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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 463221, member: 9270&quot;]Well, it&#039;s Thursday, 20 November, and the 3-day Whitman show opens in Baltimore at 10AM.</p><p>I&#039;m retired so I get to go today.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A few pre-show observations:</p><p>1. The Whitman shows run Thursday through Saturday.</p><p>Smart move since shows ending on Sundays tend to lose a high percentage of their dealers early.</p><p>Used to be almost a ghost town.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. There are something like 500-1000 dealers.</p><p>If you can&#039;t find it here the only shows that I know are better are the ANA shows.</p><p>The trouble with the ANA shows is that they have no low-end stuff. But for the price of a table I can understand that.</p><p>I&#039;ve never been to a FUN show or the biggie in California (Long Beach?) so I don&#039;t know how they compare.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. I hope to get a reading on the state of numismatics.</p><p><i>Coin World</i> and the greysheet keep saying things are strong.</p><p>But those opinions appear to be based on auction results of high-end material.</p><p>I&#039;m a down-in-the-weeds collector (two and low three figure coins).</p><p>That&#039;s the type of market I&#039;m interested in getting a reading on.</p><p>Are the dealers keeping their prices up or are they relaxing them a bit for the lower end of the scale?</p><p>If they don&#039;t sell stuff, they lose the cost of their tables.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ll try to come back with a impression (good or bad) for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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