The last day of the Fanatics Authentics Sun-Times show is always a lousy day for me from a sales perspective. I wish this was just a one day show because 90 percent of my sales occur on Saturday. Sunday, March 22, 2015, followed the usual formula -- slow sales. Other dealers reported slow sales as well. Like Saturday, traffic was sparse until about 11 a.m. A few sales started to come in.
A young collector purchased a nice pile of 1971 Topps baseball cards. A father with a young son and daughter purchased a nice pile of 1958 Topps baseball cards. My next customer was Greg, whose display case with the 10 Pete Rose rookie cards is prominently displayed above. I met Greg at the Sharonville Show in Cincinnati a few months ago. I also ran into him at the Fort Wayne, Indiana, show last month. Greg could not set up at the Sun-Times show. He has a pregnant cow to deal with on his farm in Indiana. He purchased a real nice 1966 Topps Roger Maris. Thanks Greg!
Sales were hard to come by the rest of the day. I went to the Starbucks and when I came back, my tablemate Bill had made a big one dollar sale for me. Woot! We ordered lunch from Giordano's for the second day in a row. Yesterday we had beef sandwiches that weren't all that good. Today, we went with the meatball sandwiches which were excellent. I went downstairs to meet the delivery guy. When I returned, a received another dollar for a card that was sold while I was away. Woot!
After lunch, a customer purchased some cards from my 25-cent box. This customer has been a regular of mine at the Sun-Times show for the past 15 years or so. I gave up long ago trying to get him to come out to other shows. He only attends this show.
Donny, a local customer, who collects oddball items, brought over a CFL Championship Ring that he purchased recently. The ring is covered in diamonds and rubies. It is cool!
A young collector purchased a nice pile of 1971 Topps baseball cards. A father with a young son and daughter purchased a nice pile of 1958 Topps baseball cards. My next customer was Greg, whose display case with the 10 Pete Rose rookie cards is prominently displayed above. I met Greg at the Sharonville Show in Cincinnati a few months ago. I also ran into him at the Fort Wayne, Indiana, show last month. Greg could not set up at the Sun-Times show. He has a pregnant cow to deal with on his farm in Indiana. He purchased a real nice 1966 Topps Roger Maris. Thanks Greg!
Sales were hard to come by the rest of the day. I went to the Starbucks and when I came back, my tablemate Bill had made a big one dollar sale for me. Woot! We ordered lunch from Giordano's for the second day in a row. Yesterday we had beef sandwiches that weren't all that good. Today, we went with the meatball sandwiches which were excellent. I went downstairs to meet the delivery guy. When I returned, a received another dollar for a card that was sold while I was away. Woot!
After lunch, a customer purchased some cards from my 25-cent box. This customer has been a regular of mine at the Sun-Times show for the past 15 years or so. I gave up long ago trying to get him to come out to other shows. He only attends this show.
Donny, a local customer, who collects oddball items, brought over a CFL Championship Ring that he purchased recently. The ring is covered in diamonds and rubies. It is cool!
After chatting with Donny, there was nothing but tumbleweed in front of my booth, so I decided to walk around. The booths located closer to the autograph section seemed to have more memorabilia and autographs than cards. The autograph section was jammed packed for Peyton Manning and Tony Romo. Huge lines. When I walked back to the table, I was given a little more cash from cards that were sold. Woot!
Pictured below are some of the booths near the autograph section.
Pictured below are some of the booths near the autograph section.
Dealer Mike Johnson came by. He is working on a 1958 Topps set. He is down to six or seven cards. He was able to find the Dodgers Team card at my table. Then a customer wearing a Washington Senators Hat purchased some 1971 Topps Supers. Dennis, who has regularly been buying cards from me at this show the past couple of years, purchased a nice pile of 1979-80 Topps hockey... and that's all she wrote for the show. I did not buy anything today. I thought maybe some of the dealers would blow stuff out on the last day but no such luck.
Bill was able to secure us a large cart to load out which is key. Most of the dealers are eggheads and hoard the carts for themselves. So we were very lucky to get a cart. As a result, we were all out of there much quicker than usual. I was home by 6 p.m.
Next week, I'm hitting the road and heading to Jackson, Michigan, for show on Saturday, then Canton, Ohio, for a show on Sunday. I am still working on my 1953 Topps baseball binder. I hope to have that one done shortly. I think I am going to work on 1976 Topps football next. A big thank you to everyone who bought cards from me this past weekend. I met lots of new folks and saw many old friends. Overall, I really enjoyed myself. I'm already looking forward to my road trip next weekend!! Adios!!!
Bill was able to secure us a large cart to load out which is key. Most of the dealers are eggheads and hoard the carts for themselves. So we were very lucky to get a cart. As a result, we were all out of there much quicker than usual. I was home by 6 p.m.
Next week, I'm hitting the road and heading to Jackson, Michigan, for show on Saturday, then Canton, Ohio, for a show on Sunday. I am still working on my 1953 Topps baseball binder. I hope to have that one done shortly. I think I am going to work on 1976 Topps football next. A big thank you to everyone who bought cards from me this past weekend. I met lots of new folks and saw many old friends. Overall, I really enjoyed myself. I'm already looking forward to my road trip next weekend!! Adios!!!
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