A Day at the Long Island National Card Show

On Saturday I went over to the Long Island National Card show held at Hofstra University in New York. I picked up some nice ARod rookies and an Albert Pujols rookie as well. I got a ‘94 Collector’s Choice White Letter Variation and a ‘94 Fleer Update of Arod’s, and a Fleer Tradition of Pujols.

After I was done buying cards for myself I just walked around with my friend and began to notice that the place was pretty empty. There couldn’t have been more than 100-150 people in the huge gymnasium at any one time over the course of the three hours that we were there. In fact, many people were just coming to submit cards to BGS for grading and then leaving. It was a sad day for the hobby most likely due to the combination of eBay and the poor economy leaving people with less disposable income for hobbies such as sportscard collecting.

As far as collecting trends goes, I did see a lot of signs at the seller’s tables saying that they wanted to buy game used cards. This could indicate that the game-used market is going to rise even more than where it already is.

Happy Collecting

Joe (joe@joeknowscards.com)