The reviews for this show in the sourcebook are not so good but i have had two conversations that were thumbs up. Any insight would be welcome. I am a glassmaker with a pretty good track record
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I did $300 at Boca but did much better at the Hot Works show. It seemed to be a less snooty crowd there. Boca Museum show is where the woman rushed into my booth with her husband trailing behind, pointed to one of my photographs and said, it's perfect, I have to have it, but I want it in an oil.
Alison you mean $3000 right ;) Still that is not even 10x the basic booth cost of $350. Maybe it is just me. I think this is a show worth doing if you are already in the area or in combination with another money maker show.
Too many shows in Boca Raton, but I did do the Museum Show this year. Our area had no extra space in the back. I paid for a corner space, which gave me and my neighbor 4 feet between our booths. 4 feet? That is barely a walk through. And we both paid for corner spots. Anyway, I paid $600 for booth fee, jury fee and parking combined and I would expect to be able to do 10x that. I did not. In my area no one did that much, Most people did between 2k and 3k. Most were excited to do that and said I was crazy to expect to be able to get $6k at a Florida show. So it depends what you consider to be a good show.
I do functional pottery and my prices for the Florida pottery market are medium. I have done this show for the past three years. The info I can offer is this, boca and the surrounding area has several shows in a very close time frame. Many of the customers in boca can afford what ever they want but they all say they have lots. The show has a seriously older cliental. The wind can be bad on the eastern side of the road. Load in and out are a free for all and very tight confines. Most spaces have ample backstock area. If you are an artist who likes double booths they give the extra ten feet for a large discount. The art can be one of the better quality shows in Florida. Sales this year were better at howards boca show for us. If you have specific questions I will gladly answer any I can.
I was thinking about this show as well, was recommended to me. Would also appreciate imput on this one and one in Miami Beach. I do fused glass art,jewelry and Judaica.
geri a. wegner > Daryl Cohen & Kevin FroschMay 6, 2011 at 4:42pm
The Miami Beach show is now run by Howard Allen as one of his ACE shows. I didn't go this year but it was mixed quality before he took over.
Sales there were pretty poor for me but I think the people were looking for higher end work than I offered. More importantly for you is that the location is a major wind tunnel if you are one the wrong side of the show. The year I did it about every 30 minutes or so someone's tent lost the top or blew over. I would be real hesitant to do this show with glass.
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Alison you mean $3000 right ;) Still that is not even 10x the basic booth cost of $350. Maybe it is just me. I think this is a show worth doing if you are already in the area or in combination with another money maker show.
Too many shows in Boca Raton, but I did do the Museum Show this year. Our area had no extra space in the back. I paid for a corner space, which gave me and my neighbor 4 feet between our booths. 4 feet? That is barely a walk through. And we both paid for corner spots. Anyway, I paid $600 for booth fee, jury fee and parking combined and I would expect to be able to do 10x that. I did not. In my area no one did that much, Most people did between 2k and 3k. Most were excited to do that and said I was crazy to expect to be able to get $6k at a Florida show. So it depends what you consider to be a good show.