to be young! |
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