The National: Is 4 hrs. enough on Wednesday?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

Wow — I guess I have no idea of the scope. I’ve been to the November and March shows at Donald Stephens the last couple years since I got back into the hobby, and it’s a pretty quick.

Not even remotely the same situation. The National dwarfs those shows.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Not even remotely the same situation. The National dwarfs those shows.

Thursday it is then. Appreciate all the insight.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Let us know how much time you actually required and what your plan of attack turned out to be.

Just as everybody's amount of time will vary depending on their purpose for being at the show, methods of operation will also differ from person to person.

As one poster brought up, you never know if some mostly modern dealer might have some vintage tucked away in a corner, but you have to consider how much time you actually have and calculate the very low odds of finding a pre-War Jim Thorpe card from someone who uses the word "refractor" in every other sentence. I wouldn't waste even a second in asking, while others will spend the entire week at the show because they can not help themselves in checking at every single booth. Yes, people have found good items because of such persistence, but I'd prefer to get out of a show as fast as possible rather than subject myself to that degree of tedium. Not for me. To me, that's equatable to going into a Tesla dealership and asking if they have any Hummers for sale. More power to anyone who finds their needle in a haystack that way; you deserve it for your hard work!