West Coast Card Show, August 21-24 in Anaheim

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Just back from the first full day at the WCCS and I’m happy to say there was a lot of vintage at the venue. In fact, I was a bit overwhelmed by some of the very high end material on display (which included “best of” cards that I had ever seen before).

Unfortunately I did not expect such an event and so previously made family plans this weekend, otherwise I would 100% go back.

I’m primarily a tobacco card collector and there were about a dozen vendors that had some great selections of cards (there were other vintage tables too, of course). It pays to ask the dealers if they have more tobacco cards on hand even if they only are showing just a couple of them at their table; once the big briefcase comes out, some truly amazing cards were seen.

While prices were generally high (as expected), some deals could be had. I bought tobacco from 6 different sellers and was quite pleased with all my purchases.

Some vendors just price to the moon which makes me wonder if they want to sell any cards at all. I don’t bother with them, especially when pressed for time. One dealer had fifteen - yes 15 - Ty Cobb tobacco cards!

There were vintage dealers from New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Florida, etc. And thankfully the room was basically split between Sports cards and Pokémon cards. The promoters of this convention did a fantastic job, they deserve kudos.

If you’re free this weekend and are in the area, this show is well-worth checking out.