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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3712866, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #00b300">Westchester Coin Show, 9/13-14/19 Update:</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #00b300"><br /></span></font></b></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Stopped by the Westchester Show this morning for a quick look at the new digs.&nbsp; They used to hold this quarterly show at the Westchester Convention Center which is further east; the Marriot location in Tarrytown is probably more convenient.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Room size and number of vendors is down.&nbsp; There were about 20 dealers, and maybe 50-60 tables (down by close to 1/2 I&#039;d say from WCC).&nbsp; A dealer told me the problem is that every time they lose a dealere (death, leaves the business) they can&#039;t get anybody to replace them (nobody opening up a LCS).</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0059b3"><b>Other observations:</b></span></font></p><ul> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">About 20 people looking at stuff when I got there late Saturday morning.</span></font></li> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Did not see ANYBODY doing stamps.&nbsp; WCC used to have 2-3 people off by themselves doing the stamp thing.</span></font></li> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Lots of bills relative to coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall as high a ratio of display case stuff for bills at the old WCC location or the Parsippany monthly show.</span></font></li> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">I&#039;d say 95% -- or more -- of the bills were UNGRADED.&nbsp; Plenty of PMG/PCGS stuff, but the stacks of 30-50 bill holders were ungraded (but mostly excellent quality, a good deal of it 63 or higher, IMO).</span></font></li> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Some ancients attracting attention.&nbsp; Saw a 4 gram (1/5th ounce) gold coin from 320 AD that a dealer was asking about $3,000 for.</span></font></li> <li><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Saw a nice 1928 Red Seal $1 PMG 66 note for about $600.&nbsp; Price seemed about right, if I had the $$$ I might have splurged.&nbsp; Guy also had some Red Seal $100&#039;s which were apparently part of a run of only 700,000.</span></font></li> </ul><p><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4">That&#039;s about it.&nbsp; The quarterly show at the WCC in November was always bigger (they&#039;d move it upstairs; costs more for the higher priority and larger venue) so I&#039;m curious how many show up in November.&nbsp; Maybe more dealers because some didn&#039;t go to Baltimore or weren&#039;t on planning on hitting FUN, I dunno.&nbsp;&nbsp; If they get more dealers, they&#039;ll need a bigger room or a floor.&nbsp; I guess I&#039;ll know in 2 1/2 months. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]995001[/ATTACH] </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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