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Light traffic but overall good show

6/25/2011

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One of the smallest crowds I have ever seen at the Orland Park show. Though, many folks were saying that the previous show, the one I skipped for Milwaukee, was even worse.  I heard all sorts of theories throughout the day of why the show was so sparsely attended. Which brings me to my top ten reasons why the crowd was so light:

    (1)  Kids had multiple baseball tournaments,
    (2)  Customers stayed up all night to watch the White Sox lose in 14 innings,
    (3)  Customers were too hungover,
    (4)  Still cleaning up from Tuesday's storm,
    (5)  Yard work,
    (6)  Graduation party,
    (7)  Didn't want to get yelled at by bald-headed guy or John Leary,
    (8)  Spent all their money at the Sears white sale,
    (9)  Volunteering at neighborhood soup kitchen,
    (10)  Saving their money to spend with me at the Schaumburg show on July 3.

Even with the light crowd, I still had quite a few sales.  Dave picked up my 1939 Play Ball Lefty Gomez, which I had all of four days, and some 1949 Bowman baseball.  Rick grabbed my book of 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee Hockey along with some 1972 baseball high numbers.  Terry also purchased some 1949 Bowmans. Quite a few regulars pulled out a great deal of commons from various years in the 1960s.  I sold a 1961 Post Roberto Clemente to another regular.  Chris picked up my 1966 Topps Pete Rose. Another regular purchased a large amount of 1963 Fleer baseball while another regular picked up some 1961 Topps commons to send out for autographs.  A semi-regular customer purchased a nice pile of 1968 Topps baseball. Another customer, who I haven't seen in a long while, picked up some 1958 Topps White Sox. Another regular purchased some 1973 Topps baseball. I sold quite a few 1972 Topps baseball high numbers. A new customer picked up some 1970's football.  A few guys spent a lot of time going through my books but came up empty handed.

Many purchases were also made by me including a large lot of 1977 Topps baseball, some 1973 Topps team checklists, near sets of 1973 Topps and 1971 Topps baseball.  A nice group of 1973 Topps baseball high numbers.  A great group of 1950 through 1953 Bowman baseball.  Some mid-1960's football and some random 1960's baseball stars.  I also purchased a few autograph photos from the Rolf, the dealer who had the tables next to me today.

Detroit's Mark Smith, an excellent vintage dealer, kept me entertained all day.  I also enjoyed when Brad shouted to me across the room at the end of the show, telling me to leave.  Overall a good show. I was out the door by 2:15 p.m., which was a little unusual. 

Next week is Schaumburg.  I'm not expecting much out of a small show on Fourth of July weekend but you never know.  Rick said he might stop by so I'm going to price a pile of cards he might like.  I also should finish my update of my 1974 Topps baseball book. I have a pile of 1981 Topps football that I've been meaning to price and bring out.  If there is time, I hope to get to those.  I'm also just about ready to update my supply of 1950 Bowman baseball.

It's the last week of the quarter at the day job so I'll be pressed for time this week.  I would like to get some cards up on eBay. Hopefully, I can free up some time.  I've been picking up piles upon piles of cards between the card shows, eBay and other online auctions. So I'll have quite a few fresh cards for each show in July.  Overall June was a little slow in the card sales department after a May that was absolutely on fire.  I'm looking forward to July with the two Orland shows, Gonzaga and my July 3 show at Schaumburg.  Many cards to buy and sell! 
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Another Great Show in Milwaukee

6/12/2011

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Terrific show today at Gonzaga Hall in Milwaukee.  I was busy from start to finish. Mark bought a bunch of football. Jim bought some 1955 Topps. Steve was snapping up my Ernie Banks cards. Jason picked up quite a few 1972 high numbers. Another Jason picked up a nice 1967 Topps Hank Aaron for his son. I sold quite a few graded cards which has inspired me to start stocking a lot more graded.  I generally prefer raw cards but if customers want graded, I'll start picking more of them up. As one customer told me, he feels more comfortable buying grading because he knows exactly what he is getting. Though, I'm not so sure because I don't think grading is an exact science and the graders are bound to make some mistakes.  I would think at a card show you would rather have raw because you can pull the card out and analyze it yourself instead of relying on some surfer dude from Newport Beach grading and who has no stake in the transaction.  My friend Willie pulled out my 1956 Banks PSA 6 and started picking out all sorts of flaws. After Willie's analysis of the card, I think it was overgraded. I think the grading companies want you to think it is safer buying graded cards but I suggest trusting your own observations in buying both raw and graded. Though, I've definitely learned in the past two months that graded cards sell and I need to stock more of them. Right now I'm running one display case of graded. I need to bump it up to two.

I didn't buy much today. I picked up a small pile of 1970's basketball including a nice 1970-71 Oscar Robertson.  A guy came by my table with a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan in a thick screwdown holder.  I said thanks but no thanks.  I'm pretty sure that card is the most counterfeited card in the history of the hobby and I won't buy it from anybody I don't know well. A few dealers told me about a guy shopping early 1970's basketball sets but he didn't come to my table.  From what I heard, he wanted too much money. 

Former Packer great Jerry Kramer was at the show signing autographs. I would have liked to have gotten his autograph but I couldn't leave my table.  I did get to see him walk in the show, which was pretty cool. Overall, another terrific day in Milwaukee.  It is shame I have to wait entire month for another Milwaukee show.  I'm not doing any shows next weekend because of father's day. The weekend off should give me some time to restock by books.  I'm going to start restocking 1974 baseball this week. I have some 1970-71 OPeeChee Hockey that I have been looking at forever. I need to get those priced and in a binder. I also have some 1981 football to do.  I'll be at Orland Park in two weeks.  Quite a few Orland dealers chose Milwaukee today over Orland.  I wonder how the Orland show was today. Milwaukee was terrific. I love Milwaukee!!
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Slow Day at the Office

6/5/2011

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Where was everybody today? Not a whole lot of customers showed up at the mighty Schaumburg card show today. Autograph hounds Bob and Tom couldn't make it. Regular Larry was nowhere to be found. I had a nice spread with four tables today.  The Woj picked up some '51 Bowman Cubs. I sold a bunch of my homemade quarter packs. Willie and Tom picked up a bunch of cards for autos. I sold a Red Man to a regular.  I sold some 1960s football to another regular. I don't think I sold much else. Some dealers said they made just one sale all day. I, of course, bought quite a few cards, some '70 & '71 baseball, some '70, '78, and '81 football.

Unique to this show is the fact that a second card show is held simultaneously down the street at a Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows.  Quite a few dealers from the Rolling Meadows show will make an appearance at this show after their show ends.  Though, they're all modern card dealers and all seemed to hang out at Tom's table, a mostly modern card dealer.  Though Tom had some nice vintage on his table today.  I'll be back at the Schaumburg show on July 3, hopefully we'll have more customers. Next week is the Gonzaga Show in Milwaukee and I'm really looking forward to the show.  Gonzaga is always solid. I've been loading up on '71s and '72s.  I should have a near-set of '73s.  I started working on some '67 Philadelphia football tonight. Needless to day, I'll have a ton cards out at the Gonzaga show.
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No respect for Lou Klimchock

6/3/2011

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I have been selling cards on eBay for 10 years now and in that time I cannot recall a single auction that did not get at least one view.  I currently have a 1963 Topps high number Lou Klimchock up for auction and set to end tomorrow and not one single person has viewed the auction!!  Why is there no respect for Lou Klimchock? Who is Lou Klimchock? I don't know a thing about him, he retired right before I started collecting baseball cards. Thanks to my trusty friend Google, I was able to learn a few things about Lou Klimchock...

Lou Klimchock was born on October 15, 1939, in Hostetter, PA.  One website says NOBODY lives in Hostetter, PA!!  I can't find any homes for sale or apartments for rent in Hostetter.  Though there is a post office at 126 Slovak Club Road in Hostetter. Somebody must live there.  Hostetter must be the only place in the universe without a Wiki page.

Anyway, Klimchock was 18 years old when he made his major league debut on Sept. 27, 1958, with the Kansas City Athletics.  He played his last game on August 2, 1970. In addition to the A's, he played for the Braves, Senators, Mets and Indians. He rarely had more than 100 at bats in a season.  Though in 1969, he had a nice year at the plate batting .287 in 258 at bats. In the field he played second and third.  In 12 seasons, he failed to steal a base.

On ultimatemet.com, a website dedicated to everything Mets and where fans post memories of former players, no one has posted a memory of Lou Klimchock.

Pinetarpress.com describes Klimchock as a light hitting outfielder.  In 1963, Klimchock was traded for himself when the Braves traded him to the Senators in a "conditional" deal.  The Senators later returned him to the Braves in a "conditional" deal.  Pinetarpress also reports that Klimchock went 3 for 7 lifetime against Jim Kaat.  Some random guy left a comment that Klimchock was once a top minor league prospect.

According to http://1965topps.blogspot.com, Klimchock was a good minor league hitter, batting .292 in 12 seasons but a lousy fielder.

He currently lives in Arizona and is president of the Arizona Major League Alumni, an organization made up of former major leaguers who promote the game of baseball in Arizona.

There are quite a few cards and autographs of Klimchock available on the internet.  He may not be Mickey Mantle, but you would think that one person on the World Wide Web would view my 1963 Topps Klimchock auction on eBay.  It is a high number and a tough card.  Somebody out there must need it!! Come on now!!!!


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