The Old Brick and Mortar Card Store

[ullmandds]

michael...where is the store you frequent in mpls? apple valley?

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

michael...where is the store you frequent in mpls? apple valley?

No Pete. I know the store your thinking about. This one is in Richfield. Uncommon Sportscards, 66th and Penn. Sort of a hole in the wall but I like it for supplies.

[ullmandds]

thanks michael...i've found a few vintage cards in stillwater at antique mall...occasionally at har mar mall when they have sportscard shows...that's about it!!!!!

[RobertGT]

I will give a quick shout-out to the owner of one brick-and-mortar store who has a clue about current market value: Randy's Sportscards outside of Quakertown, PA. Although you won't find a lot of pre-war stuff at his shop, Randy is always getting in stuff and he knows how to turn merchandise by setting his prices at or below eBay prices and then working you a deal on top of that. Beyond that, he's just a good guy.

Randy sets up at the National and a lot of regional card shows so I'm sure he is known to many on this board.

I agree that most card-shop owners are stuck in the pre-internet days (80s) and are just wasting everyone's time with their joke museum prices. Randy is not one of those guys.

Disclosure statement: I am not an employee of Randy's or associated with him in any capacity, other than being a pretty regular customer of his.

Rob

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

I recently drove through my hometown, Leesburg, FL, and saw a card shop. The shop, Not Just Cardboard, sold cards and comics. It was cramped into a shop much too smal for its inventory. Funny thing was that I knew the kid behind the counter because I used to be a camp counselor back when he went to summer camp. There wasn't anything that I collect but they had a good assortment of stuff from the 20s to present at affordable prices. I would recommend the shop.

[glynparson]

People have these preconceived notions that all card shops are overpriced. It has afforded me the opportunity to make many many great purchases over my approximately 35 years of collecting cards. (40 years old)

[hangman62]

I travel often for my job..yrs ago when you had many a brick and mortar card shop....you could say the city..and I would tell you the best card shop in the area !.... Apple Valley MN, Gladstone MO,Mechanicsburg PA,Boise ID,... now a days...if your lucky to find a store..its often disappointing to the true vintage collector

RalG

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

I recently drove through my hometown, Leesburg, FL, and saw a card shop. The shop, Not Just Cardboard, sold cards and comics. It was cramped into a shop much too smal for its inventory. Funny thing was that I knew the kid behind the counter because I used to be a camp counselor back when he went to summer camp. There wasn't anything that I collect but they had a good assortment of stuff from the 20s to present at affordable prices. I would recommend the shop.

I live about an hour from Leesburg. I will have to check out this store some time.