TSNS Live Show Report (with images) - Final Update (cops & aurora borealis)

JadeRareCoin

Well, it's a live report, but probably a bit later than it should have been. It was a VERY busy show, so I had little time to play around on the forum. I am posting this on Sunday at 11 AM since the traffic is very light today, as you can tell from the image posted below.

We had a fantastic show overall, although 90% of our business was done on Thursday and Friday. That is surprising since the road to the convention center was closed due to flooding for the first 2 days. There was a detour, so the public found there way to the show. I heard that the show had a record attendance, despite the flooding. We bought a lot of new material and we sold more than we expected. Prices were strong on both ends. Most deals were done at well over bid on classic numismatic material (pre-1916). Paper seemed weak to us, however Indian Cents and Flying Eagle Cents seemed unusually strong. The vast majority of our retail sales involved early type, with draped bust and large size bust quarters and dimes being particularly strong. Yadda, yadda, market is hot, blah, blah, blah.

The best part of the show was talking to the locals and chatting with forum members. There were not many forum members at the show, but the ones that did come were very cool and friendly. On Saturday we met with cmanbb, fc57coins, tassa and joeholt. In fact, all 4 of them were at our table at the same time and we managed to get everyone to pose for a picture (see below). Tassa lived up to her reputation as a lovely young lady. Although I must admit that I was a bit shocked when she pulled one of MadMarty's Cook Island coins out of her purse. MadMarty's bad influence apparently has no bounds.

fc57coins (Frank da' pug) stopped by with Tassa and it was nice to finally meet him. Very nice guy. He's on the far right in the pic. We also chatted for quite awhile with cmanbb, who is a very knowledgeable numismatist. It was a pleasure hearing his stories and muses of the past 20 or so years in the hobby/business. We also spent a good deal of time talking with member joeholt. His real name is Joe Holt, although you would never know that from his obscure forum I.D. We tried to talk Joe into going to dinner with us, but he does not eat sea food, let alone sushi. Chattanooga has one of the best sushi restaurants that I have been to, although I would never of expected that. So good was the food that we went 2 nights over the weekend. Tassa and fc57coins left early, so they were not able to go to dinner. Chattanooga was an "interesting" town. Overall I really enjoyed my stay. The weather was fantastic, as was the scenery. The people were especially friendly. Sometimes the Southerners are bit too friendly for us Yankees. We are just not use to the hospitality of the South, but it's very welcome. We went to a couple of night clubs on Friday and had a great time. The women are unbelievably friendly and really beautiful. (if my wife is reading this, I sat in a corner and did not talk to anyone ). Well, that's about it. Here are some images from the show:



Forum members (L-R) cmanbb, jeoholt, jaderarecoin (Dennis), tassa and fc57coins


A view of the bourse on Sunday morning


This is a view of the front door to the convention center. I guess that the other doors are for decoration only. It was fun watching how many people stopped, read the sign, then opened the adjacent door.

Dennis (jaderarecoin)

wam98

Thanks Dennis for that show report. Looks like a pretty good turnout.

kieferscoins

Tassa carries a weenie coin with her? Bad madmarty!

Cameron Kiefer

coinlieutenant

Good report Dennis,

Thanks for the update and for the pics!!

John

Luvdawgs

Thanks for the good report, Dennis. Sounds like I missed a great show and wonderful time!

MadMarty

<< <i>Although I must admit that I was a bit shocked when she pulled one of MadMarty's Cook Island coins out of her purse. MadMarty's bad influence apparently has no bounds. >>



It was not BAD, should I tell TASSA that you just bought one!!

Russ

Where is Frank's right hand and what is it doing?

Russ, NCNE

BaltimoreCoinConv

On a sad note, I just read on Coin Net that Fred Hiatt passed away at the Chattanooga show over the weekend to a heart attack. Fred was a very colorful character and a good guy. He will be missed. Ed Kuszmar

FC57Coins

It was good to see everyone at the show - I have to apologize for not spending more time with the crew from the boards, but by the time we all got together I was beat and thinking of heading back to B'ham - perhaps the next time we can time it better

I also heard about Fred's untimely departure. It was the buzz of the show on Saturday - a sad thing indeed.

JoeHolt

Great post Dennis and I hope to see all of you at the next show in this area Ill say JadeRareCoins have made me look at the older coins in a new light and the next sets I work on will probly be something of that sort even though I will need to buy the coins slabed or have someone else send them in due to my nonmodern coin luck (heheh)

Hope to see you all soon
Joe

cmanbb

To all I met at the show, it was nice to put a face to your board ID. I too had a great show, unfortunately I brought more cash than I could spend, but, what I did buy was very nice. I hope to meet more board members as time goes on...................Oh yea, I too was a winner in one of MadMarty's "Dong Dollars". I wanted it as a novelty piece..........and probably paid too much

The folks at JadeRareCoin are the best. One thing I truly enjoy at shows is finding the time to "talk coins" and they were very informative
and generous with their time. Hope to see you guys & gals again soon.

JadeRareCoin

Sorry that I am late in adding this last post. Just been busy. On Sunday, another forum member stopped by to say hi. He is SamInGeorgia on the boards, but he doesn't post much. Very nice guy. He asked us if we were interested in buying his used flips, but we respectfully passed.

He posed with Andrew Reiber, who is the owner of Jade Rare Coin. Andrew is on the left (tall guy), and same is on the right.



I also had a pleasant surprise waiting for me when I crossed the Michigan state line at midnight: The Aurora Borealis, a.k.a "The Northern Lights". If you have never seen the Aurora Borealis, then you must make it a point to one day witness this magnificent natural phenomenon. The "lights" were exceptionally strong that evening. I actually pulled over and tried to shoot some video and managed to get a couple of minutes on film before getting questioned by a Michigan State Trooper. When I told him what I was doing, he looked at me like I was a total nut job.

Tassa

<< <i>I actually pulled over and tried to shoot some video and managed to get a couple of minutes on film before getting questioned by a Michigan State Trooper. When I told him what I was doing, he looked at me like I was a total nut job. >>



Are you sure that was because you were filming the aurora borealis?

JadeRareCoin

Tassa, was that like a half-slap? I did, btw, tell him that I was a coin dealer. Maybe that's why he walked away shaking his head.

Tassa

<< <i>I did, btw, tell him that I was a coin dealer. Maybe that's why he walked away shaking his head. >>



Well there you have it.

JrGMan2004

Tassa:

goose3

<< <i>he looked at me like I was a total nut job. >>




so exactly what or how did you convince him of otherwise?? Or did he just give up and drive off?

JadeRareCoin

so exactly what or how did you convince him of otherwise?? Or did he just give up and drive off?

He asked me if I had been drinking, if I had drugs in the car, illegal weapons, etc. He could see that I had my video camera (my Canon digital camera) and then I pointed to the sky. He looked at me like I was a total loser then just told me to get back on the road.

samingeorgia

Hey guys! Thanks for posting the picture - I thought you said that camera would make me tall, dark, and handsome!!!

Maybe that's just for the Northern Lights...

Hope you have a good show in Boston, and hope to see you all again!

JadeRareCoin

I thought you said that camera would make me tall, dark, and handsome!!!

Sam, if I had a camera that did that I would be a rich man. Actually, you and Andy owe me $400 for a new camera as it broke immediately after taking that picture.

BTW, it was a sad show due to the fact that a dealer, Fred Hiatt, passed away at the very young age of 53, as mentioned by BaltimoreCoinConv.