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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 3166422, member: 1765&quot;]I had a good time at the show Thursday through Saturday.&nbsp; I spent most of my time photographing more incredible pieces from the Eclectic Numismatic Treasures collection for the Newman Numismatic Portal.&nbsp; I had some good dinners with friends, one of which turned into a late night analysis of the minting sequence of the first 1878-S Morgan dollars under a hotel room desk lamp.&nbsp; Thursday night, we ate at Fogo de Chao, which is on the site of the 2nd mint building.&nbsp; Saturday, I had &quot;brunch&quot; at the Reading Terminal Market -- a cheese steak from Carmen&#039;s (provolone and onions) and a warm blueberry fritter from Beiler&#039;s bakery.&nbsp; Very satisfying.&nbsp; That&#039;s all I ate that day.&nbsp; I bought a nice 1802/1 bust dollar I&#039;ll post tonight, and I got to photograph the Morse 1933 $10 Indian that my booth benefactor (James Sego) acquired for a client of his.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people didn&#039;t have such a good time, thanks to the unions.&nbsp; David Lisot, who is a vidoegrapher and interviewer who normally records all the short seminars at the ANA, FUN, and other shows, showed up ready to record, only to be told that he needed to hire a union stooge to shadow him at $75 and hour, with a 4 hour minimum.&nbsp; As a result, there are no videos of anything.&nbsp; Wizard Coin Supply refused to attend because it would have cost $30,000 to set up.&nbsp; A larger dealer was charged $75 per lamp to set up his own lamps.&nbsp; I have no idea how much some of the safes cost to move.&nbsp; People weren&#039;t allowed to carry in their own stuff through the loading dock without union permission, and at least one dealer was assaulted in a botched robbery attempt.&nbsp; Late Saturday afternoon, ANA VP Don Kagin was chatting with me and a dealer friend about the situation.&nbsp; The unions caused the ANA to lose a lot of money on the show, which will never be in Philadelphia again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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