St. Louis Silver Dollar Convention -- My Show Report
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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.
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
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
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<< <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.