A guy walks into a card show...

[BradH]

Originally Posted by BruceinGa

The local show here advertises 40 tables with 13 dealers. I haven't been in quite a while but at that time a couple of dealers had an assortment of T205's and 6's.

Bruce - I'm guessing you're referring to the "East Cobb Sports Collectibles Show" in Marietta. It's a nice show and is apparently having enough success that it's now held twice a month. I think the next show is Dec. 4. It had more than 50 tables the last time I went. Most of it is 50s-60s cards or newer stuff/autographs, but there is a decent amount of pre-war.

I don't go every time - maybe once every couple months - but I went to the Nov. 6 show and it was good. I purchased five t206s, a couple '33 DeLongs, four 1951 Bowman high #s ... And a 1950s Davy Crokett serving tray (no idea why, but it was cool and I thought it'd look great on my son's shelf).

This was not unusual for this show. The material is there, although some of it is a tad overpriced. Some of it is also a bargain, in my opinion. I slightly overpaid on the '51 Bowmans, but they were cards I needed and my patience is waning with this set.

[glynparson]

I am generally expensive online and in person on tougher or high grade material. I am pretty easy to work with on more common and low grade cards.

[Prince Hal]

We have a decent show in the Albany NY area with several dealers that have pre-war material. Much of it is pretty pricey even compared to eBay BIN. The pre-war inventory for most of the dealers seems to appear show after show so I guess they are willing to hold out for their price. This is one of the reasons I started a 1953 bowman color set. I usually can find a few decent cards at a reasonable price each show. I will say that the few times I have traded pre-war cards I have gotten good value back.

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by BradH

Bruce - I'm guessing you're referring to the "East Cobb Sports Collectibles Show" in Marietta. It's a nice show and is apparently having enough success that it's now held twice a month. I think the next show is Dec. 4. It had more than 50 tables the last time I went. Most of it is 50s-60s cards or newer stuff/autographs, but there is a decent amount of pre-war.

Yes Brad, that's the one. I haven't been in a year or so. As a matter of fact I haven't been on this board for quite some time also.