Boston Stamp Expo 2026 - Wrap Up Numbers?

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Profit, loss, and any others number out yet?

As to the attendance numbers, those shows NOT on the east coast seem better attended.

As for a next US international, any idea if one will happen or even if there is a crew to try?

That is abysmal attendance if accurate. Having the show in a top two most expensive State is a mistake unless you want to shut out "normal" people. If you removed locals from the number I wonder how much it shrinks.

In comparison, in Western MA at the Eastern States Exposition grounds the gun show draws over 25,000. The boat show draws over 35,000. The home show draws 100,000. This is in Hampden County (West Springfield) where you would park for free. The cost of lodging and meals is half and there are none of the extra taxes that Boston slaps on you. Your an hour from the ocean and an hour from the Berkshires. Less than an hour to Vermont and CT.

Locating these shows in places like Boston reeks of egalitarian legacy thinking. You don't make such a decision thinking for a split second about collectors with smaller budgets. You are catering to the wealthy and specifically deep pocket exhibitors.

They should have two shows, one for the bougie and the other for the rest of us.