Saturday national

[BRoberts]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I myself don't give a crap about any card made after 1984. That's the Topps Mattingly rc year. I don't care how valuable you say it is. Don't care to go to card shows anymore. The days of getting a 1958 Mantle for $75, or 1933 Goudey Ruth and Gehrig both for $500, are long since gone. I don't call it a hobby when I basically have to take out a mortgage to buy a card.

At least you’ve got your good attitude. You can’t put a price on that.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

At least you’ve got your good attitude. You can’t put a price on that.

Yah but he's not a VIP.

He's never traded 33 Goudey's all day in the VIP lounge, with the other 3 VIPs, who were dumb enough to pay extra.

Non-VIP here!

[darkhorse9]

For me, the only reason I go to the National is when I'm looking for a large quantity of mostly common cards. My big task this year was to make a huge dent in my 1961-1963 Post cereal sets. I did that, picking up about 200 cards total

The way I see it, if I tried buying that many off eBay I'd probably be spending over $700 total in shipping by buying them one by one. At the show I not only save shipping, but I can actually hold them in my hand and, often, get a deal for volume.

If I'm just looking for stars or single vintage cards I'll save myself the 7 hour drive.