A pre-1985 show wouldn't ever turn any vintage affair into 90% 1983 Donruss, etc. It's not a fair comparison to letting in modern and Pokemon. A pre-1975 show would definitely turn things into a majority Golden Era-1970's event. That's par for the course due to availability of material and a greater number of dealers who could facilitate the category, but the crowds would also be larger, which is honestly needed. Incorporating post-war was what I had in mind when I originally said that I thought the idea might work out.
A strictly pre-war show would be borderline impossible. It's a wonderful idea in theory, but there's no conceivable way to pull that off, especially in the areas OP mentioned.
That pre-war event in VA hosted by fellow board members was a smaller affair, but let's face it: as great as the event looked in the photos, that was just a glorified Net54 get together. How many non-forum members did it actually attract? I only ask because OP is thinking in the sense of orchestrating a true show with an autograph guest and all. I'm not trying to diminish the Net54 event in the slightest and would have loved to have joined all of you! An exclusively pre-war autograph booth might have been an enjoyable addition from me.
If you wanted this to have a chance at working out, it would have to incorporate post-war in one of the two ways you were thinking. I personally would have gone with pre-1980 as my choice, as that's always been a popular cutoff date and one that does make good sense.
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