I will be there Tuesday and Wednesday for sure. I hope it is a great show. I have been building it up in my mind for quite some time now and I hope I am not let down. I will have a list of what I am looking for along with some trade bait
My first show since March 2018 Baltimore. @BigMoose is buying me, Andy and Allyn Skrabalak and @MrEureka dinner and I'm buying all of us wine. If you're the first to approach me on the bourse floor with Great Lakes Sour Diesel, come drain a glass with us.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
@ColonelJessup said:
My first show since March 2018 Baltimore. @BigMoose is buying me, Andy and Allyn Skrabalak and @MrEureka dinner and I'm buying all of us wine. The first guy to approach me on the bourse floor with Great Lakes Sour Diesel can drain a glass with us.
FWIW, last minute dinner reservations were very dificult to get at the FUN show earlier this month, presumably because the restaurants are still operating below their former capacity. Rosemount could easily be the same. I'd suggest making your reservations early.
Also, I'm told that 150+ tables were sold for Dealer Day (Monday). Should be good for those of us allowed to enter the room.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
The last time we were in Rosemont, @BigMoose and I were bestowed a double lifetime favor from the coin collecting Don of Rosemont. From a dining viewpoint, I'm hoping for two night's worth of reserved good tables. Sounds like, from a dining viewpoint, that might be a tough ticket. @Moose knows the guy better than I do. I'll let him ask.
In a serendipitous joint expert cardiac/coin conservation intervention, the last time we three ate at one of his restaurants, Don Giovanni pulled out a flip with a raw 1895 $1 in one side and in the other a PCGS PR67+DCAM insert). As he attempted to pass it to me for an upgrade consultation, it fell into a overheated family-sized bowl of zuppo de cozze. The Don gasped and grabbed his chest.
I quickly grabbed the coin and poured a nearby bottle of Barolo over the piece, then rinsed it with some iced Pellegrino. Coin doctors are sometimes possessed of MacGyver-like clarity in a crisis.
A cardiac surgeon with ambidextrous cross-disciplinary crack-out skills, Tom his eye on me and his hands on the Don. It's always a pleasure to see a professional at work. Instantly hitting a few subtle accu-pressure points on the Don and soothingly describing the DCAM re-emerge, Having saved his coin, his life, and his face with his staff for his physical gaffe, Tom had the Don beaming at him.
In a convoluted happy ending, the Don had initially expressed a hope I could get him a 68. He'd coyly omitted any mention of a bean. Turns out he'd cracked it out of the 7+ holder without a bean ! It went 7+ again, we returned the salvaged sticker to clean u the pop, and it got beaned the next week.
Should be worth a good table or two....
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
I seem to recall last time the show was in the 220,000 sq ft HALL F (shaped like an L) and this time it's the 250,000 sq ft HALL A. So to answer the question upstream, it's a bigger show in space than previously.
@HashTag said:
**If anyone is lonely and would like to listen to someone speaking 100 words a minute for hours on end look me up. I can help YOU!
$5 a minute to listen. Free if they have a bar.
The Hyatt has no bar?
In LA, you can get West Coast Sour Diesel (28%) and at the Hyatt you can't get a lousy 3.2% beer. Maybe an O'Doul's?
Do they at least have a gift shop where I can pay $5 for a copy of the New Woke Times and score some oregano?
I'm offering free booze to anyone with a forum badge that indicates they've qualified and the Hyatt doesn't have a bar?
Does Crowne Plaza have smoke alarms in the bathrooms?
edited to add: I checked on the Hyatt's website. They do have a bar. The kid gets a preferred seat and a "surely" Temple. You get a surly one. You don't get flagged for the scurrilous rumor.
edited to add again I see no need to inflict the burden of crypto ownership upon a minor. Put that in a trust and let your son suffer with it after you're gone, the ungrateful.....
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
Will be manning the Treasure Trivia booth with my better half. If you know of a youngster who will be attending the show, send them our way. Will be giving a talk on numismatic estate planning on Friday and on coin collecting basics on Saturday.
The last time we were in Rosemont, @BigMoose and I were bestowed a double lifetime favor from the coin collecting Don of Rosemont. From a dining viewpoint, I'm hoping for two night's worth of reserved good tables. Sounds like, from a dining viewpoint, that might be a tough ticket. @Moose knows the guy better than I do. I'll let him ask.
In a serendipitous joint expert cardiac/coin conservation intervention, the last time we three ate at one of his restaurants, Don Giovanni pulled out a flip with a raw 1895 $1 in one side and in the other a PCGS PR67+DCAM insert). As he attempted to pass it to me for an upgrade consultation, it fell into a overheated family-sized bowl of zuppo de cozze. The Don gasped and grabbed his chest.
I quickly grabbed the coin and poured a nearby bottle of Barolo over the piece, then rinsed it with some iced Pellegrino. Coin doctors are sometimes possessed of MacGyver-like clarity in a crisis.
A cardiac surgeon with ambidextrous cross-disciplinary crack-out skills, Tom his eye on me and his hands on the Don. It's always a pleasure to see a professional at work. Instantly hitting a few subtle accu-pressure points on the Don and soothingly describing the DCAM re-emerge, Having saved his coin, his life, and his face with his staff for his physical gaffe, Tom had the Don beaming at him.
In a convoluted happy ending, the Don had initially expressed a hope I could get him a 68. He'd coyly omitted any mention of a bean. Turns out he'd cracked it out of the 7+ holder without a bean ! It went 7+ again, we returned the salvaged sticker to clean u the pop, and it got beaned the next week.
Should be worth a good table or two....
Hilarious .....got a good laugh!
Boosibri..... Hope we don't lock horns to much on some of those Cape Coral crown coins.
I really bid up his European crowns earlier this year.
I manage money. I earn money. I save money . I give away money. I collect money. I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
The last time we were in Rosemont, @BigMoose and I were bestowed a double lifetime favor from the coin collecting Don of Rosemont. From a dining viewpoint, I'm hoping for two night's worth of reserved good tables. Sounds like, from a dining viewpoint, that might be a tough ticket. @Moose knows the guy better than I do. I'll let him ask.
In a serendipitous joint expert cardiac/coin conservation intervention, the last time we three ate at one of his restaurants, Don Giovanni pulled out a flip with a raw 1895 $1 in one side and in the other a PCGS PR67+DCAM insert). As he attempted to pass it to me for an upgrade consultation, it fell into a overheated family-sized bowl of zuppo de cozze. The Don gasped and grabbed his chest.
I quickly grabbed the coin and poured a nearby bottle of Barolo over the piece, then rinsed it with some iced Pellegrino. Coin doctors are sometimes possessed of MacGyver-like clarity in a crisis.
A cardiac surgeon with ambidextrous cross-disciplinary crack-out skills, Tom his eye on me and his hands on the Don. It's always a pleasure to see a professional at work. Instantly hitting a few subtle accu-pressure points on the Don and soothingly describing the DCAM re-emerge, Having saved his coin, his life, and his face with his staff for his physical gaffe, Tom had the Don beaming at him.
In a convoluted happy ending, the Don had initially expressed a hope I could get him a 68. He'd coyly omitted any mention of a bean. Turns out he'd cracked it out of the 7+ holder without a bean ! It went 7+ again, we returned the salvaged sticker to clean u the pop, and it got beaned the next week.
Should be worth a good table or two....
Hilarious .....got a good laugh!
Boosibri..... Hope we don't lock horns to much on some of those Cape Coral crown coins.
I really bid up his European crowns earlier this year.
How did you do Dan? I bought two of the three I was after. Both for actually much less than I thought I would have to pay which is surprising in a sale where everything else went for moon money. $100k for the Hookneck!!!
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Going to try to make it one of the weekdays. Nice to be local and be able to play it by ear with work.
I will be there Tuesday and Wednesday for sure. I hope it is a great show. I have been building it up in my mind for quite some time now and I hope I am not let down. I will have a list of what I am looking for along with some trade bait
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For those who are going for a day or two, check out the dealer list and their
table assignments.
http://www.expocad.com/host/fx/ana/2021chi/exfx.html
A teaser from the display -
(If you click the right side of the mouse, you can bring up the image in another tab to see it full size.)
I'll be there as well. It'll be my first ANA since the 2014 show.
My first show since March 2018 Baltimore. @BigMoose is buying me, Andy and Allyn Skrabalak and @MrEureka dinner and I'm buying all of us wine. If you're the first to approach me on the bourse floor with Great Lakes Sour Diesel, come drain a glass with us.
Noted
Latin American Collection
FWIW, last minute dinner reservations were very dificult to get at the FUN show earlier this month, presumably because the restaurants are still operating below their former capacity. Rosemount could easily be the same. I'd suggest making your reservations early.
Also, I'm told that 150+ tables were sold for Dealer Day (Monday). Should be good for those of us allowed to enter the room.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
The last time we were in Rosemont, @BigMoose and I were bestowed a double lifetime favor from the coin collecting Don of Rosemont. From a dining viewpoint, I'm hoping for two night's worth of reserved good tables. Sounds like, from a dining viewpoint, that might be a tough ticket. @Moose knows the guy better than I do. I'll let him ask.
In a serendipitous joint expert cardiac/coin conservation intervention, the last time we three ate at one of his restaurants, Don Giovanni pulled out a flip with a raw 1895 $1 in one side and in the other a PCGS PR67+DCAM insert). As he attempted to pass it to me for an upgrade consultation, it fell into a overheated family-sized bowl of zuppo de cozze. The Don gasped and grabbed his chest.
I quickly grabbed the coin and poured a nearby bottle of Barolo over the piece, then rinsed it with some iced Pellegrino. Coin doctors are sometimes possessed of MacGyver-like clarity in a crisis.
A cardiac surgeon with ambidextrous cross-disciplinary crack-out skills, Tom his eye on me and his hands on the Don. It's always a pleasure to see a professional at work. Instantly hitting a few subtle accu-pressure points on the Don and soothingly describing the DCAM re-emerge, Having saved his coin, his life, and his face with his staff for his physical gaffe, Tom had the Don beaming at him.
In a convoluted happy ending, the Don had initially expressed a hope I could get him a 68. He'd coyly omitted any mention of a bean. Turns out he'd cracked it out of the 7+ holder without a bean ! It went 7+ again, we returned the salvaged sticker to clean u the pop, and it got beaned the next week.
Should be worth a good table or two....
See Dennis King and me at table 1111.
I seem to recall last time the show was in the 220,000 sq ft HALL F (shaped like an L) and this time it's the 250,000 sq ft HALL A. So to answer the question upstream, it's a bigger show in space than previously.
https://rosemont.com/desconvention/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/Documents/Floor_Plan_1_RGB_2014.pdf
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At this time, I am not planning on attending.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
The show is in a bigger hall with wider aisles. It is smaller with about 380 tables instead of the usual 500-600.
Another teaser.....238 year-old paper drawings, signed by Dupre:
Yolo
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/date-sets/hashtags-prefect-coin-grading-service-1879/album/7621
$5 a minute to listen. Free if they have a bar.
The Hyatt has no bar?
In LA, you can get West Coast Sour Diesel (28%) and at the Hyatt you can't get a lousy 3.2% beer. Maybe an O'Doul's?
Do they at least have a gift shop where I can pay $5 for a copy of the New Woke Times and score some oregano?
I'm offering free booze to anyone with a forum badge that indicates they've qualified and the Hyatt doesn't have a bar?
Does Crowne Plaza have smoke alarms in the bathrooms?
edited to add: I checked on the Hyatt's website. They do have a bar. The kid gets a preferred seat and a "surely" Temple. You get a surly one. You don't get flagged for the scurrilous rumor.
edited to add again I see no need to inflict the burden of crypto ownership upon a minor. Put that in a trust and let your son suffer with it after you're gone, the ungrateful.....
Will be manning the Treasure Trivia booth with my better half. If you know of a youngster who will be attending the show, send them our way. Will be giving a talk on numismatic estate planning on Friday and on coin collecting basics on Saturday.
Yolo
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/date-sets/hashtags-prefect-coin-grading-service-1879/album/7621
Yolo
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/date-sets/hashtags-prefect-coin-grading-service-1879/album/7621
All be Tuesday > @ColonelJessup said:
Hilarious .....got a good laugh!
Boosibri..... Hope we don't lock horns to much on some of those Cape Coral crown coins.
I really bid up his European crowns earlier this year.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
How did you do Dan? I bought two of the three I was after. Both for actually much less than I thought I would have to pay which is surprising in a sale where everything else went for moon money. $100k for the Hookneck!!!
Latin American Collection