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vic rzonca
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 Posted: Aug 07, 2013 06:13 Post subject: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| Today is the first set up day for Marty Zinns East coast show, at the Eastern States Exposition grounds, in West Springfield, MA. As per usual there will be over two hundred dealers, large wholesale section, museum store, gold panning, free mineral specimens to the kids, door prizes, lectures by Bob Jones and Kevin Downing to name a few, and over fifty exhibit cases for the Carolyn Manchester collection. The exhibitors always do a great job and service by sharing their collections with us, and at no small expense and effort to them. So come on down and get your fill of fine minerals and mineral folks. Show dates: August 9 -11, 2013.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 07, 2013 06:20 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | ...So come on down and get your fill of fine minerals and mineral folks. Show dates: August 9 -11, 2013. |
And please gentle attenders, download here as much images as you can of the show in order to display to us, unfortunate folks who can not attend, what is happening there! ;-)
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 07, 2013 20:14 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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The most boring, poorly shot, show coverage ever, at your finger tips, ladies and gentlemen. Hold on to your perkies.
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| Drive time. We approach the grounds, partly cloudy, mid 60's, Fahrenheit. |
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| The sun shines on door seven, Better Living Center. We can all hope. |
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| The unusual suspects, Cin, Martin, Gavin and Robert. All await the call to action. |
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| The empty room overwhelms us. 1200, 8' tables, almost 2 miles of table, laid end to end. And blue bunting to come, miles of it! Lord help us. Or we shall help ourselves. |
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| The bunting gnomes ply their wares, with knives and tape they turn the horizon blue. |
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| Wizards of the Layout. With their Scepters of the Mystic Story. |
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| And a bright spot from the world of Woman Collectors! Carolyn Manchester, with her loyal serf, Dave Bunk. |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2013 02:04 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | The most boring, poorly shot, show coverage ever, at your finger tips, ladies and gentlemen. Hold on to your perkies. |
Haha Vic! Clever photography using the mirror for rear view! Thank you for sharing your pictures.
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2013 11:56 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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Thanks Vic,
so far your photo's have been neither boring nor poorly shot; and your witticism adds further interest !
Like your style, man; thanks for sharing !
Mike (who would, given the means, travel to the show just to see the exhibit from the Carolyn Manchester Collection).
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2013 20:43 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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Thanks Mike, I'll try harder.
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| Cloudy over the #7 portal. 30% chance of rain. 98% chance of chaos. Day two. Dealer Setup is upon us. |
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| The Layout. The Bunting. The Land of the Backtable - rebuilt. All is ready. Site Manager! The Door! |
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| And Stanley say's "Screw it, I'm ready" |
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| Now, for something completely different, the collection of Carolyn Manchester. Some of it. All outstanding! |
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2013 20:58 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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More from Carolyn's exhibit.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2013 01:37 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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I like it Vic! ;-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2013 09:25 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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Vic, I like it, too. I feel like I'm at the show. Thanks.
Don
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LeadMineGal
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2013 19:12 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| Great photo's. Thanks for sharing!
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 10, 2013 07:35 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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It was a dark and stormy morning. The streets were filled with the volume of a billion rain drops. Hope for the weight of dollars ran deep in the souls of the venders. The public arrives today, Friday the 9th, 2013.
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| Better Living, indeed. Where is MY parking spot next to the door? But the show must go on. |
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The pilgims have unloaded their wagons. The food sellers have warmed the coffee, dogs and beer. The exhibit is ready to exhibit.
Let in the soggy masses. The show begins. |
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Right this way, ladies and gentlemen. Right this way.
More later. |
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Ru Smith
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| Posted: Aug 10, 2013 08:38 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| You are a poet.
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2013 05:30 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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| Nice one Vic, hope it didn't rain all weekend.
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2013 07:06 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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As the mineral collecting public file through door six, and after filling out their door prize forms, they are met with Carolyn's fine exhibit. Oh ya, and a visit to the ATM.
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| Fine minerals never fail to amaze. |
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| An over heard conversaytion at Marilyn Dodge's mineral ID table. "I don't care what Fabre's mineral forum, or whatever it's called, says. This is not SLAG!" ;-) |
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| I think these buckets are salted with slag. Must have come from Fabre's ;-) |
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John S. White
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| Posted: Aug 12, 2013 05:00 Post subject: Re: East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show |
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Just back from the Springfield Show. It has become a major show. Beautifully organized and run with lots and lots of major dealers, plus great attendance. The display of Carolyn Manchester's collection was simply awesome. The specimens were spectacular and admirably reflect the great skill that went into selecting them. The amount of effort that went into preparing her collection (only 20% of it actually, I was told) for the show must have been extraordinary and she did it all herself. I did not take any photos but many others did and I am hoping that those who did will post lots of them here, including my favorite, a simply pyrite cube sitting upon a floral like group of amethyst crystals. A little gem. Vic, did you get a close-up of this one?
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