So my first big show under my belt. Had a great time!!! It was nice to meet a few Oldgasers. Probably talked to some more not even knowing who they were. Everyone I talked to were very good friendly people!!
Saw some incredible pieces!!! Unfortunately I'm a little to poa to afford the ones I wanted. Like the Sunoco Diamond flange sign. I wished I hadn't even seen that one. Oh well, another day. Did pick up a really nice '47 mobilgas PPP.
One crazy part was I arrived Friday at about 4PM and some people were literally already packing up to go, saying the main excitement had already gone down between like 4am Thursday and about Friday noon. So by Friday afternoon things were winding down outside. Luckily the Friday evening room to room was very cool with many nice pieces to be seen. And the free drinks at the hotel bar was very nice.
My first auction experience was pretty damn exciting. There was a guy sitting next to me keeping some kind of tally on his auction card. It totalled near 20 grand! I don't know if this was money spent or what but the whole thing was crazy as to how much money was in that room and what people spend on this stuff.
Even as a rookie it was hard not to love that Sinclair Aircraft!! And the story about the picnic table was nuts!!
Matthews auctions runs a GREAT operation from what I saw!! And I spoke to him a little on Friday night as I looked at some pieces. He was being pulled in many directions and still took the time to talk. Great job guys and gals of Matthews. The only item I bid on was 46 MobilOil plate. I was shocked to see it go either $500 or $550. I couldn't spend that on a non-Sunoco piece.
So had a great time and cannot wait until next year!! As Noah said, gonna start saving now!
