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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5182039, member: 105571"]I am sorry to see it canceled but I have mixed feelings about it. On one positive note, the cash I had saved up for the bourse and auction can now be spent in good conscience in on-line auctions. Can you hear the hands rubbing in anticipation?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think the FUN Board decides how big to make the show. I think they respond to the amount of dealer demand. Historically, the Summer show has been around 50% to 60% of the size of the Winter show. Part of this is undoubtedly due to snowbirds wanting to get to Florida in the winter, part due to the family attractions around Orlando, maybe part due to discretionary funds being more available in January than during the vacation months of summer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that this coming summer's FUN show will be larger than in past years due to pent-up demand from dealers and collectors. Will it exceed even the smallest of prior years' Winter shows? Who knows but my guess is not. So if I had to make a SWAG, I'd say this summer's FUN show will be about 75% to 80% the size of the 2019 Winter FUN show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5182039, member: 105571"]I am sorry to see it canceled but I have mixed feelings about it. On one positive note, the cash I had saved up for the bourse and auction can now be spent in good conscience in on-line auctions. Can you hear the hands rubbing in anticipation? I don't think the FUN Board decides how big to make the show. I think they respond to the amount of dealer demand. Historically, the Summer show has been around 50% to 60% of the size of the Winter show. Part of this is undoubtedly due to snowbirds wanting to get to Florida in the winter, part due to the family attractions around Orlando, maybe part due to discretionary funds being more available in January than during the vacation months of summer. I suspect that this coming summer's FUN show will be larger than in past years due to pent-up demand from dealers and collectors. Will it exceed even the smallest of prior years' Winter shows? Who knows but my guess is not. So if I had to make a SWAG, I'd say this summer's FUN show will be about 75% to 80% the size of the 2019 Winter FUN show.[/QUOTE]
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