National Attendees, Remember...

[JollyElm]

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Forget NOT those of us who are stuck in our miserable lives at home and can't attend the show. Please take and post many, many, many pictures and videos!!!!!!!!!

We're vicariously living through you fellow collectors, so unlike someone showing up to the family BBQ with plant-based 'hamburger' disgustingness, please don't disappoint us.
Too much is at stake.

[IndyDave]

The only picture I took today was from near the front of the General Admission line. This was a couple of minutes before we were let in early.

I promise to do better today!

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

The only picture I took today was from near the front of the General Admission line. This was a couple of minutes before we were let in early.

I promise to do better today!

It was nice that the GA opened 30 min early!

[Snapolit1]

Good looking crowd. People dressed up this year.

[mrreality68]

Finally met the famous Joe T.

VIP group gets bigger every year.

The early hour is not as empty as it used to be

[Brent G.]

30 minutes into Day 2, I found this amazing Indianapolis Clowns proof photo from the 1950s — VERY proud to own it!

Mike has a fantastic setup, including dozens of Old Judge — check him out!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

The only picture I took today was from near the front of the General Admission line. This was a couple of minutes before we were let in early. I promise to do better today!

As Frank Sinatra once said to a songwriter pitching a song to him: "But where's the chick?"

[Jewish-collector]

You mean the Memory Lane girls handing out auction catalogs at pre-covid Chicago Nationals ?

[ALBB]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

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Forget NOT those of us who are stuck in our miserable lives at home and can't attend the show. Please take and post many, many, many pictures and videos!!!!!!!!!

We're vicariously living through you fellow collectors, so unlike someone showing up to the family BBQ with plant-based 'hamburger' disgustingness, please don't disappoint us.
Too much is at stake.

Yes !

[4815162342]

Our connecting flight was delayed yesterday so we didn’t make it there until 3:15pm. We waited in the “VIP” line for an hour and 35 minutes. Most of that wait was in the hot and muggy skybridge. It was brutal.

[4815162342]

A few random photos I took today:

[Beercan collector]

Big net54 shout out from Clemente Collector at the very beginning of this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw4Zvg53hro
Great video if you’re not there, great video if you ARE there

[Clemente_Collector]

Thanks for sharing Eric!!! Net 54 is the best!

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Big net54 shout out from Clemente Collector at the very beginning of this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw4Zvg53hro
Great video if you’re not there, great video if you ARE there

[LuckyLarry]

Re Pokémon backpack fellas. I asked them about their backpacks. They are actually made to display cards on a shelf or table and it’s their way of advertising their product.

[JollyElm]

A request.
If you're posting video links, please avoid the mugs and show the frickin' cards...

1033. Walking Head
A guy whose video ‘of a show’ is nothing more than his face staring into the camera the whole time as he prattles on and on during his wanderings around the venue.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

A request.
If you're posting video links, please avoid the mugs and show the frickin' cards...

1033. Walking Head
A guy whose video ‘of a show’ is nothing more than his face staring into the camera the whole time as he prattles on and on during his wanderings around the venue.

Did you watch the video ?

[mrreality68]

Hi

I UPLOADED 79 Pictures temporarily to my Flicker account because I could not upload to net54 kept failing

So check this LINK out for the 79 photos but beware I did not edit or organize just uploaded

https://www.flickr.com/photos/144250058@N05/

[jbsports33]

Thank you for the updates all, was stuck at work today!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Hi
I UPLOADED 79 Pictures temporarily to my Flicker account because I could not upload to net54 kept failing So check this LINK out for the 79 photos but beware I did not edit or organize just uploaded

Wow! Thanks for the great pictures, Jeff, absolutely incredible stuff.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Did you watch the video ?

Whoa!!
My comment was in no way directed at the video you posted, which is the exact opposite, because the focus is on all of the great cards and not just shoving the YouTuber's face and reactions down the viewer's throat.

[IndyDave]

Day 2 was good. Probably the coolest temperature outside for a National I’ve attended.

Crowds were large but only a few places where it was bad. Suitcases galore. Even saw a guy pulling a huge Igloo cooler (missed getting that picture).

As I walked thru the breakers area (as a means of transit only) I realized what the noise reminds me of. The Snake Pit at the Indy 500. Continual music punctuated by the occasional scream.

I did walk up to the second floor where the expansion area with a handful of first year dealers are. They have the entire floor to work with and the narrowest aisles I’ve seen. I got to talk with a vintage hockey dealer who was at one of the corners but there was no way I was squeezing thru those aisles (see picture)

Oh and a little bit of card porn included.

[OhioLawyerF5]

[BRoberts]

Is that Joe T. I see in the rafters, watching over his flock?

[JollyElm]

Is anyone running across any major Topps-era errors and variations on display?

Besides maybe an occasional 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle 'White Letter' (with the obligatory historically-overpriced sticker) making a cameo,
I never see any of them showcased in the pics or videos of this massive show.

If you see anything, please snap away!!

[90feetaway]

Great pictures, folks. Glad to see the hobby is alive and well.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Wow! I guess the hobby's doing OK!