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Posted By: SCOTT BROCKELMAN

BOB, THIS IS A VERY SMALL SHOW, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO FIND, LEON BOUGHT THE BEST CARD OF THE DAY, THE N333 PRIVATELY IN THE HALLWAY, I BOUGHT THE ONLY W600 ROGER HAD AND EXAMINED HIS BOSTON CABINET. THE TRUTH IS SHOWS ARE NEARLY EXTINCT IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, PERHAPS BACK EAST THEY ARE THRIVING, I KNOW OF ONE BOARD CONTRIBUTOR, IN THE N.E. AREA THAT HAS HAD GOOD LUCK IN THE LAST WEEKS AT SHOWS, BUT IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY NOTHING IS TO BE FOUND. I ONLY DO 1 SHOW A YEAR NOW AND THATS THE NATIONAL AND EVEN IT IS NOT NEARLY WHAT IT USED TO BE. THE MARKET HAS NO WHERE TO GO BUT UP UNLESS PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED BY THE LACK OF MATERIAL WHICH IS WHY I DROPPED OUT OF COIN COLLECTING YEARS AGO, LIKE MY CARDS, I ONLY COLLECTED THE EARLIEST OF U.S. COINS, COLONIALS AND LARGE CENTS, THE 1700'S PRIMARILY AND JUST COULD NOT FIND ANYMORE. PREWAR CARDS ARE THE SAME WAY AT SHOWS., WHILE COMMON MATERIAL IS ABUNDANT ON EBAY, TRUELY RARE MATERIAL IS VERY HARD TO COME BY AND WILL STILL COMMAND A PREMIUM.,

SCOTT