Chantilly (VA) Show - June 23-25

Bigdaddy · #1 06-15-2023, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

Once again, the baseball guests are a major disappointment. On the bright side there are baseball guests. Oh well, football is king. I miss Marco Rol.

Agree. I'm a three hour drive away and the lack of baseball guests in the auto lineup is disappointing. Enough so that I usually skip the show.

theshowandme · #2 06-15-2023, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Agree. I'm a three hour drive away and the lack of baseball guests in the auto lineup is disappointing. Enough so that I usually skip the show.

There will be plenty of cards there that fit the sets listed in your bio

It�s a card show, not an autograph show!

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Brian Van Horn · #3 06-15-2023, 10:29 PM

I may go, but 272 miles each way on the same day....hmmm...and I may pull it at the end of next month to and from Chicago nine hours each way with the show in between for around five hours. Yes, add in breaks and it actually works out to 26 consecutive hours for this 56 year old lunatic on caffeine. To answer the question that may come to some minds:

No, I have never been a long haul truck driver.

To date at Chantilly, which has a lot of pre-WWII cards, I have only ever purchased one card in that category at the show. A 1916 Zee Nut Morrie Rath from William Chappelle. Nice trip, however, to and from the destination.

Huck · #4 06-16-2023, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

It�s a card show, not an autograph show!
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60 plus guests? There are usually more people waiting in the autograph area than one can count on the sales floor. I am all for a healthy hobby, but Cowboys and Steelers drive that show. Go look behind the curtain and tell me the money is not in the autographs. The amount of merchandise behind the curtain will blow your mind. I wonder why a big outfit like 707 Sports Cards out of PA no longer sets-up at Chantilly. I have seen them once.

notfast · #5 06-17-2023, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Huck

. I wonder why a big outfit like 707 Sports Cards out of PA no longer sets-up at Chantilly. I have seen them once.

I don�t see them set up at any shows besides the National.

Huck · #6 06-17-2023, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by notfast

I don�t see them set up at any shows besides the National.

I have seen them at Chantilly once. I can't say for a fact that they set up at the Philly show. I have seen them at the National. Perhaps, their online sales trump the need to set up at shows in the area.

notfast · #7 06-17-2023, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Huck

I have seen them at Chantilly once. I can't say for a fact that they set up at the Philly show. I have seen them at the National. Perhaps, their online sales trump the need to set up at shows in the area.

Guess you answered your questions about why they don�t set up at Chantilly then. Doesn�t seem like a good way to measure how good a show is.

jefferyepayne · #8 06-17-2023, 07:06 AM

I will be there Friday and would love to catch up with Net54 members for dinner that night too. I always go to Willards around 6 or so if anyone wants to meet up and join me that is attending on Friday.

Would love to meet other members and see those I already known (hi Val and Mark and others!).

jeff

P.S. I wouldn't call Chantilly 'football heavy' but there are a few really great football dealers that sometimes come. Give us football guys some love!

Huck · #9 06-17-2023, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by notfast

Guess you answered your questions about why they don�t set up at Chantilly then. Doesn�t seem like a good way to measure how good a show is.

??? - I did not say Chantilly was a bad show. I am fortunate to have one of the major promoters in my backyard. I have been in the autograph/memorabilia side of the hobby for 30 years. Since memorabilia is scant at CSA, my hope is for an autograph guest (usually recent hall inductees) that I can add to the collection. I am hopeful that the October show can deliver.

Huck · #10 06-16-2023, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Agree. I'm a three hour drive away and the lack of baseball guests in the auto lineup is disappointing. Enough so that I usually skip the show.

I have sent email messages to the promoters pleading for decent guests. I even provide a list. I just want a reason to get out of the house and risk my life on the beltway. Granted, there are new collectors that join the autograph side of the hobby each year but if you don't already have Dawson, Boggs or Garvey you are just not trying hard enough. Those three don't move the needle for me. Back in the day of guests selling out, I would preorder tickets but have not preordered in well over a decade. I buy my tickets day of and if the ticket number received is over 100, I say the guest drew okay. I would be surprised if a day of ticket for a flat or ball for Dawson, Boggs or Garvey is over 100. I guess I will have to wait until the October show. Last year, CSA brought in Edgar Martinez, Jim Kaat and Mariano Rivera. Now, those three got me out of the house and I even spent money at dealer tables purchasing a 1958 AS Mantle and a pennant! Come on CSA throw the baseball collectors a bone! Heck, CSA gives the wrestling crew the Undertaker! Baseball gets Dawson, Boggs and Garvey..........ho-hum, bury me undertaker, bury me!

Vintagedeputy · #11 06-16-2023, 10:54 PM

Not sure why I�m seeing so many sad sacks lamenting about the autograph guests. This show always seems to be football heavy but there�s a fair mix of other sports stars.

Boggs, Dawson and Garvey are great. I�m going to get a Garvey game used bat signed. I�m not a Steeler or Cowboy fan, but the names they put together are no slouches.

Last year I got to meet my QB Daniel Jones and I got Eddie Murray to sign a game used bat. I�ll gladly drive the 2 hours from Richmond for guys like that. We don�t have the Tuff Stuff shows here anymore so Chantilly fills the void for me.

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