A brief recap on my show experience. If you were looking for high quality vintage gloves, this show would have not made you happy. There were some booths with gloves but I did not come across any high end items that would make your mouth water. There were a scant amount of pre-1940 gloves and most of them were lower quality. I brought 30 gloves with me to the show and I sold 18 of them - anything that was decent quality or super nice condition went very quickly. As always, the most enjoyable experience of the show is visiting with old friends and meeting new ones. Was able to connect with atabats on Wednesday and enjoyed our conversation about collecting.
The show floor was very crowded and there were a lot of shoppers at the show. Good to see even if most people aren't looking for vintage equipment. Next year the shows returns to Chicago and I will be set up, hopefully with a strong group of vintage leather. I heard that the dealer booths sold out for Chicago already so I'm glad I snagged one. Should be a fun time as Mr. Glovecrazy will be joining me. Hopefully we can get a strong contingent of glove guys there next summer and have a big get together - Gibson's is right across the street!