I take the "buyer's market" comment back. I just read some emails from
several collectors and one dealer that vendors are asking full retail and
there are very few bargains to be had. It used to be that it was worth the
price of traveling there in order to pick up a few good deals. No such
thing as wholesale prices until the end of the show when dealers become
desperate to move inventory, some of which is left over from several years
from past shows. In this case, the law of supply and demand appear to be
out of sync.
According to the press, there are a bunch of "tire kickers" who are holding
onto their now, very limited, hard-earned cash so we will have to see what
happens. I guess the lower cost of gas isn't helping or people are
distracted with the Superbowl hosted in Glendale, Arizona which is expected
to attract over one million tourists.
Go Seahawks!
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson pics?
I guess everybody's perception is different. I read that attendance is the
lowest in a decade and two meteorite dealers, one artifact dealer and one
mineral vendor I talked to said they would be lucky to earn their show fees
back and they probably will not be returning next year. It looks like a
buyers market to me.
Adam
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>
To: "Raremeteorites" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson pics?
Tucson is jumping. All hotels full. More people than in many years. Sales
are good. Supply is way down. Prices are up because supply running out.
The show is great. Last year was my best year at the show, didn't sell a
million $$$ but actually not far from it.
People with no material and no ambition should stay home, as the show is
really active and walking required. The hotel parking lot was completely
full this morning, first time in a few years actually despite major
flooding rain.
Michael Farmer
On Jan 30, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
<[email protected]> wrote:
It looks like only 9 meteorite vendors posted information on the Tuson
Information page so the show seems to be somewhat subdued this year;
probably a sign of the times. I decided not to attend this year for many
reasons. The only thing I will miss is the IMCA dinner and the Michael
Blood auction which no longer exists.
I would rather spend my hard earned funds from artifact sales on
searching for meteorites and other minerals.
Hopefully, some images of the IMCA dinner will be posted,
Adam
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Ross via Meteorite-list"
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To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:52 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Tucson pics?
Hi all,
Any pics from Tucson? I wish I could have gone this year, and would love
to see what goodies I’m missing out on….
Doug Ross
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