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International Jewelry Show on the Queen Mary Long Beach CA |
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| P: 8/30/2009 6:28:50 PM | |
kenny Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,773 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005 |
We just got back. I was dissapointed Great big yawn. Maybe these shows are for the Jewelry-TV crowd. It was a small room. Only one aisle had nicer new real stuff. One piece had a GIA report and they bragged about it with a sign.  Only one vendor had nicer vintage real stuff - 90% of which was under $500. Lots of cheap new Chinese "real" stuff. Lots of beads etc. YAWN-O-RAMA! I guess I'm a snob.  I hear the show in Santa Monica California is much better. |
| Posted: 8/30/2009 6:28:50 PM | |
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| P: 8/31/2009 9:10:59 AM | |
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,181 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005 |
Thats a shame Kenny, did you have anything in mind to buy?
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| Posted: 8/31/2009 9:10:59 AM | |
| P: 8/31/2009 3:14:13 PM | |
Selkie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,616 Last Post: 11/11/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006 |
I went to it as well. I have been to the Intergem show in Santa Monica, and it is much bigger with a greater variety of vendors. This was the first one they've done on the Queen Mary, and I have the feeling it was a test run to see what kind of interest they'd get. I did find one custom jeweler that I like, and bought something from him, but I agree that for the most part it was a limited selection ESPECIALLY with loose gemstones. I do hope they do it again there, and that it's bigger and better the next time. I realized after leaving the show that another gem and mineral show was going on at the Long Beach Hyatt, but I didn't go. Different company put that one on. *** |
| Posted: 8/31/2009 3:14:13 PM | |
| P: 8/31/2009 5:06:54 PM | |
swimmer Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,936 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 11/9/2007 |
Date: 8/31/2009 3:14:13 PM Author: Selkie I went to it as well. I have been to the Intergem show in Santa Monica, and it is much bigger with a greater variety of vendors. This was the first one they've done on the Queen Mary, and I have the feeling it was a test run to see what kind of interest they'd get. I did find one custom jeweler that I like, and bought something from him, but I agree that for the most part it was a limited selection ESPECIALLY with loose gemstones. I do hope they do it again there, and that it's bigger and better the next time. I realized after leaving the show that another gem and mineral show was going on at the Long Beach Hyatt, but I didn't go. Different company put that one on. And what did you buy missy!?! Inquiring minds want to know. Wish you lived on this coast...
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| Posted: 8/31/2009 5:06:54 PM | |
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