Nimravis Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Today I spent about 5 hours at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois at the ESCONI (Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois) Show. It was nice to see the whole show again after Covid restrictions have been raised. The show, which is free, including parking, took place in 2 large rooms and there were many vendors. The show also has door prizes, exhibits, demonstrations, silent and live auctions as well as some Fossil Forum members. Below is a picture of @stats Rich (Right), me (Center) and @connorp Connor (Left). I know there were other members, but do not have pictures of them. Here are some pictures of the fossils for sale. Here are some pics of the and exhibits. 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Pictures of a demonstration- Pics of the show- Silent Auction- Edited March 19, 2022 by Nimravis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Book Sales- Live Auction- Baby Tully Monster auctioned off- Fish tail piece- Original Artwork from the Jack Witry @fiddlehead Mazon Creek Flora book. The show is on tomorrow too, if you live in the area, try to attend, it was a lot of fun. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Looks like a nice local show. Thanks for the photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 As usual, Ralph, lots of great photos of the show and some nice fossils. Did you buy anything for yourself? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I had a great time. It was nice catching up with everyone in person. I bought a couple small things, but there were some really stunning specimens for auction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: As usual, Ralph, lots of great photos of the show and some nice fossils. Did you buy anything for yourself? I bought some plastic dinosaurs and some books- no fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Thanks for the tour, Ralph. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 It does look like a nice show and I'm going to sound like a broken record but we need shows like that over here. Last weekend and today I attended 2 local shows put on by the various rockhound clubs, and while there were a couple fossil displays and prep demo at the first one, there were very few fossils to buy and virtually none at the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper559 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Very nice show report Ralph !! It was fun to catch up with club and forum members !! I'm going back for more today !! Rock On !! Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) Great photos as usual, Ralph! I posted a link to this thread from the ESCONI website. Plenty of more fun left for Sunday! Cheers, Rich Edited March 20, 2022 by stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 12:15 AM, Wrangellian said: It does look like a nice show and I'm going to sound like a broken record but we need shows like that over here. Last weekend and today I attended 2 local shows put on by the various rockhound clubs, and while there were a couple fossil displays and prep demo at the first one, there were very few fossils to buy and virtually none at the second one. I agree with you. These shows are nice and there are some more coming up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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