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Boeing Coin Show this weekend - Jan 15-16, 2022 - SHOW REPORT and PICS ADDED ***
Dave99B
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Anyone going?
Sat 10-5
Sun 10-4
This is a nice annual show located in Kent, WA, maybe 20 minutes from Seattle. I’ll be there Saturday looking for things I can’t live without. Wahoo!
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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I hope folks have fun. That's a great show down in Baja Tukwila and I'm sad to miss it.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Tell that story again @ricko !
I’m planning to go Sunday for a little while. Doubt I’ll match my best ever from the show, but I can hope.
@bolivarshagnasty ... What story are you referring to??? Cheers, RickO
Your experiences at the Boeing show when you lived there!
@bolivarshagnasty... The best thing about the Boeing show, aside from the amount of tables and great coins, was being able to meet the forum members from the NW area. Met several at those shows. Cheers, RickO
When I worked up there, I loved that show.
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Wish I was there.
What's happening?
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Quick report and a few pics!
I drove down to Kent on Saturday morning, arriving around 11am. I spent about three hours on the floor. Fairly busy overall ... very nice to see. From a dealer perspective, I'd say only about 60% of the tables were in use. A bit disappointing, but not unexpected. I searched long and hard for some nicely toned Proof Mercury dimes, without any luck (as usual).
I sensed there was some serious pent up collector demand, and I noticed a LOT of money changing hands.
Not a ton of silver/gold bullion on the floor, and not much in the way of raw coins.
West Coast Coins had a HUGE set of tables, and some amazing coins. I picked up a sweet PCGS MS62 1915-D Barber half from West Coast. Great coin (iPhone pics down below). Quite pleased with this latest acquisition.
Overall, a very fun show, and well worth the 30 minute drive. So happy to see the Boeing Show wasn't cancelled this year!
A few random pics below to give to a flavor of the show. Enjoy!
Dave
Thanks for the report and pictures, could not make it this year.
Cool report and pictures feels like I was there. 👍🏼
Hoard the keys.
Great photos, thanks!
Thank you
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Nice show report and photos! Thanks for posting!
Were the Boeing Coin Club medals for 2022 available?
Thanks for the report and the great pictures. Always liked that show. Cheers, RickO
Thanks for posting your report.
Love the toning on your new half!
Great pictures and I see that everyone was wearing masks, glad to see that the show happened and that you were able to attend, Thanks for the report!
Good pictures -- I can recognize long time friend Mike Patton's case from 1500 miles away.
Great pictures , thanks for taking the time to share!
It's all about what the people want...
Thanks for the walk thru @Dave99B
I appreciate the tour and the many pictures of the seller's wares.
They made me feel like I attended.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Great report, thanks for posting it!
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great report ..
any Canadian content that you noticed?
thank you
H
Wow—night and day attendance compared to Sunday. Seeing the photo of the case full of currency also makes me think that at least one dealer didn’t stay for Sunday, since I don’t remember that table (I’m less likely to remember a random case of coins, but definitely didn’t see that currency… I think).
Thank you. This got me thinking how much I'd like to attend my first coin show and just discovered one not far from me this coming weekend. Road Trip!
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@Zoins - I didn't notice any 2022 Boeing Coin Club medals, but I'm sure they were available.
@1Bufffan - Yes, masks were mandatory, and they also checked vaccination statuses upon entry. Felt fairly safe.
@YQQ - I did see a bit of Canadian, but not a whole lot ... both raw and certified material.
@airplanenut - I'm sure some dealers bailed early on Sunday. Saturday was VERY busy, and I saw a lot of dealer buying as well. I noticed a couple transactions were dealers shelled out some serious cash (> $5K). Very active buy and selling.
Dave
It wouldn't have been a question of early unless they came for dealer setup just to pack up and leave... I arrived 2 minutes after opening on Sunday, so anyone who was there I should have seen. Really, really quiet. Very much so even compared to past Sundays I've attended... and even the Sundays where the show had to compete with the Seahawks.
This year's BECC show was the smallest and slowest one in my twenty years of attending. A number of regular dealers did not take tables this year for whatever reason.
Thanks for the report and pictures.
Thanks for your report.
Thanks for the report. Great photos. Definitely looks like a shortage of gold coins in the market. Didn’t see any slabbed gold in any photos of the dealer cases.
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There was some, but not a lot, and that isn’t unusual for this show. Traditionally the show has, in my experience, a lower average value of coins on display than bigger shows, and whether that is a function of the dealers who set up not carrying more expensive coins or leaving them at home, it results in there not being a lot of gold. There isn’t a large amount of early type, which also runs expensive, either (though granted common-date gold has the appeal of an investor market behind just coin collecting)