If setting up a booth at the National Sports Collectors Convention sounds like fun, Jameel Mohammed has a message for you. It is. It’s also a lot of work, very expensive and requires a serious commitment to treating your booth like the business it is. The dealer who owns The Meelypops Shop in Gainesville, FL, in made his fourth trip to the National as a seller this … [Read more...] about Preparation, Organization, Attitude…and Money: Keys to Selling at the National
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Ramblings: Tips for First Time Show Dealers
Our upcoming show is going to be the biggest show we will ever have at the Southfork Hotel as we are also the final event to be at the hotel before the sale becomes official and we move up the street to the Comfort Inn and Suites. What that has meant is we will have many vendors who have never set up at one of our shows before and even some who’ve never done a show period. … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Tips for First Time Show Dealers
Landing Deals Close to Home Can Be Profitable
Sports card collecting and dealing often go hand in hand. From an early age, our cardboard obsession has taught us to place a value on certain pieces, and then trade them for something that we would rather have. For many, collecting has served as a gateway drug to dealing in cards. After a ten year hiatus from the hobby, I got back into it for the love of it all. Before I … [Read more...] about Landing Deals Close to Home Can Be Profitable
Ramblings: Show Notes and Successful Dealers
Just some random notes from our weekend show at the Southfork Hotel here in the Dallas area. Every time we have a show, I either learn something new or get an old hobby lesson reinforced. Our scheduled guest was Doug Donley, who played receiver for both Ohio State in the late 1970s and then for the Dallas Cowboys in the early 1980s. Like all of the guests we have had so … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Show Notes and Successful Dealers