Odds and ends from my travels over the last couple of weeks… When you go to a show, you never quite know what is going to occur. During the National I went to drop in on the Beckett graders who were behind the curtain (yes, I had permission from the head grader to do so especially since I had no cards being graded). Many of these guys are collectors themselves and some are … [Read more...]
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...]
Ramblings: Shows and Stories
With the Super Bowl over and real baseball still several weeks away, it was a good weekend for a card show here in Texas as folks look for something to do on a weekend. On Saturday, we returned to the Southfork Hotel and the dealers who set up all reported good to excellent sales. As for me, I had my best day in that location as I sold several items which were "one-offs" to me … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Free Autograph Guest Sends ’em Home Happy
For the first time ever, our show venture at the Southfork Hotel in Plano, TX had an autograph guest and I’d consider it a success all around. We were thrilled when Lindy McDaniel, who, according to one rating measure on BaseballReference.com, is ranked as the 13th greatest reliever ever, agreed to be our first guest. He was extremely gracious to all who came. He even … [Read more...]