Card Shows in PhilaPa for the Weekend of 11/2-11/4

There are a couple of mall card shows in my area this weekend. 

Poppel.com is producing a show at Granite Run Mall on Route 1 just outside Media PA this weekend. The show will feature lots of Eagles Alums signing autographs plus a few other football Players including Denver Brocons Hall of Famer Floyd Little.  Among the Eagles featured are Wes Hopkins, Claude Humphrey and Jeremiah Trotter.  The Flyers Gary Dornhoefer will also be present.  Hit the Poppell link above for times and pricing.  This show is Sat and Sun only.  Looking down the road a few weeks Poppel has Flyers Great John LeClair scheduled to sign autographs on 11/30.   

Just up the road from Granite Run at the Plymouth Metting Mall S&B will also be hosting a show. No signers at this show. 

Both of these shows are small, but typically large enough to have something of interest for most collectors.  Good for killing a few hours in dime boxes anyway.

Saturday November 3rd is also customer appreciation day at Carls Cards in Oakmont.  Hollis Thomas formerly of the Eagles will be on hand to sign FREE autographs.  On December 7th Carl's will also be hosting John LeClair.

Future Shows

The Hunt Auctions produced PhillyShow will be December 7-9.   The signers includes a bunch of Phillies.  Hall of Famers listed include Steve Carlton, Dave Winfield, Dennis Eckersley, and Frank Robinson.

At one point I believe there was a CSA show scheduled for the Expo Center in Oaks for 11/10 but that show appears to no longer be happening. 

Stefan Fatsis @ The Central Library, Philadelphia PA

On Tuesday Stefan Fatsis returned to Philadelphia to read from his new book "A Few Seconds of Panic", a piece of particapatory journalism (similar to George Plimpton's "Paper Lion") chronicling Fatsis' attempt to become a Field Goal kicker for the 2006 Denver Broncos.

Fatsis was great - having graduated from U Penn, he saluted Philadelphia as his second home. He then followed up with some background on the book and dove into reading a passage about his first day on the practice field. Afterward Fatsis illuminated the excerpt by mentioning the training he had gone through prior to camp. Ultimately he felt that his effort paid off as he believes the players accepted him as more of a player than as a reporter.

I was fortunate to get Fatsis to sign not only "A Few Seconds of Panic" but also copies of his previous books drawn from my collection. His first book was a terrific book on the non-affiliated Northern League "Wild and Outside" - a great read for any baseball fan - and Fatsis seemed genuinely delighted that someone had brought a copy to his reading/signing.

Fatsis was thoroughly entertaining and gracious throughout the reading and signing. I am looking forward to kicking off football season by reading his new book.