I’ve been to Cincinnati many instances and have arrange on the Moeller present, Sharonville, and Dayton. So I’ve change into aware of town and its sports activities card collectors — I even deliver out a binder of Reds playing cards every time I arrange within the space.
I’ve come to appreciate that I actually like Cincinnati and by probably the most half, the collectors there deal with me like household. This was my first time arrange on the Eastgate Mall and I had a really nice weekend.
I booked the Eastgate Mall present a month or so in the past and started speaking with promoter Dan Acosta, who hails from Illinois and the city of Westmont. Dan is an excellent man who runs a superb present.
I initially booked two tables however noticed an empty one subsequent to mine so I took that one as nicely. Glad I did as a result of that’s the place I positioned my Reds binder and it took a beating on Saturday. Gross sales had been wonderful on Saturday.
John, who remembered me from the Xenia present this previous August, spent all day at my tables engaged on his units. What a pleasant man and a pleasure to speak to. Thanks John! Fairly just a few set builders discovered me amongst the 200 tables at this present. One collector nearly cleaned out my 1967 Topps baseball.
I additionally introduced out a few low cost packing containers. My newly reloaded 50-cent field took a beating. It’s about empty now.
Then a child, about 12, confirmed me images of a 1959 Topps soccer set he had up on eBay. I noticed that the playing cards had been mid-grade and made a suggestion which the younger man accepted. His dad introduced the playing cards from dwelling. I’m fairly proud of the acquisition. I did not low-ball the little man, I paid robust. He was delighted.
I additionally met a few teenage women who bought classic Cincinnati Bengal playing cards for his or her dads — want my daughter would buy me some playing cards!!
I used to be busy all day Saturday and had some actually nice conversations about playing cards and Pete Rose. I discovered his wake was this weekend. I considered attending however I’d have needed to depart my playing cards in my automotive and was anxious about theft, so I did not go.
I initially booked the Eastgate Mall present for simply Saturday and informed Dan that if I did nicely, I’d stick round for Sunday. I did nicely and on Dan’s recommendation I packed up and took my playing cards with me for the evening.
My tables on Saturday had been situated close to the Meals Court docket and I dined on some fantastic Teriyaki Rooster for lunch. After the present, I discovered a Chinese language Buffet referred to as Kings close to my resort and stuffed my face nicely.
The present on Sunday didn’t begin till midday, so I slept in then discovered a close-by Waffle Home for breakfast. We do not have Waffle Home in Illinois. I freakin’ love Waffle Home and was in heaven.
Dan moved my spot for Sunday which was advantageous with me. Although, the brand new spot had poor lighting. As soon as once more, I had three tables and shared an empty with my neighbor — a pleasant man promoting Pokemon.
On the opposite aspect was an especially loud man, who I didn’t like initially. He set a part of his show behind one in all my tables which pissed me off. See picture beneath. The area behind my tables is mine — unhealthy type for different sellers to pinch it. He additionally blocked my approach out from behind my tables. So I moved an empty desk behind me so I might get out however turd boy stored transferring it again. Ugh!
Because the day went on, we obtained to speaking and I ended up having fun with our conversations and determined he was okay, even when he was loud area pincher and exit blocker.
Gross sales had been down on Sunday and I had one lowballer, who I didn’t like. Lesson right here is to solely arrange at this present on Saturday.
I used to be on the highway by 4:15 p.m. and had a straightforward drive dwelling.
Subsequent week is a double invoice weekend. I’m trucking all the way down to Marion, Indiana, on Saturday. I’ve by no means been to this present, so I’m wanting ahead to it. Sunday is the mighty Orland present. I’m feverishly engaged on reloading my 1959 Topps baseball binder. Undecided if I’ll have it performed by the weekend.
Sorry for the shortage of blogs. I type of misplaced my weblog mojo. I’ve images from the all of the exhibits I attended since August however did not weblog about. You wanna see some images?
Subsequent Oak Creek present is December 7 — as typical, tables are bought out and the ready checklist is simply insane at this level. Ugh!
Listed here are just a few images from Cincinnati:
Pictured above right here is my desk on prime with turd boy’s signal and bench positioned behind my desk and blocking my approach out.
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