Do you know Peter ...
... how much a bourse table costs at ANA? Do you know the type material that dealers sell at ANA? Do you know how many dealer tables are set up at ANA? Do you know how much the auction rights alone are put out for bid for an ANA Convention? Do you know that coins routinely sell for thousands of dollars each at most ANA dealer tables? Do you know how many anciliary booths are set up by hobby publications, by private mints, by foreign governments, and hobby supply companies? Do you know how much hotel rooms cost at the host hotels for ANA conventions ... and surrounding areas? Do you know that ANA has 30,000 members? Do you know that most ANA dealers who set up at ANA conventions are professionals who do this for a living ... and that many of them are set up at other large coin show around the country on virtually every weekend? Do you know that sevral of these larger dealers carry $1 million or more in inventory? It's a way of life for many of these dealers.
Finally, Do you routinely compare apples with oranges?