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hello e1. after the events of this morning, i hope everyone is safe and avoided any damage.  luckily, to my knowledge, our neighborhood was spared.

A little late in posting, but I was able to meet up with Patrick aka PartagasX for a couple Cardinals games in Cincinnati on July 22 and 23.  We had a great time at the games even though the Cardinals lost Friday night.  We also toured Great American Ballpark, the Reds Hall of Fame Museum, and shared lunch on Saturday at a local pizza place.  Of course we exchanged some cardboard with Patrick giving me way more than I did him.  He also gifted me an Ozzie Smith Funko Pop.  It was great spending the weekend talking baseball  and cards in general.  

I am the one who does not look like Santa Claus.  Patrick is going to have a great side job this holiday season.

I'm too impatient to read all the posts but hey @admin (lol not sure thats a thing here) we need to think of starting a TCDB convention and I know exactly the place. When we traveled to vists C2Cigars in Buffalo a few years back we drove through a town that had a massive monument for being the exact middle of North America. Can't find a better place to have a convention. ROFL. If not there the closest large City to it and travel there for a photo Op. It would be fantastic to start a yearly get togethor to meet up BS and swap some cardboard. Bring family and make a holiday out of it. I have told this to a few people, using the center of NA makes it the fairest place of all. LOL I'm a kook I know but heck why not!!

Mark your calendar 

2023 National Sports Collectors Convention - Chicago IL

Date: July 26 to July 30, 2023

https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2023-national-sports-collectors-convention-guide

Just found this show listed on the Beckett site.  More tables than the other local shows.

Oct 14 2022 Fri 03PM-08PM
Oct 15 2022 Sat 09AM-04PM
Oct 16 2022 Sun 09AM-04PM

80 Tables  Admission $5

Venue : Doubletree- Westport St. Louis

https://fb.me/e/9Az6BEeNB

Sounds like a great meet up! Thanks for sharing.

I don't care for the Funko Pop figures, but I'd love to have an Ozzie one.

Machinist Hall Show this weekend.

have any of you STL guys visited the long time card shop 1M Cards?

I went there friday (was in town for yanks game) and was disappointed in the low inventory availability for the vintage sets I am working on (71 and 72 T baseball, 70 and 71 football.

The guys (owner not in that day) said they sold alot during the pandemic and have not restocked yet...I was thinking to myself....If I can buy bulk lots on facebook marketplace or ebay, couldn;t a dealer do the same?

Just curious if other guys have seen this trend at this shop (or are they more focused on modern)

this was one of my favorite shops ever...

mark 

Mark,  

I think most stores, even ones I like, are more interested in modern cards.
I posted this back in May on a Card Shop thread.

Personally, I wouldn't recommend 1,000,000 Baseball Cards - Manchester Missouri- a "suburb" of St. Louis.
I've probably spent at least $1000+ there over the years but grew frustrated at the Owner's refusal to be flexible with prices. (His store, his right. I freely accept that.) Everything is priced top dollar and then there's a 10% sales tax on top of the price.  Admittedly I haven't purchased much of anything there for 3, maybe 4 years. His standard response when I asked for a few dollars off was "Nope, I can get that price on eBay."

I go in the store twice a year.  I was there last Saturday to get my free pack of cards and I go in with my buddy when he visits for the weekend.  I have picked up a few Cardinal commons, "junk wax era" cards instead of buying them on SportLots, but even those were priced at 50 cents or 3 for a dollar. 
I'd recommend you come into town this weekend for the show at the Machinist Hall.  Lots of dealers and lots of opportunities to find cards.  If you're at the show, look for me.  I'll be wearing my Royals cap. I don't recall seeing anyone else ever at a show wearing one.

Of course, everything seems overpriced to me right now but I'm just an old guy sitting on my porch yelling at the kids to stay off my lawn.  😀