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Posted By: peter chao

Jason,

I enjoyed the Tri-Star in the Bay Area, but big shows are occurring only once every couple of months. Next month Joe Montana and Jerry Rice are going to be at a big show at the San Jose Convention Center.

At the Tri-Star I was in and out in about an hour and a half. I was surprised that there was quite a bit of vintage and pre-war stuff. But almost all of it was in lower grades. For higher grade stuff the dealers were asking outrageous prices.

It seems like fewer and fewer collectors are going to these shows, maybe it was the weather. It was raining off and on the entire weekend.

In a way these big shows are really for the dealers, they spend a lot of time buying from each other and talking about old times.

Peter