Eight Days on the Road to Perfection
A few weeks ago I flew to Boston for the three-day ABAA and one day Shadow Book Fairs and was well rewarded for they seemed the best New England fairs in quite some time. The dealers were upbeat and the prices appealing. ABAA fairs always feature the best material and price it liberally. The Shadow Fair by comparison has only the 8:00 am to noon period on Saturday to get the buyer’s attention before the more powerful ABAA Fair opens for the second of its three days and draws the crowd away. So while the ABAA feels like a courtship the Shadow Fair is more like speed dating. I enjoy the ...