OVIC 2001
Sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Insulator Club
April 28, 2001 (Saturday)
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Show Report by Robin Plewes
Posted on ICON, June 20, 2001
There were some uncertain moments is the days before the show. The hotel
misplaced some of the tables they said they had. Jack went down and
more or
less rounded them up with the hotel staff. The prospect of having
to go
outside for tables was disconcerting to say the least.
Table set up on Fri. night was a breeze. Upon arrival, I was greatly
impressed by the efforts of Paul Axman, Bill Rosato, Rick Soller and
a few
other early birds. They had gone ahead and set everything up! The tables,
table cloths and chairs were all pretty much ready to go. As
the evening
progressed, more insulator addicts arrived and there were many introductions
and renewals of friendships.
There were collectors from NY, MI, Penn, Que., IL, Man, Southern Ont.
and
probably others we didn't get chance to talk to. Our walk-in
crowd of 60
quadrupled last year's show and they were pleased to see 28 sales tables.
We had some informal displays this year. Dominion - 42's , cd162.4's
and
colored salesman's samples of those black plastic "REN" insulators
were all
well represented at the front of the room.
Attached to this blurb is the link to the web site where there are some
photos of out show. Some are courtesy of Mike Csorbay, Debbie Kinlock
and
Kevin Lawless.
Something new at this years show was the excellent meal deal, courtesy
of the Smith Falls United Church. Everyone who bought a lunch, didn't
go
home hungry. The ladies were happy with the little fund-raiser
exercise, so
hopefully we can continue this arrangement next year.
Some of the notable items at the show included a faintly threaded cd718,
a glued 740.1 in jade amber and another nearly mint cd718 that had
been dug
within the two weeks prior OVIC 2001. Pieces of an orange amber
718 were
also around for show and tell.
There's also a big thank you to Mark Lauckner who donated two of his
new
726 style commemoratives to our raffles. John Lajner was the
big winner on
both pieces!
Sales items went the full spectrum from freebies-for-those-who-want'em
to
colored Dominions to threadless. Many foreign insulators appeared at
this
years show too. Not to be left out of the picture, there were plenty
of
porcelain insulators available to. Rick Soller was quite happy with
an old
brass topped porcelain unipart he acquired.
Things wrapped up and everyone was on the road home come 3.00pm. With
many of the attendees facing a long drive home, we decided to pack
up a bit
earlier this year.
Jack and I had a good time and hope those who attended did too. If
you
couldn't make it to OVIC 2001, perhaps we'll see you at OVIC 2002.
Thanks for your support and good collecting.
Jack and Robin