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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2332333, member: 14873&quot;]This thread brings back many happy memories for me. I never have attended many coin shows -- an occasional one in San Antonio, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Phoenix or Tucson -- but I always enjoyed the ones I did attend enormously. I have purchased most of my Roman Imperial coins through the mail or at Coin Shows (long before the Internet) from fellow collectors I personally knew and trusted. Ed Waddell (I bought my first Abafil Coin Case from him when they were first introduced here)</p><p>in particular used to send me coins through the mail with a note such as &quot;If you like this coin keep it and send me a check, or if you don&#039;t want it just mail it back to me&quot; (no credit cards or PayPal then) -- I bought some fine coins from him that way including an excellent Nero aureus. I think the collecting fraternity in general was a little friendlier and more trusting back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>But about my experiences at coin shows:</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t attend my first one until about 1951 (I think - my memory isn&#039;t that good these days) in San Antonio -- I cannot remember any shows in the UK during WWII. Just as now, there weren&#039;t many ancient coin tables at that show. I seem to remember Joske&#039;s of Texas having a table -- I think most large city Department Stores used to have coin departments back then -- I know Joske&#039;s in San Antonio did -- I bought many nice Roman Imperial coins from them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoyed the early Long Beach shows -- up-coming dealers such as Victor England and Tom Cederlind had nice selections of Ancients and I bought several coins (mostly Julio-Claudian Sestertii) from them. To me, there was always a lot of friendly discourse and camaraderie at those shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last show I attended was at Los Angeles a few years ago (I can&#039;t remember exactly when) and I had a good time there renewing old acquaintances (in particular Ed Waddell, Victor England, Tom Cederlind) and swapping stories. I subsequently had some serious medical set-backs when I turned eighty-five and haven&#039;t been able to attend Coin Shows since.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of me, a happy guy, at my last coin show in Los Angeles:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://jp29.org/la.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The cropped-out person on the right is Victor England -- coin dealers in general do not like to have their photographs displayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks for this thread -- happy memories indeed!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to hear of the passing of Tom Cederlind ..... RIP ..... he was a good friend of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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