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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3657655, member: 57463"]I know. It is hard to do everything at once but I did notice the medals. They seemed as old as the books.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, you know, there's a lot of variables in the experience. It would be hard to query all 300 dealers for their early date mid-grade Walking Liberty half dollars, so unless you are OCD-focused on pursuit, you never know what you missed.</p><p><br /></p><p>My daughter attended five or six MSNS conventions and was more interested in her own pursuits than doing whatever adults thought that kids would like. Maybe they should get kids to help with the planning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers are people (honest) and glum or happy seems to be a set point of personality, not so much a result of the actual environment. I just saw the same thing two weeks ago here in Austin at the Armadillocon scifi convention: glum dealers being glum because of the same old same old; meanwhile everyone else had a good time. But I had to admit that the "same old" was evident. If everything is always new and different, you lose your cultural traditions. It is hard to know where the middle of the road is.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bourse floor was OK for me. We have archived discussions here on the best day to attend a show. It's like taking pictures with your cellphone because your Nikon is at home: the best camera is the one you have with you right now. The best day to attend a show is the day you are there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Attend a few of these larger shows, state, regional, and national, and you get over that "kid in a candy shop" thing. I understand perfectly. For many years, it was impossible to bring enough money. Then... at the next show... it was very possible... In fact, if I was disappointed in anything it was that I saw bags of coins that I long ago bought one of because I thought they were rare. I probably have exactly one coin worth owning and worth more now than I paid for it 20 years ago. But that is why I differentiate numismatics from collecting. I am a numismatist, not a collector.</p><p><br /></p><p> PM me and I will send you one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3657655, member: 57463"]I know. It is hard to do everything at once but I did notice the medals. They seemed as old as the books. Well, you know, there's a lot of variables in the experience. It would be hard to query all 300 dealers for their early date mid-grade Walking Liberty half dollars, so unless you are OCD-focused on pursuit, you never know what you missed. My daughter attended five or six MSNS conventions and was more interested in her own pursuits than doing whatever adults thought that kids would like. Maybe they should get kids to help with the planning. Dealers are people (honest) and glum or happy seems to be a set point of personality, not so much a result of the actual environment. I just saw the same thing two weeks ago here in Austin at the Armadillocon scifi convention: glum dealers being glum because of the same old same old; meanwhile everyone else had a good time. But I had to admit that the "same old" was evident. If everything is always new and different, you lose your cultural traditions. It is hard to know where the middle of the road is. The bourse floor was OK for me. We have archived discussions here on the best day to attend a show. It's like taking pictures with your cellphone because your Nikon is at home: the best camera is the one you have with you right now. The best day to attend a show is the day you are there. Attend a few of these larger shows, state, regional, and national, and you get over that "kid in a candy shop" thing. I understand perfectly. For many years, it was impossible to bring enough money. Then... at the next show... it was very possible... In fact, if I was disappointed in anything it was that I saw bags of coins that I long ago bought one of because I thought they were rare. I probably have exactly one coin worth owning and worth more now than I paid for it 20 years ago. But that is why I differentiate numismatics from collecting. I am a numismatist, not a collector. PM me and I will send you one.[/QUOTE]
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