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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1430028, member: 19065&quot;]<a href="http://www.nyinc.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nyinc.info/" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nyinc.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nyinc.info/" rel="nofollow"><b>NYINC</b></a><a href="http://www.nyinc.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nyinc.info/" rel="nofollow"></a>&nbsp; An annual coin show held in NYC in January. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #006400">You even have a thread on such a show, in NY, on a Sunday!!! --&gt; </span></b> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t46150/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t46150/"><b>NY Show results</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t forget the<b> Baltimore<a href="http://whitman.com/expos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://whitman.com/expos" rel="nofollow"> Whitman Expo</a>. </b>That show isn&#039;t too far away, in terms of distance nor days from now, it&#039;s held in June. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #006400">$$$</span> Venues in NYC are expensive! <span style="color: #006400">$$$</span></b> Retail space is expensive in the city too, and for the same reason, you just don&#039;t see many B&amp;M coin shops. Sure we have <a href="http://stacksbowers.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stacksbowers.com/" rel="nofollow">Stacks (Bowers)</a> and a newer addition, the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=445+Park+Ave,+New+York,+NY,+10022" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=445+Park+Ave,+New+York,+NY,+10022" rel="nofollow"><b>Heritage Auctions gallery </b></a>in midtown, but those are high(er) end dealers above many average collectors budgets. Retail numismatics is a tough business to be profitable at most anywhere, but such a place as NYC, with the high commercial rents is more of a challenge, especially when competing with low overhead e-retailers and auction sites. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think about how much collectors balk on these forums about the slightest expenses related to coin collecting... Do you think they will be willing to pay hotel rates, high prices for travel, high parking rates if they drive in to the city, finding a need to pay for taxis, or learning to navigate the dungeon of an ancient usually broken subway system, the added high costs for dining out and any other entertainment related expenses, on top of their concerns for their collecting budgets? </p><p><br /></p><p>Simply, there are cheaper towns like Baltimore or Pittsburgh and small towns in New England, that is as far as the East and big(er) coin shows go. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d say we are lucky to have any expo/convention sized shows in other larger US cities (Chicago, Boston, et al.) given the average make-up of the numismatic scene, their budgets and the general adversity to our urban centers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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