Dallas Card Show — Houston
First time vending in the Dallas Card Show circuit, albeit at the familiar George R. Brown Convention Center.
Friday started off with a huge trade — I traded the just acquired Tom Brady Lighthouse Downtown in a PSA 10, plus $1k, for a PSA 9 2003 Topps Chrome LeBron James refractor, a BGS 9.5 2003 Topps Chrome LeBron James, and a Jordan PSA 9 Scoring Kings — $103k of value across both sides. This was a tough trade as I had wanted that Brady Downtown since it last sold. The other party in the trade had one as well and initially offered it for my Kaboom and $5k, which I declined. I was just not comfortable having two cards that I paid about $50k apiece on with no recent public sales. Rarity aside, if the Brady market turns, that's too risky. We also moved two PSA 10 2018 Chrome Ohtani refractors.
Day 2 started off big with another big trade. I received my first ever Michael Jordan patch — a 2005-06 SP Game Used Legendary Fabrics Autographs Michael Jordan /23, BGS 8 with a 10 auto grade — plus a little cash, for four cards: a Brady Kaboom PSA 10, a LeBron Color Blast PSA 10, a LeBron Topps Chrome rookie BGS 9.5 (just acquired the day before), and a LeBron Downtown PSA 10 acquired at The National.
I probably paid a touch high, but it's Jordan, and I felt we were a little heavy on Brady. As our portfolio of cards grows, you really need an anchor Jordan in there somewhere. Speaking of Jordan, we sold the Jordan Scoring Kings for about $15k cash. The booth was busy and there was another near deal for my 52 Bowman Mantle, but the cash component and trade was not what I was looking for.
Another highlight was Grayson walking the PSA 10 Brady 2020 Optic Super Bowl Downtown around and getting a $32,500 offer that we closed. We acquired that card at $18k, so while, yes, we could have held out longer for a bigger return, I am quite comfortable taking the $14,500 margin and moving on. He made a nice commission and we created some needed liquidity for the incoming Donruss version.
Day 3 was Dalton's turn and the traffic was much slower. The highlight was easily getting a Dave Winfield auto on a picture of us from the Home Run Derby in 2024. We made a few smaller buys and sales, but it was definitely nothing like the first couple days. Overall, it was a show that checked a lot of boxes we needed checked post-National and pre-Front Row in Pasadena.