Can You Master the Tucson Shows?
MY FIRST IMPULSE on seeing Cathleen McCarthy’s headline in Net Profits was to change it. Mastering the Tucson Shows? Who’s ever managed to do that! On second thought, I decided “mastering” works. It’s a process: you start learning to navigate this immense event on your first visit and continue honing your strategy every year you go back. That’s the glory of Tucson and its challenge. Something you weren’t looking for always catches your eye and you have to rethink the plan. It’s called the gem show, but Tucson is so much more. This is the place to find fossil and mineral specimens as well as gem rough and finished gem carvings, cabochons, freeforms, and faceted stones. Common varieties make perennial appearances; rarer ones aren’t just fewer but may come to market…
