I arrived there at about quarter to nine to find the parking lot filled with dealers selling their wax to everyone waiting to get in. There were about three aisles of cars and vans with people digging through crates and boxes. Bumped into Barry from Baltimore, a quality 45s dealer I met a few weeks ago in Allentown.
Doors open at 9:30am for early admission. $25 fee. I walk in and….tables are empty. No set up Thursday night, dealers were setting up as we walked in. Not happy about that, just not how I would run things. Trying to look through crates and boxes while dealers are setting up was just chaos. How cool would it have been to walk into a room filled with records waiting for the buyers? Oh well.
The dealers were scurrying to get set up and by noon the room was full. I began digging.
First stop was Joe Moriarity’s spread of records. Joe is one of my long time buyers from Florida who has a vast collection of quality stuff. I handed him a nice stack and he generously gave me a huge discount. Thanks, Joe! Always good to see you.
It really was madness. Like piranha, the buyers feasted on a lone stack of $3 boxes. It really was something else!
This show is a good mix of high end and affordable records. The dealers were giving great discounts for multiple purchases. Nice to see.
Talked to two dealers, each of whom was there set up selling their personal collection. I like seeing that as these tables were chock full of unpicked vinyl.
Bumped into Dan from Brazil, another quality dealer with whom I’ve done business in NJ. He was planted at the $3 box pile.
Too much to see in one day. Here are some items I picked up:
Velvet Underground Nico with banana sticker, mono
Rolling Stones Super Hits Discomix 12″
Soundgarden – Superunknown in shrink
13th Floor Elevators-Bull of the Woods
Crazy World of Arthur Brown
And a ton of sealed LPs……
Left there with about 75 records.
I return tomorrow…….
