2024 Strongsville Sports Collectors Convention

[theshowandme]

Friday April 19th through Sunday April 21st

Excited to see many of you there.

The show has moved next door to the Brunswick arena

If you are setting up, drop your booth below!

SGC will be onsite accepting drop off submissions.

Do not forget to show off some great cards!

Website: https://strongsvillesports.com/

Tickets: https://strongsvillesports.com/tickets

Appearances: https://strongsvillesports.com/appearances

Dealers: https://strongsvillesports.com/dealers

Floor Map: https://strongsvillesports.com/images/dealermap.pdf

Address: 15381 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, OH 44136

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Tables 55 and 56

[ncinin]

William Chappell table #'s 41-43

[parkplace33]

Looks bigger and better than ever. Can't wait!

[notfast]

Where’s the good bars and restaurants around there?

[jp1216]

New this year - the card show is next door to the BW hotel (former Holiday Inn) in the local hockey arena. Two rinks - show will use one side (hopefully no ice ). They do have a small elevated bar in between the rinks - unsure if it'll be open. Next door is the BW hotel and the mall/restaurant area is a mile west on the main road.
Highly recommend The Brew Garden. Next to the mall. 1 mile from the card show.

[Rhinoactions]

Originally Posted by notfast

Where’s the good bars and restaurants around there?

Looking for a local watering hole? Check out the winking lizard tavern, there is one in Brunswick, possibly strongsville as well.Great food and affordable drinks

Thx josh

[JollyElm]

If anyone is interested, there's the cool, printable version of the "Net54 Spoken Here!" booth sign I created at this link (Post #2):

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=337468

If time is available, I can happily put together personalized versions...if you're polite.

[Vintageclout]

Memory Lane will be set up at tables 147 & 148

[sammythunder]

I will be attending with other fellow YouTube content creators. I will be looking for some unique Seaver, Mays, Ryan and Mathewson collectibles! First time going to Strongsville!

[conor912]

I’ll be there looking for T3’s of Wilson and Lord (among other things). Excited to see some friends and make some new ones!

[parkplace33]

I am reading a ton of chatter about this show on other message boards. I think the attendance will be out of sight.

[theshowandme]

[notfast]

Purchased my ticket for all 3 days.

Looking forward to it. Hoping to find some cool prewar Non sports

[edhans]

Originally Posted by notfast

Hoping to find some cool prewar Non sports

I've got five binders of it.

[Al C.risafulli]

I’m thrilled that Love of the Game was able to squeak in under the wire and get a last-minute table at this show. It’s the first time we’ve been there in ten years. We’ll be at Table 13 (if I recall), accepting consignments.

I’m less thrilled that we found out we got the table after I already planned a long consignment-gathering trip (which I am currently on), so it won’t be me at the Strongsville show. LOTG will be in the capable hands of Andrew Aronstein and Dan Wallach. But I’ll be there in spirit!

-Al

[ajenks3378]

I will be setup right next to you guys at 15!

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

I’m thrilled that Love of the Game was able to squeak in under the wire and get a last-minute table at this show. It’s the first time we’ve been there in ten years. We’ll be at Table 13 (if I recall), accepting consignments.

I’m less thrilled that we found out we got the table after I already planned a long consignment-gathering trip (which I am currently on), so it won’t be me at the Strongsville show. LOTG will be in the capable hands of Andrew Aronstein and Dan Wallach. But I’ll be there in spirit!

-Al

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by edhans

I've got five binders of it.

Any Superman cards in those pre-war binders?

[edhans]

Originally Posted by yanks87

Any Superman cards in those pre-war binders?

Sorry, no Superman.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by notfast

Purchased my ticket for all 3 days.

Looking forward to it. Hoping to find some cool prewar Non sports

I've got quite a bit at booth 28 and 29. I have a display case of non sport, but must of my prewar is behind the v table - just ask.

[Lobo Aullando]

Ow, my feet.

Oof, my back.

Why did I bring antacid, but no ibuprofen?

[theshowandme]

On the plane!

Saw this on instagram

[ClementeFanOh]

Save some cards for me! I'll be in attendance Sunday

Trent King

[theshowandme]

Great show. Hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

[ClementeFanOh]

Theshowandme- Couldn't agree more, Don! Did business with net54's own
Howard Chasser. A class act, as always...

Trent King

[notfast]

Show was OK.
People were the best part.

[bigfish]

Originally Posted by notfast

Show was OK.
People were the best part.

Spot on!

[Jstottlemire1]

I really enjoyed meeting and hanging out with many members from net54 and the YouTube vintage sector. The venue was better laid out and more spacious than previous, the show was solid but I felt a little underwhelmed this year. I always enjoy my time catching up with Joe T from Memory Lane and fellow collectors the most.

[theshowandme]

People are finding their margins in the 5-7 range on middle tier HOFers from the 1960s and 1970s

I saw plenty of pickups and drop offs to SGC onsite

There is $ there

[theshowandme]

Lots of great content coming out on YouTube regarding Strongsville

I am debating putting out my own video. I did not buy anything significant and my observations are already being stated by many fellow collectors with channels.

Some of the pickups being shown off are awesome.

To name a few:

1. 1949 Leaf and Bowman Jackie Robinson
2. T206 Red Ty Cobb's with a Polar Bear back
3. 1953 Topps Jackie
4. Harrington's Ice Cream Babe Ruth
5. 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth

[sammythunder]

It was a blast. A big part of it was meeting up with some of the other Vintage YouTube community! I did make a card show vlog video in case anyone is interested. I made two personal collection pickups.

1. 1959 Bazooka Willie Mays
2. 1958 SF Call Bulletin Orlando Cepeda

[Tony Gordon]

Sales were excellent on Friday at my booth but slowed up Saturday and Sunday. Walk ups were not as good as in years past. I liked the larger space and the additional dealers. I saw some amazing stuff throughout the room. A ton of pre-War. More than I see at any other show outside of the National. I picked up autographed postcards of Burleigh Grimes and Al Lopez for my collection. I enjoy seeing all the old Cleveland Indians memorabilia that I don't normally see at my local shows in Chicago and Milwaukee. New this year was all the Youtubers. We don't normally get many at the Strongsville show. I'm seeing the back of my fat head on a lot of videos. Great time as always!

[Zan]

My thoughts about this show:

I have always heard about how great of a vintage show this has been. Being from NYC it is not the easiest show to get to - but my expectations were really high for this one. Many of the larger dealers are the same that I see in White Plains or Philly, and I generally know what kind of cards they have and how they'll be priced.

I was really looking forward to seeing some of the local dealers that I wouldn't otherwise see at either of those larger regional shows. Unfortunately at most of those tables prices were absolutely asinine.

A prime example:

Dealer had a 1971 Topps baseball complete set in G-VG shape. They wanted $2,800 for it. That's probably double retail. Later that day I saw on Facebook an EX-EX+ complete set being asked for.... $2,800.

All said, I did pick up some great cards and had an awesome time with friends. Next time my expectations will be tempered. Had wonderful interactions with JD Heckathorn, Stan Loch, Howard Chasser, Steve Wilk and Ashish Jain among others.