Re: [Killietalk] Old Convention Favorites

["Bill Shenefelt" <billshenefelt at hotmail_com>]

Not sure it was the same one.  The one I remember was at a HoJo.  We went to 
a great Chinese restaurant for dinner on Friday night and the banquet was 
held in a place called the Rathskeller.  The banquet speaker was Rosario La 
Corte and he mainly spoke on sunlight and Discus.  He was experimenting with 
vitamins but did not want to discuss that.  Not sure it was 1970 but was 
within a year or two from then.  As for auction prices I remember paying $20 
for a pr of exigium and most people were in shock.  Did not seem high to me 
since I remember paying between $5 and $10 for a pr of australe in 1950. I 
always considered the cost of attending was what I was paying toward the 
first fish so a fish price was not all that much more than the initial cost 
to go.   Fish and tank prices are still very much the same in actual numbers 
as they were in 1950 despite the dollar value change over the years. Used to 
be $1 a gallon in 1950 until you hit plate glass then they jumped up.   I 
had a couple of 10's, one 15 and a 30 my dad made me.  My tank stand was an 
old buffet top my dad mounted on a tubular funeral home gurney he got from a 
friend.  The only killies I had back then were Riv cylandraceus, Epi chaperi 
(now dageti) and australe.  Still have not seen any dageti with the red 
orange chin as nice as back then.
Bill Shenefelt
http://sheneskillies.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sandy1238 at aol_com>

>
> Hi Shene,
> I was at that convention too. I don't remember the auction from the
> balcony. I do remember the sight of the
> swamp across the road and you could see old auto tires floating in it! The
> food was great there. You could see the Twin Towers in New York against 
> the
> skyline. That was when they were fairly new and looked great. Good to hear 
> that
> Gerald is back in the hobby. >
> Sincerely,
>
> Sandy

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