A cool story
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During the Philadelphia ANA show I had the pleasure of speaking with an older dealer. He told me that his first ANA show was the 1950 show in Milwaukee. He was only a kid at the time. At that time he was living somewhere in Michigan. He got a round trip airplane ticket for $45. He stayed at the YMCA for $2 a night. He said that he only had about $20 to spend at the show but had the time of his life. He really brighten my day! So cool.
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I was no kid, but $20 used to buy 6.4 BU Morgans and 4 in P/L in 1971
3 bucks BU....5 bucks prooflike.
We need more valuable twenties.
Great story. That guy has witnessed a lot of history and not just in coin shows. I would think he could tell some stories that would hold our interest for hours on end.
Sweet !!!
Wow...I wonder how many ANA shows he has attended....Would be hard to beat your run of 49 consecutive shows though.... Cheers, RickO
I know that he missed a number of shows over the years.Not sure how many consecutive he has. The current record holder is QDB with 64! There are probably at least a dozen guys that have at least 49 consecutive shows.
Wow.... Very impressive...Cheers,RickO
$20 brought some good things back then. thanks for sharing
That's cool!
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Imagine the airplane he flew with that $45 ticket!
DC-3?
I like to read stories! May I have some more please?
My first ANA was Washington, D.C. in 1971. I flew down from Detroit and I think the round trip air fare was only $39!
Joined while I was down there so my 50 year medal is coming up.
Only have about 40 convention bars on my ladder.
THAT WAS MY FIRST ALSO! I took off two days from the Smithsonian where I worked at the time.
So what details do you remember of your first experience at a show? What sticks in your mind after all these years?
To be 100% honest. It was the first time I was ever in that building. I only remember the outside and the escalator. I don't remember one single thing about the show except it was big. Wait, this is what I remember. Two young boys (12-16?) were at the bottom of the escalator with a wad of cash in their hand and some silver coins. I asked them to be more discrete. They told me that dealers gave them coins to sell and they could keep any extra money over what he asked. The only other thing I remember is Sol Kaplan would not let me look at an 1858 Indian cent pattern in his case. I don't remember anything else. I don't remember buying anything either.
But for a few years after that, I started doing what those kids did at every local VA/MD coin show.