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I drove down to Perth on Friday, April 26th, and arrived there around 4:00 PM. Checked in to the Aquarius Motel and settled down to relax a bit after the five and a half hours of driving. A little later I heard someone moving in next door and looked outside to see Paul Axman just arriving. Had supper in downtown Perth and wandered around the downtown for while.
On Saturday, I got to the Lion's fairground at 8:00 AM. Found out where my tables were and started hauling boxes inside. Had just about everything unpacked and settled by 9:00. There ended up being 14 sales tables in all, and just mine and Jack Harynuk's stuff for display. Jack had a great assortment of 143's on display. All colours and styles including Whithycombes and whittle molds. I had my Aussie stuff and also set up my non-glass stuff (composition, rubber, plastic, etc) as there was plenty of display space. I was a little disappointed that the displays were in an alcove on the opposite side of the room from my sales table. I would have preferred it beside mine so I could talk to people about the display without leaving the sales area. I think many people didn't even see the displays as they were kind of out of the way.
There was a lot of glass and some porcelain on display. Also some telephone stuff and assorted go-withs. Dealer trading started around 9:00 and people were walking in by 9:45 or so. There were half a dozen or so sellers that I had met at sales last year. The rest of the sellers I didn't know. Met a few nice people. One old guy (Doug something) was clearing out his stock and the prices got better and better all day. By the end, it was $2 a piece for anything on his table. He's the one I got my 162 deal from. See below.
They had 42 or 43 paid ($1) admissions at the door so there were a fair number of non-dealer types there. There was a major "Festival of the Maples" taking place in downtown Perth that day as well.
I spent only $12 more than I took in from sales, but came home with some nice stuff. (about 15 pieces) My biggest single sale was a CD 490 Type III AGEE for $30. I managed to sell 3 of my porcelain pieces for $12. YAHOO!!! I was surprised that my three carnivals didn't sell at all. None of my high end Aussie pieces sold either.
The deal of the day for me was a CD 162 Hemi-19 in very light carnival for $30 CDN (books at $250-300 US). Later investigation and discussion lead me to believe that someone tried to clean this one in acid, resulting in much of the carnival coating being washed away. 
I traded my spare spook to Lee Brewer for an "amberina" coloured LSV Columbia private issue piece. I got a neat CD 1105 spool that is about 1/4" taller than it should be. Got a little glass radio strain for $5. Got a CD 162 STAR and a CD 145 B in green with "tons" of amber through them for $5 total, and a CD 162 Hamilton Glass for $10. Bought some CD 101/102/106 cheapies for a buck or less each.
Most people started packing up around 1:30 and by 2:30 the place was just about empty. After I had loaded up the van, I headed west and drove as far as North Bay. On the way home through Renfrew I popped into a little antique shop and scored a CD 143 NE MLOD RB mint for $2. I stayed in North Bay for Saturday night, and stopped at a local antique/flea market on Sunday morning. This place usually has a few insulators, but there was nothing worth buying this time. Anybody want a crate full of dirty, clear HEMI-42s?
Arrived home around noon on Sunday, tired but happy! Total round trip was 1,080 kilometres or about 675 miles.
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