Since the dealers in my area that I normally go to did not have any silver art bars (or .999 generic silver for that matter), I decided, at the last minute, to go on a road trip to attend a coin show in Alabama. This coin show was in a place called Pelham about 10 miles(?) south of Birmingham, Alabama (about a 2 1/2-hour drive one way for me from TN). I got there about 30 minutes early and just waited in my car and listened to some music until the show started. It was a decent sized show to me IMO but not as nearly as big as the one that I went to a month ago in Dalton, Georgia. I am going to guess about 60 dealer tables was the size of this Alabama coin show. My main objective was to find silver art bars and I did find 2 silver art bars that I liked and I paid $34 for the first one and $34.50 for the second one. Overall, there was very little bullion (especially silver) at this show. This was not too much of a surprise to me since gold and silver got pounded in the last 2 days. However, while I was looking for silver art bars, I did see a few prices on the very little bullion that was there and here are some prices that I saw: SAE's: Starting at $5 over spot from the prices that I saw. .999 generic silver: Not much .999 generic silver at this show but the lowest price that I saw was $34.50 Silver art bars: Not many of them available and all of them were common-minted ones. The lowest price that I paid for a silver art bar was $34.00. 1/10 GAE's: $190-$200. I also saw some 1/10 Krugerrands but I did not see a price on them. Basically that was it in terms of bullion that I saw. I did see a little bit of selling but not very much given that spot is much lower now than it was 3 days ago. After I finished looking for silver art bars, I decided to look for some gold. I was looking for 1/20th oz size gold coins but there were none to be found. Most of the other dealer tables consisted of numismatic items and non-PM related coins. Since gold and silver crashed, I suspected that most of the dealers pulled their gold and silver bullion inventory because spot gold and spot silver dropped so quickly that they did not want to sell at a loss. I do not blame them to be very honest. I do not go to many coin shows in Alabama but this was the closest coin show to me and I decided to see what I could find. Overall for me, It was an ok day. Not great but I did buy 2 silver art bars for a cheaper price and that it what mattered to me since that is my hobby. I did meet another silver art bar collector there and we talked about silver art bars for a while. I also met a dealer that also posts on another collector-oriented internet forum and we talked for a long while. Even though this coin show was a long drive from where I usually go (2 1/2-hour drive from where I live in TN), it is worth it because I like finding silver art bars and I just like that atmosphere that a coin show offers. Since I did not buy many silver art bars at this show, I did have some cash left over and that might be a good thing to keep some cash just in case my local dealers have more silver art bars that enter their shops.
