Observations on the current state of the hobby from a show this weekend - Page 220

K111 · 03-17-2025, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Big35Hurt

It was only cash only for those that arrived without having bought a ticket online earlier. Most people in line on Friday had already bought one online from what I saw.

Still they ain't reporting that

PuddleMonkey · 03-18-2025, 09:54 PM

Sports Card Market

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-18-2025, 11:09 PM

I've visited 3 sports card shops while at spring training in Arizona. All 3 were packed with people. Never seen so many people crammed into dmall storefront card shops before.

Poorboy · 03-18-2025, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I've visited 3 sports card shops while at spring training in Arizona. All 3 were packed with people. Never seen so many people crammed into dmall storefront card shops before.

The important question man !!!
Did they have any reds cards? !!!!!!

PuddleMonkey · 03-18-2025, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I've visited 3 sports card shops while at spring training in Arizona. All 3 were packed with people. Never seen so many people crammed into dmall storefront card shops before.

Twalk1975 · 03-19-2025, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I've visited 3 sports card shops while at spring training in Arizona. All 3 were packed with people. Never seen so many people crammed into dmall storefront card shops before.

What shops did you visit? And are you still in town? One of AZ's bigger card shows of the year is this weekend.

premium1981 · 03-19-2025, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Sports Card Market

Looks like an accurate gif of your market prediction. Crumbling. Gotta love the dedication of people who are proven wrong but refuse to accept reality. Hobby continues to be a diesel locomotive with a full tank of fuel.

solt0131 · 03-19-2025, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by premium1981

Looks like an accurate gif of your market prediction. Crumbling. Gotta love the dedication of people who are proven wrong but refuse to accept reality. Hobby continues to be a diesel locomotive with a full tank of fuel.

Oh give him a break. He's kind of like the former President, you just feel bad for him at this point.

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-19-2025, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Poorboy

The important question man !!!
Did they have any reds cards? !!!!!!

Surprisingly, quite a few. I even found a card with a ton of sentimental value that needs to come back to Ohio with me. Not a Reds card, but I grew up in the same small town as Haddix. My brother was friends with his grandson and spent time at his house. He died when I was a teenager, so there aren't a ton of these out there. The 1960 card is special as it was the first card after his legendary 12 perfect innings, and talk about it on the back of the card.

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Originally Posted by Twalk1975

What shops did you visit? And are you still in town? One of AZ's bigger card shows of the year is this weekend.

We went to Valleywide Sports Cards near Scottsdale, and Westgate Cards and Collectibles and AZ Sports Cards over near Glendale.

We are flying out Saturday morning, so if the show starts Friday, we will definitely go. Do you have a link to the show info?

alpine · 03-19-2025, 12:19 PM

Looks decent.

https://www.pccticketing.com/event/a...oenix-arizona/

Poorboy · 03-19-2025, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Surprisingly, quite a few. I even found a card with a ton of sentimental value that needs to come back to Ohio with me. Not a Reds card, but I grew up in the same small town as Haddix. My brother was friends with his grandson and spent time at his house. He died when I was a teenager, so there aren't a ton of these out there. The 1960 card is special as it was the first card after his legendary 12 perfect innings, and talk about it on the back of the card.

We went to Valleywide Sports Cards near Scottsdale, and Westgate Cards and Collectibles and AZ Sports Cards over near Glendale.

We are flying out Saturday morning, so if the show starts Friday, we will definitely go. Do you have a link to the show info?

Congrats on the Harvey h card cool story
And it’s not a reds card ?
Oh my lol

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-19-2025, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by alpine

Looks decent.

https://www.pccticketing.com/event/a...oenix-arizona/

Nice! Thanks.

I wasn't planning on heading downtown on Friday, but I think I will now.

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-19-2025, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Poorboy

Congrats on the Harvey h card cool story

And it’s not a reds card ?

Oh my lol

I'm going to give it to my brother, so it's ok.

UMich92 · 03-19-2025, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Sports Card Market

I'm mesmerized by how this silo collapsed on itself instead of tipping over.

Twalk1975 · 03-19-2025, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Surprisingly, quite a few. I even found a card with a ton of sentimental value that needs to come back to Ohio with me. Not a Reds card, but I grew up in the same small town as Haddix. My brother was friends with his grandson and spent time at his house. He died when I was a teenager, so there aren't a ton of these out there. The 1960 card is special as it was the first card after his legendary 12 perfect innings, and talk about it on the back of the card.

We went to Valleywide Sports Cards near Scottsdale, and Westgate Cards and Collectibles and AZ Sports Cards over near Glendale.

We are flying out Saturday morning, so if the show starts Friday, we will definitely go. Do you have a link to the show info?

The guy who owns AZ Sports Cards is cool. I buy most of my wax from him since he gives me a veteran's discount and sometimes an additional discount on top of that. I'm hoping he gets a few cases of Heritage High Number next week.

I see somebody posted a link for the card show. I usually go on Saturday, but I've been meaning to try to get down there for the Friday trade night one of these days.

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-21-2025, 10:25 PM

Just got back from the Card Show in Phoenix. Really nice show. Large venue. Although I prefer shows away from downtown, the convention center was easy to get to, and right by the stadiums. A Suns game was going on tonight and the area was active.

The show had some of the widest aisles I've seen, so maneuvering was comfortable. Good mix of vintage and modern. Prices were about what I expect from a show. One thing I noticed is that there was way more non-sport there than any show I've been to. That said, it was a "card show" not billed as just a sports card show, and it is very easy to just walk past tables I don't want to see. So no big deal there. It's just I don't see that much non-sport at shows in the midwest, so it stood out.

Here are some pictures:

I didn't pick up much, but did grab some lower end Larkins I was missing, and a 1966 Topps Venezuelan Frank Robinson with great eye appeal. It has a little paper loss on the back, as is expected with Vennies, but looks super sharp on the front.

solt0131 · 03-22-2025, 06:39 AM

Looks like a cool show. Was puddle monkey there????

theshowandme · 03-22-2025, 07:33 AM

Were people buying Matt Shaw and Jac Caglianone?

PuddleMonkey · 03-22-2025, 07:56 AM

Looks like everyone is trying to dump cards.

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-22-2025, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

Were people buying Matt Shaw and Jac Caglianone?

Yep, saw some big time cards of both. They were flying off the shelves. They outsell tobacco cards all day long.

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Looks like everyone is trying to dump cards.

Those were empty cases people were filling with purchases. Don't go twisting the plot.

PuddleMonkey · 03-22-2025, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Those were empty cases people were filling with purchases. Don't go twisting the plot.

OhioLawyerF5 · 03-22-2025, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

You'll just have to collect harder if you don't take an empty case/box to fill at a card show.

Twalk1975 · 03-22-2025, 08:20 PM

I went to the Phoenix show today, it was very busy. Probably the busiest I've seen it since Spring of '21, although I went in the late afternoon today rather than 11 or so. Most dealers had "buying" signs up at their tables. I was looking to see if I could find any deals on '24 wax. Went straight to the guy I went to six months ago and everything was priced maybe 25% higher.

The Pokemon crowd was out in force. I have no idea how much that stuff costs, but I saw a lot of people walking out of there carrying boxes of Pokemon stacked four or five high.

quackhead · 03-22-2025, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Looks like everyone is trying to dump cards.

Those are all paid actors. FOMO marketing

ThoseBackPages · 03-22-2025, 09:25 PM

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03-19-2025, 12:19 PM	#5485
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03-18-2025, 09:54 PM	#5477
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,304	Sports Card Market

03-18-2025, 11:09 PM	#5478
OhioLawyerF5 Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 7,109	I've visited 3 sports card shops while at spring training in Arizona. All 3 were packed with people. Never seen so many people crammed into dmall storefront card shops before.

03-21-2025, 10:25 PM	#5491
OhioLawyerF5 Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 7,109	Just got back from the Card Show in Phoenix. Really nice show. Large venue. Although I prefer shows away from downtown, the convention center was easy to get to, and right by the stadiums. A Suns game was going on tonight and the area was active. The show had some of the widest aisles I've seen, so maneuvering was comfortable. Good mix of vintage and modern. Prices were about what I expect from a show. One thing I noticed is that there was way more non-sport there than any show I've been to. That said, it was a "card show" not billed as just a sports card show, and it is very easy to just walk past tables I don't want to see. So no big deal there. It's just I don't see that much non-sport at shows in the midwest, so it stood out. Here are some pictures: I didn't pick up much, but did grab some lower end Larkins I was missing, and a 1966 Topps Venezuelan Frank Robinson with great eye appeal. It has a little paper loss on the back, as is expected with Vennies, but looks super sharp on the front.

03-22-2025, 06:39 AM	#5492
solt0131 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 9,130 PghSportsCards	Looks like a cool show. Was puddle monkey there????

03-22-2025, 07:33 AM	#5493
theshowandme Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 5,069 theshowandme nova_cards	Were people buying Matt Shaw and Jac Caglianone?

03-22-2025, 07:56 AM	#5494
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,304	Looks like everyone is trying to dump cards.

03-22-2025, 08:20 PM	#5498
Twalk1975 Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Phoenix Posts: 989	I went to the Phoenix show today, it was very busy. Probably the busiest I've seen it since Spring of '21, although I went in the late afternoon today rather than 11 or so. Most dealers had "buying" signs up at their tables. I was looking to see if I could find any deals on '24 wax. Went straight to the guy I went to six months ago and everything was priced maybe 25% higher. The Pokemon crowd was out in force. I have no idea how much that stuff costs, but I saw a lot of people walking out of there carrying boxes of Pokemon stacked four or five high.