Balticon Again
May. 25th, 2009 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiHome now. Had to go back today to pick up a hard drive, and I kinda have to wonder about why the con goes to Monday. There wasn't anyone there - no tables, next to no dealers, empty hallways, etc. Might as well end the thing Sunday, it seems to me.
Anyway, after a crisis Saturday night during which the con hadn't filled their hotel room block, the con went allright. About the same attendance as last year, fewer people volunteering unfortunately, which left the art show shorthanded and mostly unguarded though. There was also a lacrosse event going on and the players wandered around the con as we didn't have the security available to badge check. Conversely, the hotel decided it needed a uniformed cop patrolling the convention area. Uh, hotel? We're geeks. Geeks are weird, not criminal.
There were twice as many pieces of art in the auction as last year, which was a little odd considering how much was sold quick sale (and I handled most of those sales, so I can say with confidence, there were a lot of them.) Usually I'm working with the artists rather than the buyers, and it was a different experience; strangely enough, the buyers were easier to deal with than the artists. Except for the buyer who asked me conversationally what I had bid on, then proceeded to each of those pieces and doubled my bid to a price out of my range. But only the pieces I had bid on. )$*(@&% Moved an original drawing and a couple wood plaques of my own, in addition to some prints.
Most popular costume: the Tenth Doctor. I saw four of them Saturday. Some teenagers who came as a group dressed as the cast of Dr Horrible. Lots of 'steampunk' themes going on as well, I'd never heard of it before. But honestly, I almost never left the art show, so I don't know much about what else went on. So, there's a short report.
Anyway, after a crisis Saturday night during which the con hadn't filled their hotel room block, the con went allright. About the same attendance as last year, fewer people volunteering unfortunately, which left the art show shorthanded and mostly unguarded though. There was also a lacrosse event going on and the players wandered around the con as we didn't have the security available to badge check. Conversely, the hotel decided it needed a uniformed cop patrolling the convention area. Uh, hotel? We're geeks. Geeks are weird, not criminal.
There were twice as many pieces of art in the auction as last year, which was a little odd considering how much was sold quick sale (and I handled most of those sales, so I can say with confidence, there were a lot of them.) Usually I'm working with the artists rather than the buyers, and it was a different experience; strangely enough, the buyers were easier to deal with than the artists. Except for the buyer who asked me conversationally what I had bid on, then proceeded to each of those pieces and doubled my bid to a price out of my range. But only the pieces I had bid on. )$*(@&% Moved an original drawing and a couple wood plaques of my own, in addition to some prints.
Most popular costume: the Tenth Doctor. I saw four of them Saturday. Some teenagers who came as a group dressed as the cast of Dr Horrible. Lots of 'steampunk' themes going on as well, I'd never heard of it before. But honestly, I almost never left the art show, so I don't know much about what else went on. So, there's a short report.
