I went to a card show in Atlanta... (I’m old)

[Leon]

The Dallas Card Show, I went to yesterday, had about 93% new to 7% other.

and a random card that isn't new and shiny...

[Johnny630]

I think the new guys are into it for the Gamble/Money Big Hit On a Break/Grade

That’s It.

They don’t build sets or collect type cards from different sets, it’s all about the gamble, rush, flip and cash $$$$$$ Not Collecting.

[Donscards]

I am a Old Timer here--Come to the National next week, I will have 7 showcases of Vintage cards--not 1 new shiny card.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Leon

The Dallas Card Show, I went to yesterday, had about 93% new to 7% other.

I went to the January show in Dallas and it was pretty heavily weighted towards modern and Pokémon. It looks like it has gotten even worse since then. I'm glad I decided not to go.

A seller I usually deal with at the OKC shows told me recently that he is having a hard time finding vintage to buy. He used to have several 5000 count boxes of vintage commons. At the last show, he had one 700 count box. Given that I am getting priced out of the market of vintage star cards, I am pretty much on the sidelines until the bubble pops.

[pawpawdiv9]

to OP(matt)
Where was this card show in ATL??
I live in GA and work in the ATL area...didn't hear about a card show.
Its been a while, but there a card shop near town center/kennesaw i went to, not sure if its still open. Then in the past yr or so, a small shop opened in my town (Rome) in the downtown area, but been unable to visitas it seems closed most time or doesnt open till noon.

The only show i could find was this: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prizm-g...s-151254852335
[B]Prizm Gawds: Culture Collision Card, Comics, Kicks and Collectibles Show[/B]

[notfast]

The Atlanta show (and Dallas) are both brand new. This was the first Atlanta show done by the promoter and widely promoted on social media…hence the heavy lean toward modern.

Dallas has been around for maybe a year? Once again a huge social media following/backing.

Makes sense to me.

[Klrdds]

I'm in Dalton, GA and i never heard about that show yesterday and I'm glad I didn't hear about it because I would probably have driven down only to be disappointed .
I remember the days of Bob Pressley's shows in Atlanta for many years and he did at one time have a shop in Marietta Square but I haven't heard his name mentioned in a while. He did GREAT shows in the day !
If you are near Dalton , GA people may want to visit Dalton Stamp & Coin here .It has been around over 36 years with tons of ungraded raw cards to the 1960s and some older cards also, lots of unopened material from Pre- junk wax and the junk wax era , modern opened and unopened material , sets ( factory and hand collated ) , very very few graded cards and they are not high dollar ones , football and basketball cards as well. They also buy material.
Juan and Derek are good guys and also deal in coins and paper money .
I've done business with them since moving here in 1985 after finishing school.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by notfast

The Atlanta show (and Dallas) are both brand new. This was the first Atlanta show done by the promoter and widely promoted on social media…hence the heavy lean toward modern.

Dallas has been around for maybe a year? Once again a huge social media following/backing.

Makes sense to me.

That does make sense…the established shows are a mix of stuff and long-time dealers, the new shows are the Facebook/Twitter crowd.

I went to the Cranston (RI) show a week or so back and while smaller than in the past (not it’s usual weekend) it was far more ungraded than graded and I’d say vintage outweighed modern. And nobody was filming themselves - not a “selfie stick” to be seen.

Maybe that’s the way it should be…the modern crowd would be just as disappointed at a show the vintage crowd would love. Keep the dusty old cardboard and the plastic and foil separate, and everyone is happy!

[JollyElm]

A couple of months ago there was a show out here at a fairgrounds (inside). While the whole state was shuttered up, there was some technicality involved that allowed a large gathering to take place. We sped over there, and like what everyone else is talking about, it was almost entirely made up of new, shiny stuff. That was a frickin' shock, and there were only two (adjoining) tables of vintage tucked away in the corner (which doesn't make sense, because the layout was an oval, but I digress). That's it. Everything else was modern. It was really disappointing at the time, but in hindsight I starting seeing the glass as half full. Since this was a modern show, 'nobody' cared about the vintage stuff at all, and everyone just passed by those tables without a second thought. Those sellers were forlorn. One of them deserved to be, as he's at every show with his Dean's-esque pricing model, but the other guy was someone new from Arizona. The lack of traffic allowed me to really go through his stuff methodically and shoot the breeze for a long period of time, without the worry of other people beating me to great cards by digging at the same time. There just wasn't any competition, and I used that to my advantage when negotiating prices on a bunch of ungraded stuff. In the end, I got a nice deal on a Lou Brock RC, a 1966 Pete Rose, and a bunch of sharp cornered 1966 high numbers, including a Choo Choo (OC) and Grant Jackson RC. He also had a bunch of ungraded 1952 high numbers, but he wouldn't budge on the prices, around $200 a pop IIRC. The simple fact is, if this was a 'normal' vintage-centric show, someone would've bought up these cards the moment they set their eyes upon them. So, overall it sucked, but I did walk away with a handful of sweet cards at a great price.

I guess my point is, at an overabundance-of-modern-cards-show, sometimes great opportunities will still present themselves.

[Leon]

Sign of the times I guess. I saw this on the news last night .. Darned shiny stuff...(and I realize vintage gets stolen also)

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/07/18/...tried-to-sell/

Originally Posted by notfast

The Atlanta show (and Dallas) are both brand new. This was the first Atlanta show done by the promoter and widely promoted on social media…hence the heavy lean toward modern.

Dallas has been around for maybe a year? Once again a huge social media following/backing.

Makes sense to me.

[bigfish]

Originally Posted by Leon

Sign of the times I guess. I saw this on the news last night .. Darned shiny stuff...(and I realize vintage gets stolen also)

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/07/18/...tried-to-sell/

Wow

[BruceinGa]

I've been to the one in Atlanta (marietta) several times in the past. It's every Sunday at the Hilton Garden Inn on Windy Hill near I 75.
About 2 months a 3 day show was held in Marietta. I heard there were plans to have that one on a regular basis.

[troutbum97]

Originally Posted by Leon

Sign of the times I guess. I saw this on the news last night .. Darned shiny stuff...(and I realize vintage gets stolen also)

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/07/18/...tried-to-sell/

No one ever tries to steal my 1987 Topps Pete Incaviglia rookies.

[Flintboy]

Originally Posted by troutbum97

No one ever tries to steal my 1987 Topps Pete Incaviglia rookies.

Take it Chicago, those shows are notoriously bad for theft.

[jimjim]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

to OP(matt)
Where was this card show in ATL??
I live in GA and work in the ATL area...didn't hear about a card show.
Its been a while, but there a card shop near town center/kennesaw i went to, not sure if its still open. Then in the past yr or so, a small shop opened in my town (Rome) in the downtown area, but been unable to visitas it seems closed most time or doesnt open till noon.

The only show i could find was this: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prizm-g...s-151254852335
[B]Prizm Gawds: Culture Collision Card, Comics, Kicks and Collectibles Show[/B]

It was the culture collision show. It had a nice set up
at a nice hotel.

On a side note, I probably won’t be doing a show again for a while, as my son is not old enough to be vaccinated and nobody was wearing masks. Even kids that clearly weren’t old enough either. It just made him nervous. I guess we had high expectations on that front. We go to places all the time where people don’t wear and it’s usually not an issue, but this was an extremely crowded room with poor ventilation and people on top of each other so he got nervous.