Westchester NY Marriot show this weekend Jan 15-16

[Topnotchsy]

I went today. As mentioned above, the Westchester County Center is definitely a better venue for a show. The rooms here were very crowded which made discussion and browsing less pleasant.

I had a few observations:
- Many of the dealers I've seen at the Westchester show for years were not there.
- There was a decent amount of vintage and some high-end modern. The high-end modern was largely football and basketball. Very little baseball
- I noticed that JSA had no lines and basically no one around. I asked them about the show and they said the day before (with Yankee signers) was insane, so overall was solid) even if today was very slow
- There was a breaker doing breaks for kids. Not sure if you had to buy in or if it was free, but he had a very large audience
- Not a ton in the way of memorabilia of any kind. A couple of guys had signed baseballs, and a couple of programs etc. but very weak from that perspective.
- PSA was not there. I had hoped to submit tickets for grading but hadn't looked at the ad close enough I guess.
- Far fewer auction houses seemed to be there than usual


I ended up only buying supplies and was in and out in probably 30 minutes or so.

Always fun to get out to a show, but definitely a letdown compared to the standard WP show.

[hcv123]

Hi all,

Back from the show. As mentioned - the layout was disjointed - 2 large conference rooms and lots of surrounding hallways. I was 1 of 2 tables in a hallway between the 2 conference rooms - I actually liked the location - PLENTY of space for my customers and potential customers to shop, look and have conversation.
Great to see a bunch of Net 54 guys! I sold a bunch of vintage commons to set builders, cleared out a "bargain box" to 1 collector, sold some type 1 photos, M116's, T205's and a nice PSA 8 1971 Ryan. From speaking to other dealers, the show was mixed - guys with modern stuff seemed to do really well, vintage a bit less so.
I bought a small collection of 1950's graded Dodger cards that will be listed shortly on the BST and a nice Michael Jordan 1st sports illustrated (which will be off to get graded this week).
All in all not as strong a show as some of the larger East Coast regionals I do, but a solid show I will be returning to.
A bunch of announcements about masks which the majority adhered to, but definitely saw some not following policy - no policing that I saw.

Howard

[mrreality68]

Thanks everyone for the recap

[moogpowell]

Just came across this video by Silver Jackify about this show.
Some sweet cards near the beginning!

https://youtu.be/vsLK3SUM2kw