Philly Show this weekend....see you there ?

[Tony Gordon]

I agree that the selection of pre-war at card shows has decreased. I remember 20 years ago seeing large amounts of pre-war at local mall shows. Though, I can't say that card shows are dead or anywhere near death. I attend local shows every weekend and can occasionally find a nice deal on pre-war and I almost always find some nice deals on post-war. I do acknowledge that many shows here in the Midwest and across the country have died. However, I can still find a show within an hour-and-a-half drive from my house with enough vintage dealers and customers to have a good time every single weekend. Sounds to me that Philly-area vintage dealers/collectors need to organize an alternative to the Hunt show.

[Rich Klein]

In the DFW area; we might have 1-2 passable shows a years. And a few 15-20 dealer type shows. But nothing big at all. And I would love to be in an area where I could actually go to a show occassionally

Rich

[peterose4hof]

Wow, that must be nice! In Florida, we have jack squat for shows and forget about finding pre-war stuff.

Originally Posted by Tony Gordon

I agree that the selection of pre-war at card shows has decreased. I remember 20 years ago seeing large amounts of pre-war at local mall shows. Though, I can't say that card shows are dead or anywhere near death. I attend local shows every weekend and can occasionally find a nice deal on pre-war and I almost always find some nice deals on post-war. I do acknowledge that many shows here in the Midwest and across the country have died. However, I can still find a show within an hour-and-a-half drive from my house with enough vintage dealers and customers to have a good time every single weekend. Sounds to me that Philly-area vintage dealers/collectors need to organize an alternative to the Hunt show.

[E93]

Baltimore was a great venue. I would love for it to be in the regular rotation. But it is not that convenient for those on the West coast.
JimB

[tedzan]

The Baltimore venue has proven that it has a lot to offer. If they make it an annual event....THEY WILL COME. From the Midwest, West,
and the West coast....they will come.

The time has arrived for the National to be a semi-annual event. Regional major Shows are disappearing. My suggestion is that Baltimore
become a permanent Show in early September. And, the Chicago and California venues alternate annually in mid April.

This hobby is not experiencing the growth it enjoyed in the 1980's & 1990's. In my opinion the diminishing number of quality shows since
then has been one of the major factors causing this lack of growth. Growth is an important factor in sustaining the value of BB cards. If
you do not think this is important, just talk to your average collector of Coins and Stamps. The lack of growth in those hobbies have ad-
versly affected the values of those collectibles.

I've known John Broggi since 1981, I'm thinking that I'll contact him regarding this idea of two National's a year.

In any event, what's your thoughts on this idea ?


TED Z

[Leon]

Without giving it a lot more thought I like the idea of having 2 National shows. Somehow, I think it is not going to happen though.

[byrone]

Originally Posted by tedzan

The Baltimore venue has proven that it has a lot to offer. If they make it an annual event....THEY WILL COME. From the Midwest, West,
and the West coast....they will come.

The time has arrived for the National to be a semi-annual event. Regional major Shows are disappearing. My suggestion is that Baltimore
become a permanent Show in early September. And, the Chicago and California venues alternate annually in mid April.

This hobby is not experiencing the growth it enjoyed in the 1980's & 1990's. In my opinion the diminishing number of quality shows since
then has been one of the major factors causing this lack of growth. Growth is an important factor in sustaining the value of BB cards. If
you do not think this is important, just talk to your average collector of Coins and Stamps. The lack of growth in those hobbies have ad-
versly affected the values of those collectibles.

I've known John Broggi since 1981, I'm thinking that I'll contact him regarding this idea of two National's a year.

In any event, what's your thoughts on this idea ?


TED Z

In Canada, the Toronto Expo serves as the country's largest show and it is held twice annually, in late April/Early May and in November.

[tedzan]

Since you like my idea of two National Shows per year, how about running a Net54 poll on this ?

Or instruct me on how to conduct it, and I'll do it.

Regards,

TED Z

[Leon]

Hey Ted
Lets see if we can get the ole dinosaur to be able to do it. Heck, if Barry can do it anyone can do it.

What you do is you go start a thread.....at the bottom of the post there will be a little box that says something like "start a poll".....that is where you do it from. You actually hit the "submit reply" button and AFTER that it allows you to do the poll, so don't be afraid to hit the submit button before you see the poll options. We have a testing forum in the post war section, at the botton. I suggest you go over there and try one first. After you try it over there and get the hang of it you can come back over here and do it. I will then go lock that testing thread you started so no one gets a wise idea.

here is the link to the place with the testing forum...it is at the bottom

http://www.net54baseball.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6