I Spent ALL DAY Buying At One Of The WORLDS BEST Card Shows! 🤯
A collector spends a full day at a major card show in Dallas, purchasing vintage sports cards, autographed items, and unexpectedly buying mystery squishy toys. The video documents various vendor negotiations and highlights significant finds including rare Disney collectibles and vintage Mickey Mouse memorabilia.
Summary
The video follows a card collector throughout a full day at one of the country's premier card shows in Dallas. The collector engages in multiple transactions with different vendors, negotiating prices on high-value sports card lots. Early purchases include several football player cards featuring tight ends, with notable items including chrome dual autos of Warren and Bowers, Charles Woodson jersey numbered cards, and Eman Warry autographs ranging from various print runs (to 5, to 10, to 99). The collector demonstrates active price negotiation, discussing comparable market values and sticker prices with vendors. A notable and humorous moment occurs when the collector encounters mystery squishy toys at the card show—items typically priced around $20-25 that are viral collectibles. The collector expresses skepticism about this purchase, joking about potentially being scammed. As the day progresses, the collector shifts focus to vintage collectibles, acquiring old Disney items including a PSA 10 Pop featuring all seven dwarfs from 1937 and century-old Mickey Mouse memorabilia. The collector emphasizes these are grading-grade pieces. The video concludes with the collector reflecting on the show's theme of old-school collectibles, mentioning acquisitions of Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson, and Marshawn Lynch cards, and expressing plans to return for future shows before the year's end.
About this episode
We recently visited the Dallas Card Show, made a ton of deals across the floor! In this video, we ended up picking up a TON of old school insane patches and autos, a lot of stuff that was big when I was a kid! We also ended up buying some PSA graded Disney cards that are all nearly 100 years old! Make sure to like the video, drop a comment with which pickup was your favorite, and subscribe to the channel for more vlogs, breaks, and other cool sports card content! 👉 Click here to bookmark our Whatnot Stream & Get $15 FREE when you use this link to register: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/cardcollector2 💻 To browse all things on our website, check these out: Boxes & Packs: https://bit.ly/cc2boxes Single cards: https://bit.ly/cc2singles Supplies: https://bit.ly/cc2supplies Merch: https://bit.ly/cc2merch 💵 Get $15 FREE to spend on Whatnot when you use this link to register: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/cardcollector2 👀 Buy cards from our eBay: https://ebay.to/48BRRtU ✅ Follow us on all our social platforms: IG: https://bit.ly/cc2Insta Twitter: https://bit.ly/cc2twitter TikTok: https://bit.ly/cc2tiktok Whatnot: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/cardcollector2 🎧 Check out our podcast: Spotify: https://bit.ly/cc2spotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/44agrkf Youtube: https://bit.ly/cc2ytpodcast 🏠 Follow our shop on social: IG: https://bit.ly/cc2shopinsta Facebook: https://bit.ly/cc2facebook To buy a Zion case, check this link out…. But be sure to use CardCollector2 at checkout to save 10% ‼️ https://bit.ly/cc2zioncases Make sure to like the video, drop a comment with which pickup was your favorite, and subscribe to the channel for more vlogs, breaks, and other cool sports card content! 💻 To browse all things on our website, check these out: Boxes & Packs: https://bit.ly/cc2boxes Single cards: https://bit.ly/cc2singles Supplies: https://bit.ly/cc2supplies Merch: https://bit.ly/cc2merch 💵 Get $15 FREE to spend on Whatnot when you use this link to register: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/cardcollector2 👀 Buy cards from our eBay: https://ebay.to/48BRRtU ✅ Follow us on all our social platforms: IG: https://bit.ly/cc2Insta Twitter: https://bit.ly/cc2twitter TikTok: https://bit.ly/cc2tiktok Whatnot: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/cardcollector2 🎧 Check out our podcast: Spotify: https://bit.ly/cc2spotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/44agrkf Youtube: https://bit.ly/cc2ytpodcast 🏠 Follow our shop on social: IG: https://bit.ly/cc2shopinsta Facebook: https://bit.ly/cc2facebook To buy a Zion case, check this link out…. But be sure to use CardCollector2 at checkout to save 10% ‼️ https://bit.ly/cc2zioncases
Key Insights
- The collector considers mystery squishy toys the weirdest purchase ever made at a card show, expressing genuine uncertainty about whether he got scammed since he has no knowledge of the product category
- Vendors actively negotiate prices based on recent comparable sales data, discussing specific market comps to justify asking prices versus collector offers
- A rare Odell Beckham Jr. card that the collector had been searching for a long time is described as 'incredibly tough to find,' with only one other instance of seeing it in the wild
- Vintage Disney collectibles, specifically a PSA 10 Pop of the seven dwarfs from 1937, are presented as part of a trending category that has been 'blowing up' in the collectibles market
- The overall theme of this card show weekend was focused heavily on old-school collectibles, with multiple acquisitions of vintage football player cards and century-old memorabilia representing the collector's primary focus
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Transcript
[0:00] This is definitely the weirdest thing I've ever bought at a card show. Hands down. I bought some crazy stuff before. I don't know what this is. I could have just got scammed and I would have no idea. [music] [music] >> [music] >> Can I see the Jefferson in the sand? I >> figured you would want to see that one. [0:34] I was like, I know he's got to have one. Watch yourself, my man. I don't want to kiss that. >> I didn't know if you had that yet. >> I have one. >> Thank you. >> 41 for him. >> 1150. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Nice and easy. >> Always easy. >> Yes,…
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