By the time you read this, this show will be past and the National will also be history, although more recently. The day broke with some fog but by eight o'clock most of it had burned off and it was a great insulator show day. The first dealer arrived before seven o'clock and there was a steady stream of dealers coming in, unloading and getting set up. By nine o'clock there were about twenty-four tables set up. We had dealers from Florida, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Steve Bobb at his table, enjoying this insulator swap!

We also had two first time dealers this year as well as some new collectors attending their first show. The walk through attendance was not as good as other years and it probably was due to the National being six weeks away. A lot of people said "see you at the National". One of the hard to find CD 185.2 B.E.L. Co. insulators showed up in LIGHT AQUA. A dealer from New Jersey was reducing the size of his collection and had some very nice insulators for sale, such as a CD 143 Montreal Telegraph Co. in a very deep blue and a CD 145 H.G. Co. in light green loaded with milky swirls.

Dick Bowman & Alan Stastny taking 
a look at "hidden" treasure.

By noontime everyone was hungry and the fireplace was lit up. Hamburgers and hotdogs started smelling very good. The afternoon passed all too quickly with more buying, selling, and trading. Then it was time to pack it up for this year.

(Top Right) A peek at what's on Rick's Snyder's table.
(Below Right) A variety of insulators and bottles on Claude Wambold's table.