I'm only going to show 14 pictures tonight, but there are a LOT more coming. The rest, though, will be a few days coming, as I have to travel back home tomorrow. So, enjoy this first batch and be patient for the rest. Enjoy!

This picture says it all!


Here are the hosts of the Philly Show: Marlin, Roxanne and Harris Toser with Frank and Phyllis Reighter




Here's the Merchant Square Mall sign showing the Philly Show


We're all lined up and ready for the doors to open


Is it time yet??


We're inside, in line, and ready to go!


There were quite a few people there already when the show opened


Here's a checklist of the promo cards for the show


Join me as we enter the show


A view to the left...


And a view to the right...


Here's Alan Biegel, Harris Toser and Jim Kyle drawing for the lucky winner of the one-of-a-kind sketch Jim drew that was used as the cover for the program book


And here's the lucky winner with Jim Kyle!


Lastly...and since these are my pictures...lol...here's a picture me & Sue at the show


Okay, that's all for now. It'll be either Tuesday night or Wednesday night before I'll be able to post more of the pictures I took. Perhaps others will be along shortly to post pictures they took. I hope you enjoyed.

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Thanks for posting the pictures! I love how they tell a story of sorts... they really give people a good idea of what the show was like.

Thanks very much for the pictures Kevin.

Has Harris gone to sleep holding the raffle box?

Great pictures - I like the pictures to either side (both left and left ). Looks like a good turnout, that's some promo checklist, it's a shame that there's no direct bus from the UK !

From these early pictures it looks like a great crowd.

Thats strange, looking at the pictures i thought it was a very small turnout.

Perhaps i'm just used to bigger shows.

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Originally posted by wolfie:
Thats strange, looking at the pictures i thought it was a very small turnout.

Perhaps i'm just used to bigger shows.

I am guessing you have never been to Allentown PA.

Its all small.

Card shows in this area have been really small for about 10 years now.

Back in the mid 90's they were huge

Excellent pictures! Thank you for posting them.

It looks like these pics were taken very early in the show, because there were many more people there during most of the day. I had never been to a Philly show before, but I think there was a good turnout.

Kevin, thanks for posting the pics, I know you have lots more, can't wait to see them.

Just in case anybody cares the winner of the sketch card is Gary Lee from MA. He's one of my regular customers and can often be found behind my table helping out. He has a habit of winning the Door Prizes at the Attleboro MA show. He was standing at my table while the names were being drawn and I told him he was going to win and he didn't beleive me. So after the 2 non claiming winners were announced his name was finally drawn.

Dave

I agree with Don, this actually looks like the audience for Sunday. Saturday was much more crowded. But the numbers are not what really counts (though more always FEELS better). What counts the most is how much the people who attend SPEND. (I dropped between $250-$300, which is a lot for me.) As long as the dealers can make back all their expenses (which is usually several hundred bucks, even if you live just a few hours away) and can still make a worthwhile profit for their time and energy, they will do it. When they can't, they won't.

I'm down here in Florida where we don't have card shows at all, so I for one really appreciate these things. I just wish I could make the journey more often!

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Originally posted by monsterwax:
I agree with Don, this actually looks like the audience for Sunday. Saturday was much more crowded.

Actually, the pictures of the hall are from Saturday morning....early. Sue & I were one of the first 40 people into the show, so the pictures don't show the later crowd. I posted the hall pictures so people could see the layout and setup before the crowd obscured the view.

As promised, here are some more pictures from the show. Enjoy.

These are the artists who were at the show:

Here's NAR!


Jim Kyle, who drew the cover of the Philly Show program


Sean Pence


Kevin Graham


Rich Molinelli


NAR!, Kate "Red" Bradley", and a friend of NAR!'s whose name I forget (Sorry about that!)


Ken Kelly

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Here are some of the exhibitors:

Rittenhouse Archives


Artbox


Monsterwax


Breygent


Bag Unlimited


Roxanne & Marlin Toser of Non-Sport Update


Paul & Diane Maiellaro of the Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo


Laura (aka WandringRebel)


Ed Webb and his daughter of SciFi Cards


Todd Jordan of Promo Card Encyclopedia & Price Guide & Harris Toser of Non-Sport Update


My apologies...I neglected to take a picture of Beckett Grading who was also set up at the show.

Very nice pictures, Kevin (um, except for the cheesy last one!).

Here are pictures from the 50th Anniversary Dinner:

Here’s one of the two cakes


Here’s the other cake


The head table with Dave Thompson, Frank & Phyllis Reighter, and Roxanne, Marlin & Harris Toser


Views of the guests at the dinner






Dave Thompson emceeing the dinner while Harris takes care of the audio/visual


Harris, NAR!, and Frank & Phyllis Reighter


The Reighters were given the wonderful artwork that NAR! painted. The artwork was used as one of the special promo cards given to guests at the dinner.

Here are a couple of pictures from Sunday morning’s Donut Social.





It was a very nice, relaxed way for Card Talk members to get together, talk and do a little bit of trading.

Here are a few pictures of the Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 cards:











And here are two of the costumes for Stargate: Atlantis:

Laura (WandringRebel) found time to open some packs of Marvel Masterpieces and pulled this outstanding card!



Here’s a close-up of the wonderful card:

That's going to do it for tonight. I have one, last batch of pictures but I promised I'd not post them until tomorrow. You'll understand when you see them!