How does a new seller get into ANY major card show these days?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Leon

Glad to hear!

And yes, shows fill up, and it sucks not being able to get a booth. At the Net54baseball dinner this year Joe D (hi Joe), one of the Natinoal promoters, said there is a 2 yr wait for a table.
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I'd say that's conservative since I'm a priority two and am not assured of a table next year. So how would someone on a wait list make it in two years?

I was on the wait list for about 5 years for both the National and Strongsville before I got in. I was already in Chantilly and Philly before things got tighter. I don't know how things are today but I did one East Coast National with no wait so the White Plains and Hofstra Shows may be available. I did The old Robert Morris Show after it moved with no wait in Pittsburgh, and I know one of the big shows in Texas is always trying to get me to come down so they must have room. Not sure about the Boston shows though they are ones we have considered adding to our repertoire, and we got in to Burbank with their move to Anaheim but then decided we couldn't justify the huge expense (travel more so than show). So opportunities for big shows are out there, just look around.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I'd say that's conservative since I'm a priority two and am not assured of a table next year. So how would someone on a wait list make it in two years?

I was on the wait list for about 5 years for both the National and Strongsville before I got in. I was already in Chantilly and Philly before things got tighter. I don't know how things are today but I did one East Coast National with no wait so the White Plains and Hofstra Shows may be available. I did The old Robert Morris Show after it moved with no wait in Pittsburgh, and I know one of the big shows in Texas is always trying to get me to come down so they must have room. Not sure about the Boston shows though they are ones we have considered adding to our repertoire, and we got in to Burbank with their move to Anaheim but then decided we couldn't justify the huge expense (travel more so than show). So opportunities for big shows are out there, just look around.

White Plains is a pretty flexible space (there are many side rooms, a stage and a downstairs along with the main area) which are sometimes utilized and sometimes not, so I assume there is generally space if someone is interested there.