Syracuse NY Gun Show

sheepherder · 04-15-2014, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Not sure what a special display would be.

Like someone displaying a collection but the items are not for sale. A 'show' used to be for collectors to display their collections. Somewhere/how it devolved into a flea market.

ithacaartist · 04-15-2014, 01:56 PM

[QUOTE=sheepherder;253316]Like someone displaying a collection but the items are not for sale. /QUOTE]

Ah, yes, I recall one such table, basically with half a dozen pistols under glass, all marked not for sale. (I can't for the life of me remember what they were, but the selection was diverse IIRC.) Closest to that were skimpily laden tables with old guys and maybe their wives...looked like they were more showing their collections than hawking merchandise. But, as you suspect, they were a distinct minority.

04-15-2014, 01:56 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,410 Thanks: 7,584 Thanked 2,660 Times in 1,399 Posts	[QUOTE=sheepherder;253316]Like someone displaying a collection but the items are not for sale. /QUOTE] Ah, yes, I recall one such table, basically with half a dozen pistols under glass, all marked not for sale. (I can't for the life of me remember what they were, but the selection was diverse IIRC.) Closest to that were skimpily laden tables with old guys and maybe their wives...looked like they were more showing their collections than hawking merchandise. But, as you suspect, they were a distinct minority. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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