Show in Plano Texas March 9th

[Rich Klein]

Those who set up; those who attended and those who helped from the brotherhood and places such as this who lets us promote our shows.

I had a long talk with Mark Macrae during this process who runs a very similar show and basically the goals are, make money for the non-profit and get a little something for yourself out of the day.

I had never run a show before so that was something I always wanted to do -- our synaogue's men's club (brotherhood) usually does a garage sale as our major fundraiser but we did not want to spend the time and effort and also could not be guaranteed the parking lot for the sale. So, in one of our board meetings I suggested I'd run a BB Card show. I had tried on and off for 10 years to do this, but this time we got the right permissions and ONE hour later, we had a date, time, etc.

From there, I promised to do the leg work for us (it dfoes help I have some contacts in the business) and told the Hood that I would need help the day before and the day of the show.

We were able to set up the room the night before (which always helps) and when the dealers started arriving at 7, we actually had a nice staggered set up. Doors opened at 9, and we had a nice steady flow of customers all day.

I did not make a sale until nearly 11, but then my sales were good for the rest of the day. My favorite customer was a delightful young lady who may not even be 10 years old who loves vintage cards. Her dad told me they go to Nick's frequenly as well
I also sold a bunch of Texas Rangers cards, some 1975's (hi Jay!); a few sets; some 1972's including a bunch of hi #s; and some pre-war cards.

Had a nice decent day and went with my wife and had a steak dinner after all was done.

For those who want to promote a show, I'd suggest working with a non-profit as that reduces risk of losing money; you help others and put a little in your own pocket at the end of the day. And reducing risk is a great thing.

A lot of this is also going to be repeated in my SportsCollectorsDaily.com column with the final roundup.

Rich