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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1158295, member: 16948&quot;]I left Thursday morning and drove the 6 hours to the show, which opened to dealers yesterday at noon, though I neglected to notice they had changed the set up time from 2:00 pm as it had been in previous years so I got there around 3:00 pm due to some accidents in the L.A. area.&nbsp; It was a nice relaxing set up day, opened up a nice bottle of wine, did some shopping around, then had a wonderful dinner and a great bottle of 2003 Zinfandel at the Italian restaurant in the Hyatt.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what the restaurant looked like before it got crowded - it&#039;s very trendy with a sparse but delicious menu.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110414-00428.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was pretty tired so i just went back to my room and watched a movie (Conviction with Hillary Swank).</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday morning took a while for the show to get going, it seemed like the public sort of meandered in but soon the floor began to have the usual show buzz.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wei took this photo because he said I should have at least ONE photo that wasn&#039;t blurry!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00430.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00435.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Several CU forum members stopped by and chatted - Obiwan, 19Lyds, Wei to name a few.&nbsp; I got this photo of Lance/lkeigwin at the snack bar.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00438.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are more photos I took today around the show...</p><p><br /></p><p>More usual suspects...</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00431.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00437-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00432.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00441.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00436.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The CBS news crew was here at the show filming and interviewing some of the bullion dealers due to the huge increase in gold and silver.&nbsp; Here is a shot of their equipment (couldn&#039;t find the crew, they must ave gone out for lunch)</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00433.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the &quot;Pirate&#039;s Cove&quot; where all the kids will gather on Saturday for the treasure hunt</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00434.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are some of those very old coin books that I recently acquired and have gotten some interest.&nbsp; The smallr books are Wayte Ramond and the tall album book is Meghrig &amp; Sons and is very hard to find.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00439-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here was my very unique purchase I made on Saturday!&nbsp; It&#039;s a set of very cool beautiful old Sterling makeup brushes in a velvet case!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00444.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00445.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see I do like girly things!&nbsp; As a matter of fact, Gene Bruder&#039;s wife was selling these beautiful crystal beaded lanyards so the wives and women dealers can hang their badges and loupes on something pretty rather than a standard (usually bulky looking) show lanyard.&nbsp; I bought two black and gold ones that are just like jewelry and I love them!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00450.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for my usual wine fest, yesterday we had a very nice 2008 Bogle cab and on Thursday we had a tasty 2008 La Creme Pinot.&nbsp; On Sagturdsay, I opened a Foggy Valley Pinot which was very good.&nbsp; At the Bay 101 casino&nbsp; (where I did quite well) on Friday night I had a house cab while playing cards, however, it was only tolerable.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Saturday the show gradually filled up, then died down by mid-afternoon.&nbsp; Sales were slow, but I did pick up a few coins for inventory but nothing really special.&nbsp; I found these cool penny jigsaw puzzles from a guy and have been selling a few of them.&nbsp; I think they&#039;re pretty cool and people find them very challenging.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00448.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, another CU forum member Obiwan Canoli, who told me he hadn&#039;t yet appeared on my reports, and let me take his photo!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110415-00447.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also on Saturday, I finally picked up a beautiful coin for my own collection - it&#039;s a stunningly toned Pop 1 1956 Lincoln, PCGS MS67 RB. Another CU forum member, Lance, brought it by to show me, and I asked him if it was for sale.&nbsp; He said it was, and was happy to see it go to a good home.&nbsp; Here are some photos (that don&#039;t do the coin any justice) that I took with my camera phone - of course, I&#039;ll have Todd photograph it and post those later.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00454.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00456.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also got on consignment a beautiful VF-AU Indian cent set - wow!&nbsp; They&#039;re all really pretty pieces!&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to get photos of that too!&nbsp; in the meantime, here are some of my not-so-good photos of this set.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00460.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00459.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00461.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This same customer also gave me as a gift a beautiful brand new Capital Plastics holder for Indian cents!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00457.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And yet another customer gave me this really pretty stained glass box with some yummy candy (that I&#039;m trying to stay far away from!).&nbsp; Last year, he gave me a really pretty tray made out of a melted wine bottle.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00463.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, it&#039;s a very quiet Sunday morning, the public is very sparse, so i&#039;ll be packing up as soon as I post this.&nbsp; Yesterday was decent, but overall sales were still slow.&nbsp; I did see Angel Dee&#039;s toned Buffalo nickels, and they are quite pretty.&nbsp; He should do quite well selling them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best part about this show actually has been seeing some of my regular customers whom I only see a couple times a year, as well as all the forum members who stop by.&nbsp; And even though I really like the Santa Clara show and enjoy coming up to this area, as a result of this show slowing down, I will definitely be attending the Baltimore show in November instead of this one (since they are on the exact same dates this year).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, Saturday night after the show, Glen/PonyExpress and I headed back to Bay 101 for some more poker.&nbsp; Another dealer Greg also met us there.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the front of the casino and the entrance to the poker room (I had to be slick about taking pictures in there since they don&#039;t usually allow people to take photos).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00464.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00465.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00466.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Glen and Greg who ended up sitting on either side of me.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00467.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00469.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, about a couple hours into our 6-12 game, I was dealt pocket 7&#039;s and the flop came 10-7-7.&nbsp; My heart is beating a mile a minute, but of course I slow play my hand and checked.&nbsp; Another guy bets, so I just call, and a couple people drop out.&nbsp; Another 10 comes on the turn, so the guy bets again, and I raise, he calls.&nbsp; Then comes a J I think&nbsp; (can&#039;t really remember the last card).&nbsp; The guy bets, I raise, he re-raises, I re-raise and this kept going about 6-7 times.&nbsp; The pot was at least $450, when the other guy was finally all-in.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you can guess what he had!&nbsp; Yep, pocket 10&#039;s!&nbsp; :Q</p><p><br /></p><p>My heart starts beating even faster and I got even more excited because I think I just won the bad beat jackpot!&nbsp; Usually, if Aces full of 10&#039;s or better gets beat, everyone at the table splits a big jackpot, and the one with the losing hand gets the biggest percentage.&nbsp; I was whooping and hooting with my hands pumping in the air.... when I was quickly told there was no bad beat jackpot at this casino!!!&nbsp; UGGGGGGHH!&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t believe it!&nbsp; WOW!&nbsp; What a letdown.&nbsp; Oh well, easy come, easy go.&nbsp; But at least by the time I left, the guy who won ended up losing most of his chips, while I still had a few trays full of chips, so that was my only consolation to such a horrible bad beat!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00471.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00472.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110416-00473.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>So this morning after a couple very slow hours at the show, I packed up, loaded everything into the car, and drove that long 6-hour drive home but at least I got to finish listening to a great Book on CD - Nicholas Spark&#039;s latest book &quot;Safe Haven.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since I&#039;m taking a few weeks off, I won&#039;t be doing Central States, so I&#039;ll have to look forward to reading someone else&#039;s show report!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m home, safe and sound, tired and can&#039;t wait to sleep in my own bed (with my cuddly hubby), taking it easy tomorrow, and looking forward to spending Easter weekend out at Lake Havasu for a few days of rest and relaxation![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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