greg11 Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Clyde landed yesterday, how's canton looking? I will be there Thursday around 2pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 all packed, ready to go , now just have to drink some coffee and load the car. I'm taking my camera so I will upload pics from the room trading tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 things are heating up in canton. lots of marbles.... more to come and pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Some call this a strip tease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 11:50pm almost midnight and craig snyders room is packed. brian estepp and many others buying up misc. I picked up a solitare set from craig. Clyde is running around chasing peltiers. Steve smith is carrying a pistol case with a massive blue slag. Bill Tite roaming the halls looking for that onionskin. Common handmades are not moving, machine mades doing great. I sold 500.00 worth in the first 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 people still up and about. tomorrow is going to be an interesting day. I hope smitty moves the show closer to columbus, Canton has a lot to offer but its a haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Columbus to Canton is a haul-now thats funny Greg. Come on out to the west coast and try SF-Bayarea to Seattle, LA or Las Vegas. Now those are hauls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joestreet Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks a bunch for the pictures, I wish I was there :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 slower today, guess us old folks cant stay up till midnight w/out taking long naps the next day. Tonight is much slower, not a lot going on. I picked up a jobber box of peltier peewees, a couple other cheapo boxes walked into my room. Plenty of Akro here, nice handmades are sought after, most common stuff not moving. A couple faces missing, Bill Bass, Art Jones, Tom Reed, Tom Harrod, etc so I would say slower than expected. Griff Made it, bill Tite is causing peoples jaws to drop, Bill Tow is missing, still say marble shows are a great source to find stuff and this was the first show i opened my room, sold a lot of machine mades and a solitare board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Almost the entire first floor was filled with marble sellers. Today at the show, where were they? It looked to me like 2/3 or maybe 3/4 of them left before the show. How does a club pay for the showroom if that many people do not rent tables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 The room trading was great. There were about 50 or more rooms at peak time. Its always fun trying to find that special something. Many friends that I havent seen in many years I got to see again. Friday night is always slower as people want to pack. The actual show itself was very slow. Not many dealers. Not know why. Most people that usually set up but had open rooms during room trading didnt do the show. It also didnt help that there was another show that Roy Kaskee had going was same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I would like to know the attendance from people off the street for the actual show. I dont attend the shows, I just room trade, thats been my thing for many years. I dont like shows to be honest. i like room trading at my own pace and leave the morning of the show. Watch collectors have something called a get together where they meet at someones home or a resturaunt and do their trading and buying at that time. Shows are great if you get a bunch of people bring stuff off the street but what is the point if its the same dealers/collectors who have been hanging out in there rooms having fun. We should have more late night poker games, drinking and having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 smitty, what was the attendance and did anything walk in off the street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Well it looked like it was going to be bust for me. Room traffic was good and I was selling marbles which is not typical for me. I never consider it a good show for me if I come out in the black. I'd like to thank everybody that was willing to sell me some nice mibs to make me go home happy with more mibs and way less money than I came with though there were some tense moments achieving that goal. Special thanx go out to Steve D. and Ron S. for their help. I may approach shows differently than some I like to set up a nice display in the room of my collection for the enjoyment of all who care too look. Selling a few is OK but not the goal. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Bill, Were you the one with the outrageous purple / sea foam flame? If so, your collection is outstanding! I have never seen so many mint killers, that span the gamut between companies. Sorry for all my pestering......sometimes the marble envy gets the best of you:) Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Bill had 3 solitaire sets on display. One had the original box for board and original box for the mibs. I think the mibs were 1". Biggest one I ever saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Bill, Were you the one with the outrageous purple / sea foam flame? If so, your collection is outstanding! I have never seen so many mint killers, that span the gamut between companies. Sorry for all my pestering......sometimes the marble envy gets the best of you:) Craig Yea Craig that was (is) mine not for sale "no crazy price":-) I know better than to do that because sometimes somebodies crazier than I am. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Well it was great to meet you, I really appreciate you bringing your collection to show off. It is nice to see those high end ones in hand to compare and study. You have some really rare birds. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigafoose Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 9 out of 10 times I go for in room trading on Friday but dont attend the show on Sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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