This week is all about my experience at The Philadelphia Sportscard & Memorabilia Show that   took place this past weekend at the Valley Forge Casino Resort Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows though, as detailed in my first story of the show.

The first was a collection of 1927 Exhibit cards, which included a Babe Ruth. This was a collection that I really wanted. The seller did mention that he was speaking with a different potential buyer who gave him some estimates. I did some math and I think the number in my head would work, but I didn’t want to be pushy. I then did myself in, I told him to go see the other potential buyer to get their best price and I would beat it by $250. That’s where I went wrong, as I literally let it slip through my fingers. When he came back to my booth, he didn’t have the cards, but instead a knot of cash from the sale that he just made at the Dealer he sold it to. Moral of the story, you can retain some level of aggressive dealing, while still being a nice guy.

Our next story is about Hall of Famer, Rollie Fingers, who we had the pleasure of breaking with in our booth at the Philly Show. Not only were we excited to offer this incredible in person and virtual experience to our viewers, but Rollie was an amazing guest who spent plenty of time with us. Of course we had to ask him about the mustache, which he was a great sport with talking about. It was awesome to hear that there was in fact a moment when he did in fact consider shaving it because he had a poor performance in a double header game.

Our last topic covers how competitive buying cards from the show floor can be. The result of which was an incredible 1952 Bowman Set that I purchased at the show on Saturday. It is currently listed as a set break on VintageBreaks.com! The kicker is that the dealer also had a 1951 Bowman Set. I mentioned to him that I needed to do a bit of research back at my booth and I would come back in 15-20 minutes. You probably see where this is going. In the few minutes that I was gone, the 1951 set had been sold. Make sure you listed through the episode to hear how the buyer was able to gobble this up from under me.

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