The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
- by Bruce E. McKinney
Chris Copeland and his son
For the show over-all the average hair color was grey and typical age 55+.
| How far did you travel for this show? | ||
| 1 to 100 miles | 75% | 18 miles average |
| 101 to 300 miles | 18% | |
| 301 to 3000 miles | 7% | |
| How did you learn about this fari? | ||
| mailings | 35% | |
| newspaper advertising | 14% | |
| website browsing | 7% | |
| other | 44% | |
| You are a: | ||
| collector | 93% | |
| dealer | 7% | |
| How many fairs do you attend each year? | ||
| collectors | 1.6 | |
| dealer | 7 | |
| How do you buy books? | ||
| Dealer sites | 45% | |
| Dealer catalogues | 30% | |
| Dealer stores | 49% | |
| abebooks.com | 59% | |
| alibris.com | 28% | |
| amazon.com | 25% | |
| eBay.com | 32% | |
| ILAB-ABAA.com | 1% | |
| Auction | 12% | |
| Garage sales | 2% | |
| Other Online sites | 1% | |
| I'm interested in: | ||
| Antiquarian Books | 74% | |
| Prints | 3% | |
| Atlases, Maps | 5% | |
| Ephemera | 13% | |
| Photographs | 6% | |
| Other | 15% | |
| Spending in books | ||
| I'm increasing my spending | 72% | |
| I'm decreasing my spending | 15% | |
| I'm spending about the same | 13% | |
| I'm aware of the Americana Exchange | 9% | |