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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1267814, member: 22729"]I agree with Mark, the show was a bit of a dissapointment although I did well for myself. I picked up a lot of coin related exonumia for my collection, and four NJ obsolete notes. Nothing in the way of counterstamps, although I saw a small collection of them at a dealer's table. Steve Hayden, who I regularly buy counterstamps from, didn't set up at the show so I had to rely on finding a random example here and there. I couldn't find anything that appealed to me, so didn't come home with any new ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crowd seemed a bit thin, but we went on Thursday so it may have picked up on Friday and Saturday. The Convention Center is a nice venue to hold the shows at and the security seemed pretty tight. They had regular Philadelphia Police officers patrolling the floor, so I had no concerns about safety. The ANA convention will be in the city next year ao I'm looking forward to that. Also Baltimore in November which is always a great show. Looking forward to hearing from others about their experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1267814, member: 22729"]I agree with Mark, the show was a bit of a dissapointment although I did well for myself. I picked up a lot of coin related exonumia for my collection, and four NJ obsolete notes. Nothing in the way of counterstamps, although I saw a small collection of them at a dealer's table. Steve Hayden, who I regularly buy counterstamps from, didn't set up at the show so I had to rely on finding a random example here and there. I couldn't find anything that appealed to me, so didn't come home with any new ones. The crowd seemed a bit thin, but we went on Thursday so it may have picked up on Friday and Saturday. The Convention Center is a nice venue to hold the shows at and the security seemed pretty tight. They had regular Philadelphia Police officers patrolling the floor, so I had no concerns about safety. The ANA convention will be in the city next year ao I'm looking forward to that. Also Baltimore in November which is always a great show. Looking forward to hearing from others about their experiences. Bruce[/QUOTE]
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