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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 3653561, member: 22377&quot;]Some random thoughts and observations:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>8.14.19:</u></p><p>~There was a decently sized crowd for the 10 AM opening</p><p>~The bourse had plenty of people walking around/looking/buying/selling</p><p>~The US Mint area had plenty of people, including a line waiting for an autograph</p><p>~The US Mint trading cards were limited only for the young numismatists (not the young at heart <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>~The world mints had less traffic; Bermuda had a booth, which I thought was pretty cool</p><p>~Bullion was hit or miss...some dealers were buying while others were passing (even at spot)</p><p>~Some offers seemed quite low...commonly recognized world gold in the more popular size (1/10 oz) saw offers as low as as $12 under spot ($120 under per oz)....I did find someone to pay spot </p><p>~Buying anything of interest to me (mainly toned coins and some world coins) was difficult as prices being asked were often moon money.....one example was a nicely toned Morgan that I had owned a few years ago; I bought and sold it in the $300-$500 range...the dealer who had it now (not the same one who I sold to) was asking $1,750</p><p>~Some mediocre Morgan toners (common dates) were even priced at 3x-10x of untoned prices...toned prices have been going up at auction lately, but nowhere near what I was seeing at the show (and especially not for mediocre examples)</p><p>~Quite a few cases had at least one or two &quot;off-brand&quot; holders, mainly PCI and SEGS (just something I noticed, probably not much to it)</p><p>~There were some cool exhibits and one could receive a free prize for voting</p><p>~I saw a fair amount of younger people, including both dealers and collectors</p><p>~Overall it was another good show; I didn&#039;t find anything to buy, but was happy to sell a few things and have some funds available if anything of interest pops up in the near future</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>8.15.19:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>~I arrived around an hour after opening, and there was no line to get in at that point</p><p>~There still appeared to be plenty of people walking around the bourse...it should be interesting to see the final attendance numbers</p><p>~The eBay table is giving out a $10 coupon if you fill out a brief survey...not eligible for coins! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>~The CDN table is giving out the CAC market report magazine ...so if you&#039;re like me and didn&#039;t receive one, there is an opportunity to pick it up</p><p>~I saw some people from the forums and from IG; it was fun putting a face to a name </p><p>~I sold a few more coins today </p><p>~I bought two coins today...overall prices were still high, but these two were fair</p><p><br /></p><p>I just realized that I saw [USER=31533]@Kasia[/USER] off in the distance (or at least I think I did...based on the character posted in this thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/going-to-chicago-2019-if-you-want-to-meet-up-post-here.344495/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/going-to-chicago-2019-if-you-want-to-meet-up-post-here.344495/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/going-to-chicago-2019-if-you-want-to-meet-up-post-here.344495/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And I missed [USER=59677]@Burton Strauss III[/USER] by a day <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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