Saturday, February 22, 2025, Sheraton Hotel, Madison, WI
I arrived at the Sheraton to a sea of dogs and yellow snow. Apparently, there was some sort of dog show in town and many folks and their pets were staying at the Sheraton.
This month I brought out all the baseball and football binders along with two display cases of graded cards. I don't submit cards for grading but I do purchase graded cards. I seem to buy more and more graded cards these days because they walk up to my table more frequently. I pull out my phone like everyone else and check the comps. If I feel I can make some money on the card, I will purchase it.
Well, Eddie from Orland drove up to Madison and purchased just about all of my graded Mantles. Thanks Eddie! As I result, I had my best Madison show ever! Unfortunately, my graded inventory is now lacking in star power. Not sure when I'll bring them out again; maybe to the Sports Spectacular.
Also contributing to my great day were my usual slew of regulars like Bill, Paul and Tim. I was busy all day. Usually things start to die at my tables after noon but customers continued to pick through the binders well after noon.
I love to turn my sales into purchases when I have a big day. I bought a 1965 RBI Leaders with Mantle in a GMA 4 holder. The same guy had a 1952 Topps Joe Ostrowski in a PSA 4 which I purchased as well. Then a guy come up to my tables with an unopened 1980 Topps football rack pack which I purchased. See pictrure below.
A lot of guys came by with overpriced stuff including one guy who brought over a couple of graded vintage football cards like a 1959 Topps Jerry Kramer rookie. Both cards were O/C 9s and the seller had them priced as 9s with no qualifiers. No thank you! If a card has a qualifier like an O/C tag, it is more difficult to sell and its value is greatly reduced.
Nice crowd as usual. So many great people to chat with at the Madison show including promoter Beau, Mike H., Gary G., Tyler H., Mark A., Bronko, Showtime, Tom C., Eric U, Tom K. I probably could have stayed after the show and hung out at the bar with the guys but I was sooo tired. I didn't sleep well the night before and wanted to get home and pass out, which I did!
Another excellent Madison show in the books. I'm excited for the March 29th show when representatives from PSA will be on hand accepting submissions. I am pretty sure this will be the first time ever that PSA has set up at a Wisconsin show. I just may bring a few cards to submit.
This was a double-bill weekend with Rockford on Sunday. Rockford blog coming soon.
Next up is Oak Creek on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Looks like I will have 194 tables. I'll probably be set up on the stage in the Chapel. Oak Creek dealer waiting list is up to 163 people. Crazy!
Dealers tables are selling nicely for the Wisconsin MegaShow set for April 19 at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex. I finally contracted with a company to rent tables. I have rented 400 8-foot tables. If you are interested in setting up, send me an email at [email protected].
See you in Oak Creek on Saturday!!
I arrived at the Sheraton to a sea of dogs and yellow snow. Apparently, there was some sort of dog show in town and many folks and their pets were staying at the Sheraton.
This month I brought out all the baseball and football binders along with two display cases of graded cards. I don't submit cards for grading but I do purchase graded cards. I seem to buy more and more graded cards these days because they walk up to my table more frequently. I pull out my phone like everyone else and check the comps. If I feel I can make some money on the card, I will purchase it.
Well, Eddie from Orland drove up to Madison and purchased just about all of my graded Mantles. Thanks Eddie! As I result, I had my best Madison show ever! Unfortunately, my graded inventory is now lacking in star power. Not sure when I'll bring them out again; maybe to the Sports Spectacular.
Also contributing to my great day were my usual slew of regulars like Bill, Paul and Tim. I was busy all day. Usually things start to die at my tables after noon but customers continued to pick through the binders well after noon.
I love to turn my sales into purchases when I have a big day. I bought a 1965 RBI Leaders with Mantle in a GMA 4 holder. The same guy had a 1952 Topps Joe Ostrowski in a PSA 4 which I purchased as well. Then a guy come up to my tables with an unopened 1980 Topps football rack pack which I purchased. See pictrure below.
A lot of guys came by with overpriced stuff including one guy who brought over a couple of graded vintage football cards like a 1959 Topps Jerry Kramer rookie. Both cards were O/C 9s and the seller had them priced as 9s with no qualifiers. No thank you! If a card has a qualifier like an O/C tag, it is more difficult to sell and its value is greatly reduced.
Nice crowd as usual. So many great people to chat with at the Madison show including promoter Beau, Mike H., Gary G., Tyler H., Mark A., Bronko, Showtime, Tom C., Eric U, Tom K. I probably could have stayed after the show and hung out at the bar with the guys but I was sooo tired. I didn't sleep well the night before and wanted to get home and pass out, which I did!
Another excellent Madison show in the books. I'm excited for the March 29th show when representatives from PSA will be on hand accepting submissions. I am pretty sure this will be the first time ever that PSA has set up at a Wisconsin show. I just may bring a few cards to submit.
This was a double-bill weekend with Rockford on Sunday. Rockford blog coming soon.
Next up is Oak Creek on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Looks like I will have 194 tables. I'll probably be set up on the stage in the Chapel. Oak Creek dealer waiting list is up to 163 people. Crazy!
Dealers tables are selling nicely for the Wisconsin MegaShow set for April 19 at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex. I finally contracted with a company to rent tables. I have rented 400 8-foot tables. If you are interested in setting up, send me an email at [email protected].
See you in Oak Creek on Saturday!!
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