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POLL: Small Show vs Major Show

TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
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Would you rather attend a small show or a major show? Some of the responses that I read from my Baltimore/Long Beach etc poll has me a bit curious.

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  • ms71ms71 Posts: 1,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love a show where you don't have time to properly look at everything you want to.
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Since I've only been to small shows, I'd rather attend a major show.

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  • clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
    I'll let you know after Long Beach.
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Wish I could vote but I'll be at my first major show next month. So I have no context to compare.
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  • mbbikermbbiker Posts: 2,873 ✭
    I would say small show, at the large shows there are specialists for almost every series but at a small show there aren't that many specialists so i get a better chance of finding all those FS nickels because almost no one else is looking for those at the shows i've been to.
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  • VeepVeep Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭✭
    The bigger the better. Its seldom that small shows have the hard-to-find items for which I'm looking.

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  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    Small shows bring more money to dealers as most collectors pay full retail and there is less competition. AS for finding the coins I need, it is hard.

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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wish I could vote but I'll be at my first major show next month. So I have no context to compare. >>


    Are you talking about Baltimore?
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    Similar topic of interest:

    Baltimore v. Long Beach Poll

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hands down... a major show because there is a greater chance of finding something unusual.

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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The bigger the better >>



    Sigh. I agree!
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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What is the line of demarcation between large and small shows?

    Is it the number of dealers?

    Number of attendees?

    The largest I've been to is the Santa Clara show which usually has about 70 or so dealers - is that large or small?
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Lanlord,

    That's a good question, one I'm also interested in. The largest I've been to was also about 70 tables. Most around here, though, are 15 to 20 tables. We have one coming up in April that's supposed to be 100 tables. Would that be considered large? Medium?

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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Large show.
    The stuff I look for, I seldom find at the smaller shows.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    My non-scientific categories are:

    Fewer than 40 tables - small
    41-79 tables - medium
    80+ tables - large


    Given a choice, I would prefer a large show. Greater chance of seeing something I've never seen before and greater chance of getting to meet up with some board members.

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  • smprfismprfi Posts: 874 ✭


    << <i>Since I've only been to small shows, I'd rather attend a major show.

    Russ, NCNE >>


    I'm with you on this one Russ.
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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My non-scientific categories are:
    Fewer than 40 tables - small
    41-79 tables - medium >>


    80-250 - large
    250+ - major (FUN, Long Beach, Baltimore)
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