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Day 4 of the National Sports Collectors Convention

8/7/2015

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I parked at the CTA lot on the morning of Saturday, August 1, 2015, the fourth day of the National Sports Collectors Convention. It was a short walk from the CTA lot to the convention center. I skipped the cafeteria and went with the free doughnuts, pictured above, for breakfast.

Like yesterday, light dealer traffic early on and masses by 10 a.m. Only problem was that the huge mountain of humanity was not interested in my cards. I watched Dave sell high-grade post-war vintage all day. Dave had a tremendous show. Seems like collectors that attend the National are most interested in high-grade cards. My mid- to low-grade stuff was largely ignored… which was strange because at past Nationals I have done extremely well with this stuff. Where were my customers?

I probably will not set up at the Atlantic City National next year – too far, too expensive. I will be back for the 2017 National in Rosemont. I think I may change my set up for that one. Less display cases, more binders, more sets.  I hope I can get the same group of dealers back for that one. Dave, Seth, and Scott are all good guys and very easy to work with.

I watched Seth have steady sales all week long. Seth sells modern cards of which I know nothing about. Seth is an excellent dealer and was very busy the whole week. Like me, our other boothmate Scott did not appear to have a whole lot of sales other than on Wednesday.

I did not really talk to any other dealers at the show about sales so I do not know how things went for the other guys. I observed that some dealers did not open up on Saturday including Probstein and the dealer on the other side of P.J. I spent most of the day chatting with Dave’s customer Sandy, who surmised that Probstein, like Sandy Koufax, does not play on the Sabbath, thus, his booth was closed.

My first customer of the day was Abel, the promoter of the Jackson, Michigan. He purchased some 1965 Topps baseball for a set he is building for a buddy. His next show in Jackson is on Halloween. I can’t make that one. I will be trick-or-treating with my kids.

Then Paul, one of my favorites from the Orland show, stopped by my table. I have not seen Paul since I stopped setting up in Orland last year. He said he went to see me at the flea market on July 5 but that was the day I got stuck in Michigan. A few others said they went to the flea market looking for me. Sorry guys! I had planned to be there but just did not want to drive home from Michigan at midnight on July 4th.

Paul seems to be doing well. We both thought that the only thing missing was Will and Joe for the perfect Orland reunion. Will and Joe! Where are you guys? Paul purchased some 1973 Topps football then sold me some 1973-74 Topps hockey cards. Thanks Paul! Paul also mentioned that he is interested in setting up if I ever get a south-suburban card show together. I really gotta get crackin’ on that one.

Last sale of the day went to Tony Schaefer who purchased a bunch of star cards from the 1960s. Thanks Tony!!

One more day!! It has been a long week!! Final report from the National coming soon!



Note -- next time, I may swipe the speakers at the Topps booth -- way too loud!!

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6 Comments
Will
8/7/2015 08:23:13 am

HERE WE ARE !!! This work schedule I am on really sucks. Sure would be good to get out to a show haven't been to one since Schaumburg. Hey Tony, that shaved head thing isn't working for you!!! LOL

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Tony
8/7/2015 10:36:44 am

Paul was ready to go with some Stooges lines. All we needed was you! We'll have to get together with Paul sometime. I keep getting sun burned on the top of my head!

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Mike O
8/12/2015 08:30:40 am

Tony - I believe you are correct that Rick Probstein does not work on the Jewish sabbath. And, just to clarify, Sandy Koufax pitched many times on Friday nights and Saturdays; he did not pitch game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell out on Yom Kippur. What most people forget is that 31 years earlier another Jewish player made a similar decision. In 1934, Hank Greenberg did not play in a World Series game on Rosh Hashanah. Back in that time, the fans and media were not quite as understanding of forgiving of Hank's stance as they were of Sandy's. A lot changed in America in those 31 years.

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Tony
8/12/2015 11:07:17 am

Thanks for the info Mike!

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Paul Ponce
8/13/2015 09:31:41 am

Tony, It was nice seeing you at the big show. I also liked the mention in the blog as well. Thanks again for the purchase of 73/74 topps hockey. I hope this makes you a few extra dollars for the chinese buffet.

Will, I hope things are well with you. Orland isn't same without seeing you and especially not seeing Tony. I will email Tony my information. I promised Tony that sometime soon I'll come to his Milwaukee Show so if you want to ride with me that would be cool.

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Tony
8/14/2015 03:38:42 am

If you guys come up to Milwaukee, lunch is on me!!

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