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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2701991, member: 1892&quot;]Being (sorta) close enough to commute, I try to make every Baltimore show I can. By comparison to other large shows I&#039;ve attended, it seems in my admittedly subjective judgment to be more dealer-dealer oriented than dealer-public. It&#039;s a little too far south for the New England crowd to make public attendance heavy. I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if the ratio of table count : public attendees is the lowest of any show its&#039; size. When - as was the case last week - you see dealers folding up early Friday afternoon, you can see the writing on the wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>OTOH, depending on what the ANA is doing that year, Baltimore is usually the only chance for Northeast dealers to interact personally without large time and cash commitments for commuting.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s my opinion that Whitman could do more for it by way of advertising in the New York and Philly metro areas. I&#039;m also wondering if the timing of the Summer show is appropriate for the buying public, occurring during the heart of summer vacation time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, Mike, if you&#039;re looking for public interaction as opposed to wholesale (where Whitman would be better), you owe it to yourself to contemplate the Battlefield Coin Show in Gettysburg. This will only be the fourth show in September (far better timing, to me), but the energy in the room I observed last fall at the third was <b>terrific </b>and of an entirely different character than Baltimore. No way I&#039;m missing it this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;ll also give you the chance to stand on some of America&#039;s most hallowed ground, if such appeals. The venue is two miles from the Devil&#039;s Den at the Gettysburg Battlefield. If it weren&#039;t near-impossible for someone like me dependent on public transportation, I&#039;d be making the show trip one day for the battlefield and one day for the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Book the Red Carpet Inn. It&#039;s still cheap. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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