Do you set up at other shows in those areas? If your hope was to attract people not just from this forum and you'd like to get a better read on that sort of traffic, my thought would be to set up at a regional show closest to the area in which you had in mind. Talk to the people who come to your booth and get a tally of how many would be interested. Ask the interested parties for their contact info, and naturally flood any social media with a show announcement, to include non-hobby regional groups and both regional and national hobby groups. In this day and age, I could see it working out wonderfully, especially with a small setup as you're envisioning!
I recently attended a local show for the first time in nearly 35 years. There was zero pre-war and I could count the number of pre-1970 hockey cards on one hand. I'm in Canada, so no hope of any vintage baseball. Funny, there was tons of it back in the late 1980's when that era's card boom first hit these parts. Your idea likely wouldn't and couldn't work up here, but in the U.S., definitely!
For the sake of for attaining the best turnout for both local traffic and people who wanted to take a trip, my guess would be Charlotte or Raleigh. Agree? Disagree? I'd surmise that it's easier to get people from north of those areas to travel a little bit farther than those from all parts south, as there has always been a healthier concentration of hobby people in the northeast. Then again, a vintage show would be a real treat for those in the south.
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