Atlantic City

[packs]

Well I've got to take a bus from the Port Authority at 8:00 am but I'm pretty excited about Saturday. I'll be heading down to get Pettitte to complete my Core Four baseball.

Does anyone know how PSA handles cards that have a cert but you want them to holder instead? I assume there's a fee for the holder, but you don't have to pay for the authentication again do you?

[Rich Klein]

I know at Beckett is JSA puts the stamp on the card, then it is just the holder fee (at least it was when I had a few JSA cards late last year)

RIch

[packs]

Thanks. I have a card that has the PSA cert letter but I'd rather have it in a holder. I just don't want to pay them the same fee twice. Holdering would be much cheaper.

[CharleyBrown]

Planning on heading down there tomorrow morning for the day. What is the parking situation like? It looks like Park Whiz has some places for $20 for the day that are a little under a half mile to the convention center.

How does that compare to the rates at the convention center?

[dembums]

Did not go to the sneak peak, but when my brother and I drove by, parking sign read $15

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by dembums

Did not go to the sneak peak, but when my brother and I drove by, parking sign read $15

I'll be staying at the Sheraton for a night (Thursday) and I thought parking would have been free at the Sheraton, but they charge $15.00 for self-parking.

I'll walk around Thursday night and then go back Friday morning to get Ron Blomberg's autograph and hopefully meet some online friends that I've never met in person.

[Jewish-collector]

Having a great time in Atlantic City !!!

Anyone at the national is welcome to join us for dinner on Friday, Aug 5th at Wingcraft Kitchen & Beer Bar. We will be there soon after the show ends at around 6:30 pm - 7 pm. Just ask for the Net54 collectors group if you don't see/know someone from Net54.

http://www.wingcraftac.com/

[mrvster]

WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

just got back from the sneakpeek

you are all in for a treat!



more to share.....too tired....THANKS JAMIE AND CHRIS B

ac is beautiful

[brightair]

Originally Posted by CharleyBrown

Planning on heading down there tomorrow morning for the day. What is the parking situation like? It looks like Park Whiz has some places for $20 for the day that are a little under a half mile to the convention center.

How does that compare to the rates at the convention center?

Parking at the center (garage is directly under the convention floor) is $15 / day.

[Snapolit1]

My first national. Had a good time. Nothing to compare it to. Here are some general reactions.
- not much high end stuff; e.g., little Gehrig and Ruth
- a ton of football cards. Stunned me. Not my interest.
- some good sellers of vintage photos
- dealers weren't negotiating much. For example, best a guy could do on a $1500 card was $1475. Whatever. I will look for it on eBay.
- many very friendly sellers. Some great talks. All the major AHs had their upcoming items
- was generally well run and comfortable
- saw a lot of 52 Mantles, not surprisingly
- tons of tobacco cards. I don't collect them
- Pannini (?) and some of the other new card company had a great energy with breaks and whatnot. Lots of young kids. Lots of screaming.
- PSA had long lines. I wasn't waiting an hour plus. Went to SGC and was helped immediately. Was very pleased with the rarer card I got graded on site in 2 hours ($50)

[bcbgcbrcb]

Anyone see Negro League material at the show? It seemed that the past several years that I attended, only Ryan C. and maybe the AH's had anything significant, and theirs wasn't for sale, just previews for viewing.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by packs

Well I've got to take a bus from the Port Authority at 8:00 am but I'm pretty excited about Saturday. I'll be heading down to get Pettitte to complete my Core Four baseball.

Just curious why was Bernie Williams not considered part of the Core 4, I know that would have made it a Core 5, and doesn't rhyme, but what separated him from the others?

[packs]

His career began a lot earlier. He started in 1991 vs 1995 for the others. Although Posada only played 1 game in 1995.