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One of the best Schaumburg shows of the year

7/3/2011

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The one thing about the Schaumburg show that is consistent is that the show is never consistent.  I never know how it is going to go.  I've been setting up at the show regularly for the past 10 years and there is never anything I can hang my hat on.  I was starting to think that if the show is split into two small rooms, it will automatically be a bad show. I've had some real lousy shows in the split room.  Today, however, I had a real nice show, one of the best Schaumburg shows of the year, and in the split room.

I had five tables today and was able to put out a large mass of cards. One customer called it a museum.  There were just five dealers today.  Fred had an entire room to himself. I picked up some 1970's Cubs scorecards from Fred.  One of the scorecards had the ticketstub taped to it. In the second room, Ted had the side wall and sold me a nice lot of 1970's White Sox. Willie had the back wall and his usual merry band of autograph collectors.  I was hoping Willie would have some autographed postcards that I could add to my collection today but he only had one on his table, Billy Pierce.  I already have a couple of Billy Pierces. Me and Skip were in the center.  I haven't seen Skip set up at a Fred show in a long time.  Skip is a real pleasant guy and it was nice to have him around today.  I enjoyed his anecdotes about the old Chevy Chase shows. I also purchased two boxes of opened 1989 Fleer baseball from Skip for just 4 bucks.  I make 15-card packs that I sell for a quarter each with this type of stuff. We also had one no-show dealer.  I think it may have been my buddy Ralf.

Sighted at the show today were Steve from Jim & Steve's Card Shop in Waukegan, Illinois, and Big John, who had a card shop in Chicago for 20 years up until April.  The autograph hounds carried the day for me.  Tom and Bob picked up quite a few '58s and '60s.  Willie bought a bunch of stuff, baseball and football. One new customer found quite a few St. Louis Cardinals at my table today.  I sold a 1979 Topps set to another first-time customer.  I think his name is Marty. Another new customer picked up some 1953 Bowmans, including a real nice Luke Easter. Second Schaumburg show in a row where I didn't see Larry or Uncle Morty. Overall, I have no complaints. A real good group of guys at the show today. I enjoyed myself, sold some cards, bought some cards. Unfortunately, I won't be back in Schaumburg until September because the National is occurring next month at the time I would normally set up at Schaumburg.  This will give me some time to organize some stuff for my autograph hounds and I need to put together a 1977 Topps baseball set for Marty.

Next week is the Orland Park-Gonzaga gauntlet.  I have quite a few baseball card debts at the moment, so I'm hoping these are good shows so I can pay off the cards.


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