Chantilly/DC area roll call

[ValKehl]

I'll be there all day Friday, and I'll try to remember to wear my Net 54 pin (thanks again, Leon) and red Nationals bb cap. I'm a relatively-tall old fart who wears glasses. If you spot me, please say hello.

If you like barbecue, my wife and I highly recommend Willard's Barbecue, which is the corner of the complex, a few doors down from the entrance to the show. They offer pork, chicken and beef, and prices are reasonable. They have tables to sit at, but you order and pick up your food at the counter.

I've noted some Net 54 threads re members doing regional get togethers. Would anyone be interested in having a mid-Atlanticish regional get together, perhaps in conjunction with a future Chantilly, VA, Show?
Val

[kcohen]

I'll be there a few hours on Friday and maybe some on Saturday, depending on what I see Friday.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by kcohen

I'll be there a few hours on Friday and maybe some on Saturday, depending on what I see Friday.

Hi Ken - I sense this means you are not setting up at this show, right? If so, this is a huge loss for pre-WWII card collectors, as this is pretty much all that Ken normally has in his display.
Best,
Val

[Jewish-collector]

I agree with Val. Ken has one of the better, if not the best, vintage baseball cards displayed of anyone at that particular show.

[kcohen]

Thanks guys. I tried to find someone to share table costs with me where I would only set up on Friday, but was unsuccessful. My setting up at show days may be over. It's seems to be getting too much like work as there seems to be less and less action and I have concluded that our participation in Net54 gives us the impression that the pre-war card collector universe is actually much smaller than it seems. At Chantilly in particular, which is mostly an autograph show skewed toward football, I can't stop thinking about the infinitesimal odds of someone coming in wearing a Troy Polamalu jersey buying a T206 or E93.

Rather than kvetching (that's for you, Alan) about it, as I have just spent the last few lines doing, it's probably better to stop, at least for now, and figure out if I want to liquidate my stuff. I hear dealers complain at shows all the time and I had become one of them.

[jefferyepayne]

I will be there with my two boys on Saturday. Probably between 1-6pm. I'll be wearing a Pirate hat and probably be looking at vintage football cards. Come up and say 'hi'!

Jeff

[t206blogcom]

I've noted some Net 54 threads re members doing regional get togethers. Would anyone be interested in having a mid-Atlanticish regional get together, perhaps in conjunction with a future Chantilly, VA, Show?
Val

That could work.

[Jewish-collector]

I've tried organizing a meetup in the past before or after the show. More times than not, there wasn't any interest, unfortunately.

Alan