I can only second all of the above comments. Returning from a week of duck shooting in Quebec, I stopped by The Vintagers last Saturday to deliver some cases I had repaired to an individual. Lots of very nice guns, especially SxSs, the usual turnout of loyal people, honest dealers, and LOTS of shooters.
While a smaller event than most of us came to know over the years from Addieville, Sandanona, and Pintail Point, it is still a premier buy-and-sell show of quality SxSs. The new venue, Dover Furnace Shooting Grounds (a Beretta Facility), is a remote location but has plenty of room for everything - people, dogs, guns, RVs and especially vendors. The nearby locations of Poughkeepsie, Peekskill, and Fishkill, about 35 minutes from the place depending on where you stay, offer thousands of hotel rooms, now all pretty much linked by Priceline, Hotwire, and other discount online vendors. I paid $72 for a room for one night in Fishkill which was actually a small suite with kitchen and hide a bed, and the basic amenities (but no proper wine glasses!).
With fewer and fewer high-end guns to sell as an individual, I think The Vintagers, Baltimore, Southern SxS, NE SxS, are the places to invest in a booth or table. More money for sure than our local shows, but at the very least you are not exposed to the scary 'Velcro Commandos' with their full-coverage tattoos, spit bottles, backpacks and rude manners.
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