by GloveCrazy » August 5th, 2021, 8:14 pm
I’ll probably post a couple of times because I’m still a little stimulus-overloaded from the trip. I had such a fun trip … really enjoyed all of it, from seeing and hanging with old friends (the best part), to the daily/hourly glove hunt, to working on some big side trades, talking glove model nuances, photographing the city one night with Brett, glove collector dinner at Gibson’s, Lou Malnotti’s deep dish and the hot dog place, and watching new collectors light up when they tried on an old glove for the first time. It really was great chatting with all of you who stopped by, especially this year which brought back the semblance of normalcy. Maybe the back to normal feeling was the best part (though we still have work to do).
It is great that old cards, new cards, and sports equipment are all hot right now. Every dealer I talked to was thrilled with how the show went in terms of sales and crowd enthusiasm. I was happy with the amount of available equipment, but that was in large part to Brett’s hard work over the last two years pulling all that stuff together. The booth was literally an advanced collection of available tough to get gloves, bats, football equipment, trophies, uniforms, and all kinds of interesting collectibles. I bought a lot — as you will see — but walked away from many that I’m second-guessing. Sing this next part to Johnny Cash’s “I’ve been everywhere.” Bretts’s booth had duck web, a double Rainey web, spider web, webless gloves (2), anchored webs, full webs, verticle tunnels, grommet flaps, Vance styles, 1” webs, trapezes, H webs, etc, and all keeper condition. Flat top, bat wings, ring bats, decal bats, huge trophies, small trophies, uniforms, World War I gloves, World War 2 gloves, personal models, modern gloves, and all kinds of interesting brands and cloth labels. Days in to working the booth and I was still literally noticing some stuff for the first time (as it sold to someone else, dang).
Thanks again, Brett and Doug, for the great time in the booth, Paul and Bob, Jeff Mann, TIm, Josh and Tom, Bills and Co, John and Jeff White, Corey, Dick, old-timers Jeff and David, Keith, John and all the rest I chatted gloves with and/or walked the show floor with. Another year of great memories!
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