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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 64113, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Be There or Be a Klippe</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now you can see why I recommend saving your money and going to major shows.&nbsp; The ANA show schedules include:</p><p>2006&nbsp;&nbsp; Atlanta, GA, April 7-9</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denver, CO, August 16-19</p><p>2007&nbsp;&nbsp; Sacramento, CA, March 23-25</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Milwaukee, WI, August 8-12</p><p><br /></p><p>I live in Ann Arbor, so Atlanta is just a long day&#039;s drive away.&nbsp; I will also make Milwaukee in 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the ANA conventions, there are also large regional shows.&nbsp; These are all over the country.&nbsp; Pacific Northwest or New England or Florida, you cannot be too far from 200 dealers.&nbsp; FUN (Florida United Numismatists) convention in early January every year in Orlando is a national event, really.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Blue Ridge will be in Dalton, Georgia, August 19-21 this year. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Central States shows are scheduled for </p><p>2005 Dearborn Aug-26-28</p><p>2006 Columbus May </p><p>2007 St. Louis May 3-6</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel that it is worth a day&#039;s drive and a motel stay to spend a full day or two at a major show.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some people do not feel that way.&nbsp; Not only are the prices of 25% below CDN Bid not attractive, but they do not need to attend any club meetings or educational forums or waste their time looking at exhibits, and nightly auctions are not compelling, either.&nbsp; Meeting people for dinner or just chatting about numismatics over drinks and snacks all night is not that rewarding for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the key reason why is that such people are correct in assuming that they are the only geeks, dorks, dweebs, or nerds in the entire hobby of numismatics, so no one will like them anyway and they won&#039;t like anyone else either since the rest of us are all rich and good looking like Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and in fact, we never go to coin shows alone but always come to coin shows with stunningly attractive members of the opposite (or same) sex.&nbsp; That makes it much easier to wheel and deal with Donald Trump, George Soros, Bill Gates and the other guys behind the tables who only sell rolls of BU 1804 Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>While all of that is going on as a smokescreen to lure the reporters...&nbsp; The rest of us are sitting through powerpoints about mintmarks on seated dimes, and reading exhibits about world bank notes, numismatic literature, and the paper money Paul Revere printed, chatting with the editors of Coin World and Numismatic News, and saying to the person standing there at the bargain bucket, &quot;Hey! Don&#039;t I know you from Coin Talk?&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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