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Is it so wrong to be excited for a month to attend this? Well, I was! I saved up and was ready to just go and spend it all.
It was more convenient and cost efficient for me to take the bus down (and the extra $$ I save, I can use towards cards!), so I took the Bolt bus down for like $38 round trip...what a deal! They had spotty wifi on board but wifi nonetheless! The only thing with these is that they were late both ways so if you need to be some place on time, this is NOT the bus to go with.
Ok, got there but the cab dropped me off on the WRONG SIDE of the convention center so I had to walk a bit to get to the entrance.
Got in the door and WOW. I actually looked like an idiot with my mouth wide open standing at the entrance because I've NEVER seen anything like this before. The shows in NY are nice but this one just blows it away 100x!
So, first thing I did was drop off my BGS sub for "head of line" treatment. Which I don't mind paying the $50 since I figured that into my budget. I then walked around and figured I would go row by row until I get to the back. Did some dumpster diving (which is my favorite thing to do at shows). Came up with some cool cards (info below).
My first observation, A LOT of vintage. I would say the vintage vs. modern split is about 60/40 towards vintage. I don't mind seeing them, it's just that I can't appreciate them as others would on T-206, high grade vintage etc.
Pros:
*It's HUGE
*A little something for everyone and every type of collector
* See dealers that you never see before
Cons:
*Since this was the first full day, many dealers were reluctant to negotiate or give better deals.
* The line for any pack redemption was big so I just passed on those
* Box prices were competitive with each other but no one was giving better deals than the other
I stopped by the FCB booth which was very busy and said hi to Evan and his $20 rows of graded cards of players that used to be big names in the prospect business like Justin O'Conner, Yeicok, Pomeranz etc. It's cool (or not) to see guys that I used to get $$$ on and now end up in the bargain bin! Also, I'm not sure who it was but he had $100 bills lined up in his showcase next to his Cam cards which was pretty cool!
Well, I came to spend right! Right, but I could not find anything that appealed to me both condition/price-wise so I passed on the big boys and did some dumpster diving:
Pickups at $2.50 each (bought from the same dealer):
Adeiny Hech...Ref auto
Brett Jackson ITG Auto
Robbie Grossman blue paper Auto
Javier Baez Chrome Auto!
Pickups at $3.00 each (bought from the same seller):
Robert Stephenson Sterling Ref Auto
Joe Panik Chrome Auto
Pickups at $595
1 Sealed Case of 2012 Leaf Best of Baseball (broken open at the Leaf booth and got BG bucks and picked 4 Ali Worn cards for free and sold them to a boxing dealer for $20 each so I ended at $595 for my case). Will post the break tonight in the box break board.
Overall, it was a great experience! If anyone on the east coast is on the fence, YOU GOTTA GO to this show! It's super!
It was more convenient and cost efficient for me to take the bus down (and the extra $$ I save, I can use towards cards!), so I took the Bolt bus down for like $38 round trip...what a deal! They had spotty wifi on board but wifi nonetheless! The only thing with these is that they were late both ways so if you need to be some place on time, this is NOT the bus to go with.
Ok, got there but the cab dropped me off on the WRONG SIDE of the convention center so I had to walk a bit to get to the entrance.
Got in the door and WOW. I actually looked like an idiot with my mouth wide open standing at the entrance because I've NEVER seen anything like this before. The shows in NY are nice but this one just blows it away 100x!
So, first thing I did was drop off my BGS sub for "head of line" treatment. Which I don't mind paying the $50 since I figured that into my budget. I then walked around and figured I would go row by row until I get to the back. Did some dumpster diving (which is my favorite thing to do at shows). Came up with some cool cards (info below).
My first observation, A LOT of vintage. I would say the vintage vs. modern split is about 60/40 towards vintage. I don't mind seeing them, it's just that I can't appreciate them as others would on T-206, high grade vintage etc.
Pros:
*It's HUGE
*A little something for everyone and every type of collector
* See dealers that you never see before
Cons:
*Since this was the first full day, many dealers were reluctant to negotiate or give better deals.
* The line for any pack redemption was big so I just passed on those
* Box prices were competitive with each other but no one was giving better deals than the other
I stopped by the FCB booth which was very busy and said hi to Evan and his $20 rows of graded cards of players that used to be big names in the prospect business like Justin O'Conner, Yeicok, Pomeranz etc. It's cool (or not) to see guys that I used to get $$$ on and now end up in the bargain bin! Also, I'm not sure who it was but he had $100 bills lined up in his showcase next to his Cam cards which was pretty cool!
Well, I came to spend right! Right, but I could not find anything that appealed to me both condition/price-wise so I passed on the big boys and did some dumpster diving:
Pickups at $2.50 each (bought from the same dealer):
Adeiny Hech...Ref auto
Brett Jackson ITG Auto
Robbie Grossman blue paper Auto
Javier Baez Chrome Auto!
Pickups at $3.00 each (bought from the same seller):
Robert Stephenson Sterling Ref Auto
Joe Panik Chrome Auto
Pickups at $595
1 Sealed Case of 2012 Leaf Best of Baseball (broken open at the Leaf booth and got BG bucks and picked 4 Ali Worn cards for free and sold them to a boxing dealer for $20 each so I ended at $595 for my case). Will post the break tonight in the box break board.
Overall, it was a great experience! If anyone on the east coast is on the fence, YOU GOTTA GO to this show! It's super!
