General National question

[hcv123]

I used to set up at some larger shows - "willow grove", Nassau coliseum, Robert Morris and a few other larger regional shows (never the national.....yet). I used to bring many non sport (TV,Movie, Rock N Roll related cover themes)magazines from the 1950's-1980's. Mainly I used them as a hook to try to buy more - that worked REALLY well as no one else in the place advertised they were buying that stuff. On occasion I would sell something - but it was not usual.

[polakoff]

Thanks for the lookout and for the personal experience!

[4scuda]

You would be better off doing the Chicago toy show. It's much cheaper than the national and you would have many more collectors of your type of material. I set up there with a table of sports and two tables of toys.

[polakoff]

Originally Posted by 4scuda

You would be better off doing the Chicago toy show. It's much cheaper than the national and you would have many more collectors of your type of material. I set up there with a table of sports and two tables of toys.

Was not familiar with it, I will check it out! Thanks!

[RTK]

There was some music related stuff.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Talked to a non sport dealer today at the sbow. All be had was 50-60's non sport and he told me he has had a great show. FYI

[egbeachley]

The non-sports guys are ticked that there aren't more non-sports dealers. Set it up and give it a shot. Worse case is you don't make a profit but have a great time.

Regarding the $500 and $1,000 bill. Yes, they are worth $500 and $1,000. I once sold some Ricky Henderson rookie cards and got 5 $100 bills from 1932 or so. Looked it up, worth $105 in a price guide. Couldn't figure out why until I realized that the person who kept these could have put it in the stock market and each $100 would have been worth around $15,000. Over $50,000 if dividends were reinvested. That was about 15 years ago.