St. Louis Silver Dollar Convention -- My Show Report

numisma

blu62vette

A raw one to go along with the slabbed NGC one....

RYK

I think that so long as Scotsman can continue to get PCGS and NGC to attend and grade on-site and Heritage to bring lots for their late October auction, the show will go on.

numisma

Seriously though, I had a great time at the show. Other than losing a set of keys for about an hour, it was just a laid back event and the lack of traffic provided time to chat with old friends in the business and a few collectors. Without exaggeration, I think I had less than 10 retail customers actually stop at our table. I managed to do some dealer-to-dealer business, which was good, but I missed the experience of actually working with collectors. The auction seemed to strong, which may have something to do with the fine job Scotsman did on the sale. Everything--from employee demeanor to the catalog production--was a huge improvement over past sales. I am sure that they will be seeing an increase in consignments as a result of this most recent auction. Ummmm, I guess that's it for my show report.

lathmach

Sounds pretty much the same as Dick Osburns report.
The last local show I went to was the Lansing Mi coin club coin show, and there was hardly any collectors there.
I wonder how the Michigan State show in dearborn will be this Thanksgiving? I think that'll tell if the market is really sagging, as this is always a real good show.

Ray

Millertime

When a show is slow and laid back with few collectors around are the dealers more likely to buy or do they hide the checkbook themselves?

I would much rather walk around a show with less people there but the feeling of a minnow among sharks isn't very pleasant. Actually I've only attended a few small shows and haven't had a bad experience but a few dealers seem to be nothing more than used car salesman or fair carnies.

Millertime

ScarsdaleCoin

sad that so few collectors turned out, I must say that I was down at the Altantic City Antique Show and the crowds were way down from previous years.... at the NJ show, dealers did have a doom and gloom attitude ....truly a shame since this was one of the biggest and most interesting collectible shows in the county....

CoinJunkie

<< <i>When a show is slow and laid back with few collectors around are the dealers more likely to buy or do they hide the checkbook themselves? >>



I don't think there's much of a correlation between show attendance and dealers'
propensity to buy coins. It probably has more to do with what you're offering.

291fifth

Weak public attendance at shows seems to be very common these days. Look for many minor shows to disappear in the near future.