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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 545578, member: 16948&quot;]Hey Folks! I&#039;m just getting back on my feet after attending back to back shows. I went to Portland early to attend the pre-show, which was tauted as having 160 dealers, but it only had about 35! I did buy a couple Indian cents including a very nice 1909-s NGC MS62 BN and a few others, but the pre-show wasn&#039;t worth it - we were quite disappointed, so we headed to the Indian Casino instead, where I won a few bucks! Thank goodness I was staying with a friend and didn&#039;t have to pay hotel expenses for the extra nights! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I set up at the ANA show on Thursday and wasn&#039;t too sure how successful this show was going to be since the &quot;talk&quot; was that Portland was too far out of the way and it wouldn&#039;t be a good show in this economy. However, on Friday, I was pleasantly surprised - I couldn&#039;t believe how many people steadily poured in. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My table was on the last row on the right and directly across from the BEP, which ended up drawing in a lot of people. I had steady and strong business all afternoon. Also, I should add that I signed up to participate in the kids&#039; treasure hunt/trivia game and was swarmed all day with kids searching for their next clue, so that kept me busy as well!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was a strong selection of all kinds of coins out there, and I found some nice copper purchases (a gorgeous 1866 NGC MS65 RB) and I even bought a beautiful 1894/94 PCGS MS64 (pop 3/0) from Rick Snow for my own collection! I love this new coin! (see photo). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I digress.... back to the show stats. Saturday was even busier! My two helpers got so enthralled with hunting for coins of their own that they forgot to help me at my table - and boy did I need help! When they finally returned all excited with their new purchases, they quickly saw that I was swamped with people and jumped in to help me. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So with the kids and the steady customers, and some nice coin purchases, it was a very busy and successful show for me. I had my regular local show on Sunday, so I had to fly home Saturday evening (I had my Portland friend cover my table with some of his own Indian cents he was selling), which meant I had to leave around 3:00 pm.&nbsp; When I left, there were still people in line to attend the show! (I don&#039;t usually leave a show that early, especially an ANA show, and really hated leaving this show since it was such a great show.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have to say that the ANA sure knows how to advertise and publish their shows to scouts and other kids&#039; organizations, that&#039;s for sure. These kids are our future, so even though it can be time consuming and sometimes distracting to help with kids activities at these shows, it is very worth the effort.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I talked to my Portland friend this morning and he said that Sunday was pretty slow, which is pretty typical. But I think low to mid-range collectible coins are still strong, and that higher end coins are tougher to sell right now.&nbsp; My friend said he talked to a few other dealers on Sunday (Angel Dees for one) who said they had a terrible show.&nbsp; I think this is probably due to their only having higher end coins to sell.&nbsp; So the type of inventory you have really makes a difference on how well you do, especially in these times.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any way, I had a great show, a fun time, good food, and the weather was even pretty nice most of the time! By the way, someone on the PCGS board has posted several photos taken at the show in case anyone is interested in seeing what the show was like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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