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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
The end of an era....of the greatest of Sports Collectibles Shows in the hobby....promoted by its founder, Bob Schmierer. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Jimmy
The show was a great time, |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
JIMMY |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
Memories....memories....all those fabulous Philly Show memories |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Jimmy
Ted, |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Scott L
Ted |
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Posted By: AndyH
I had a great time at this show. I plan to see some of you at the next one as well. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Great meeting you and I'll be on the look-out for more of these purple stamped T206's. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
This is by no means my most memorable Willow Grove experience; however, it is certainly quite |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
Hey guys and gals....I could run this thread over 100 posts talking about all my interesting PHILLY SHOW experiences. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: bigfish
My stories are more recent... I have picked up the following cards over the last 4 shows. N172 Mcphee SGC 10, E102 Cobb SGC 50, E96 Marquard SGC 80, N172 Hecker X2, Us Caramel GRove SGC 60, Mayo Anson, N172 Brouthers/Galvin/Chicken Wolf, and a bunch of rare backs. Had lots of fun at Legends with Dan McKee, Jimmy, Barry, Chuck B, Joe T, Tony, Gene, Levi, Darrel from Ontario,Bagger, among others. Always nice to see old stuff and have a chance to talk with folks face to face..... |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: bobw
A few memories from Willow Grove: |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
Thanks for your Philly Show stories. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: barrysloate
Bob- I remember the show where the water was pouring into the room during that rainstorm. It was in the corner where Ron Oser's table was. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Rich Klein
Teddy -- I always loved your trivia displays. |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Hey RICH KLEIN |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: dan mckee
I found a table many years ago full of George C Miller cards. I hadn't completed my first set yet so I was real fired up to find these. I worked a deal with the dealer and pulled out my check book. He stated that he didn't know me and that he wasn't comfortable taking my check. I said you have to be kidding, everyone knows me and my father. So I thought for a minute, and understood the dealer's decision. I proceeded to go over to my good friend Al Rosen who always has cash so that I could write Al a check and take the cash to the dealer. Al walked over to the dealer's table with me and said "Dan is good as gold, take his check". The dealer took my check and completed my first GC Miller set.
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
ME and DANNY McKEE......Janis Joplin (ca. 1969) |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: dan mckee
Have never seen that many since at a table Ted. And there is no reason at all to defend your self, you did nothing wrong at all but yes, I will ride this wave forever! My good friend! Can't wait for the new Venue! I merged with my memorabilia buddies to save some table costs. Damn near National money now!!! |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Anonymous
it has been by far, the best show on the east coast. i spend 6 months selling off extra or unwanted items on ebay trying to make as much extra money as possible to spend there and as everyone knows the headaches that can come from selling on ebay, once you enter that wide open area with endless tables of vintage treasures, it makes all the headaches worth it! So has anyone heard of when they are going to have the next show, and if it is still going to be at the reading expo center? |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: jay wolt
The next show (#101) is scheduled in March at the Valley Forge Convention Center |
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End of a Great Era....tell us of your PHILLY SHOW experiences ?
Posted By: Dan P.
I spent many enjoyable weekends at the show both as a collector and dealer (usually set up next to Ted Z). The first card show I ever attended was the last one at Spring Garden College in 9/77 (I live in the area). The one bad experience occured in the late 80's. A fellow I used to deal with without problems called me and said "I have a Briggs Mantle I'd like you to sell on consignment for me." I had never dealt with Briggs before but agreed to help him. I forget what condition the card was in but it was at least ex. The guy told me what he wanted to get for the card (about 80% of Beckett based on condition) and anything over that amount I could get was mine to keep as my commission. I took out an ad in SCD and listed this card along with some of my stuff. The Briggs card sold to a local customer. We spoke on the phone about completing the transaction and we decided to complete this at the Willow Grove show 2 weeks later. I then called Mitch (the guy whose card it was originally) and told him what was going on. On Friday night of show weekend I showed up to setup my table. The customer (I forget his name) came by and paid cash for the card. Mitch came by and I paid him off. Then the customer came back and said he wasn't happy with the card and wanted a refund (he claimed the card was "fake"). I refunded his money and got the card back. I figured Mitch would refund my money. He didn't (he claimed that as far as he was concerned the card was legit and the sale was final). After I finished setting up my table I walked around the room and showed the card to several dealers that dealt heavily in that type of card (most likely some of the same dealers my customer spoke to). The conclusion I drew was that this Mantle was cut off of an advertising piece and was the same size as the regular card. At that time, Bob Schmirer, the show's promoter, had an auction on Saturday as soon as the dealer area closed (John Scott, now of Huggins & Scott, ran the auction). On Saturday morning I showed the card to Scott and gave it to him for the auction. I stayed at the auction long enough to see the card sell for a decent amount, then Ted and I went out to dinner. On Sunday morning I saw Scott and asked him what his policy was to pay off the consignors. He said we had a problem: David Festberg was the winning bidder (I knew him from his SCD ads but never met him). Festberg obviously shopped the card around before paying for it and showed it to all the same people my customer and I showed it to. They all said "the card's a fake--I don't want it". Festberg walked out without paying and I got the card back. Scott and I eventually worked a deal for the card. |
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