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43rd Annual MMBC Show

This year because of trying to stagger the show due to the past two years being cancelled then moved, we held the
show in June rather than the normal April show !me. A"endance was up a li"le from last years September show.
There were 34 tables this year due to a couple of last minute cancela!ons. Tequila seemed to be the star of this
show, with 3 dealers selling hundreds and hundreds of Tequilas. There were plenty of other bo"les too, I just don’t
remember a year in recent history with this many great Tequilas,
For the second year in a row Friday nights auc!on didn’t have many bidding wars. This was good news for those
buying , not as good for those selling. I think the surprise of the night was a box of about 150 mostly coffee liqueurs
that sold for $50. Most of the !me in the past boxes of liqueurs were lucky to get $10 or $15, if they sold at all.
If I would have know that I would have brought boxes of liqueurs to put in the auc!on so I could have cleared out
more room in my office. Unfortunately I expect that will be a one !me fluke and if someone puts boxes of bo"les
in next year, they will sell for li"le, if at all again.

We had fewer interna!onal collectors this year with collectors coming from
Mexico, Argen!na, Chile, Canada and The Philippines . There were a few first
!me a"endees (which may account for that Box of liqueurs selling for $50) but
we were missing a few regulars that seldom miss shows. I expect next year will
pick up a li"le more as more people venture out a*er Covid.
The most impressive thing that happened during the show is that one of the
dealers sold his en!re table of bo"les on Saturday to a collector that happened
to live rela!vely close to him, so he offered to deliver the bo"les a*er the show.
In apprecia!on the buyer also bought the seller lunch. To sell your en!re table
AND get a lunch too. That’s how legends are born.

Personally I had a good show. I had already added a bunch of bo"les to my collec!on on the way to the show (but
that’s another ar!cle) and I had a wide enough selec!on of bo"les on my table (both new and old) that I was able to
move some bo"les too. (Probably because if didn’t ma"er if I sold or not as I had plenty of room to take them home
unlike a normal year when I need to sell bo"les to have room to take new ones home on the plane) I found some
really nice bo"les to add to my collec!on and won a couple great bo"les at the Auc!on. I had less luck with the
raffles, only winning once but it was a good win. The Collector from the Philippines had the best luck with the
raffles.
Sunday was also a surprise, the last few shows Sunday morning has been pre"y dead. This year there was a decent
amount of traffic and selling happening Sunday. The Saturday night Hospitality suite was busy but not overcrowded
and our Saturday night dinner had twice as many people at it than usual. Bill Baker also had a get together Thurs-
day night at his place for people that came in a day early. It was nice to be able to visit with friends (and see his
collec!on) a day ahead of the show. Next years show will be in April again. April 21-23. Hope you can make it.

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