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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1916511, member: 16948&quot;]There are two types of judging - the first is 3 judges judge the best in each class, add up the scores, and the highest wins their class, then the 1st place winner is eligible for best in show.&nbsp; For ANA shows, if those three judges are more than 5 points apart for each other, then they meet and discuss the scoring and try to come closer, if they can&#039;t, then the exhibit chair gets involved.&nbsp; At the ANA shows, you get to see your class score sheets before the best in show judges judge the exhibits, and you can even appeal if you feel something went wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Central States, you find out what your scores are after all the awards are handed out.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have a chance to appeal or question what happened at any point.&nbsp; I had one score of 67 and one score of 91 - you can&#039;t get much further apart than that!&nbsp; So my judges never discussed the huge discrepancy in scores, and that score of 67 just threw me/my exhibit out of any contention for best in class and of course best in show.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there&#039;s the People&#039;s Choice award which is simply the public voting for their favorite exhibit in any class, and they just total up the votes for that one.&nbsp; There really were some great exhibits at this show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Except for Central States, so far I have placed 1st in class and won People&#039;s Choice at every show I have exhibited, and either placed 1st runner up or won Best in Show.&nbsp; I&#039;m honestly not trying to brag, but just trying to give a comparison to explain why I was so frustrated at my exhibiting experience in Central States.&nbsp; I feel very honored that people seem to like my exhibit because it&#039;s very personal to me - as I am sure displaying one&#039;s collection for all to see (and judge) is personal to most people.&nbsp; I have been collecting these pieces for years, and to have other people see them and seem to enjoy them thrills me, so to have one judge slam my exhibit, honestly, did hurt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, while I was upset the first day, after that I put things into perspective and feel very fortunate and blessed to have gotten this far.&nbsp; I&#039;m displaying my exhibit here at the Tukwila show, then the last time will be at the ANA in Chicago.&nbsp; Then I will put it away, and can once again concentrate on just selling my pennies at shows, and not worry about all the exhibiting ups and downs![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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