Question for Dealers/Show Vendors

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Lighting, lighting, lighting.
Almost every single show I've attended has very poor lighting. I don't know if it's the fluorescent bulbs thing, or the size of these pseudo-gymnasiums, or something else, but I'm constantly having to walk to an open door or a window to be able to examine a card fully in the sunlight. And my eyesight is fine, so it's not just me. It would be great going through the cards at someone's table and being able to see everything perfectly fine. Most larger venues are lit from (way up) above, so that's the origin of the problem. One show I went to was tantamount to being in an office building with light streaming in from everywhere via the windows. That was frickin' beautiful.

TOO TRUE. It was the one major complaint with my big show. Never even thought about it when they showed me the room we were using until the day of the show and I kept asking them to turn the lights up!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

TOO TRUE. It was the one major complaint with my big show. Never even thought about it when they showed me the room we were using until the day of the show and I kept asking them to turn the lights up!

Yes, you cannot underestimate the importance of this. I have bought cards at the National in which the surfaces looked perfect, even upon very close inspection. When I arrived back at the hotel, I could clearly see wrinkles/creases that were not evident at the show. A real pisser!