"We knew then that we would get into a battle and we made them mountains echo again and again as we marched towards the enemy. We had not gone far when we first saw them. They were marching towards us but they did not dismay us for each and everyone gave them a few yells as loud as we could call. Although they were nearly two miles off they heard us for they halted and commenced maneuvering."

-- William H. Daniel, 2nd Kentucky Infantry
writing about the afternoon of February 22, 1847, 6 miles south of Saltillo, Mexico, near the pass of La Angostura

Folks closest to me have had to endure my annual celebration of Buena Vista Days on February 22-23.  What are BV Days? Well, in my mind, they commemorate the overwhelmingly heroic stand of about 4,500 U.S. volunteers and regulars  against  18,000+ Mexican soldiers in 1847. Commanded by old Rough and Ready, General Zachary Taylor, the U.S. forces withstood wave after wave of attacks by Santa Anna's forces for two days.

On the night of the 23rd, the American's--badly bloodied but still protecting the pass of La Angostura and the plateau above extending back to Saltillo--prepared themselves for what they thought would be their final stand on the dawn of the 24th. Throughout the night, they could hear Mexican wagons and artillery, infantry commands, and bugle calls. The Americans were certain Santa Anna had brought up the last of his column from San Luis Potosi and was alligning his troops for a final, pre-dawn assault.

When the sun finally broke over the Sierra Madre's bordering the plateau, the Americans could not believe their eyes--Santa Anna had vamoosed! All that littered the plain in front of the exhausted Americans were the dead and wounded of the previous day's fighting. Cheers went up throughout the valley extending back to Saltillo where Taylor had evacuated his wounded and reinforded the square for a final stand.

Not too many share my enthusiasm for the Battle of Buena Vista. Nevertheless, each year on the 22nd and 23rd, I go out for Mexican food and hoist a toast to General Taylor and his little army of 4,500.

One past celebration found my (then four-year old) daughter sitting in Shiloh Cemetery in Lerna, Illinois, at the grave of an Indiana volunteer who fought at BV, patiently listening to her Daddy read Albert Pike's lenghty poem about the battle. On another occassion, I took tacos to all of my co-workers. One just never knows what I will dream up for BV Days.

Well, this year, my boss got tired of me talking about BV Days and the failure of others to acknowledge. He called my bluff. He said, "If you blog about it, you can offer the Military Vehicles DVD for $10 off to anyone who orders before the February 22."  Well, it isn't a declared holiday with paid vacation, but it does count as someone else sharing the Buena Vista Day cheer!

So, for anyone who has been thinking about ordering the Military Vehicles compilation CD, here is your chance to benefit from sacrifice of Taylor's Little Army. Just click here for the special offer.

Sure, some of you will want to thank the boss...but the real thanks goes to General Taylor and his band of 4,500 who held their ground on a couple of very cold days in February, thousands of miles from home, in the belief that they were defending the interests of the United States of America.

Happy Buena Vista Days,
John A-G

   A reader recently wrote me a lengthy letter that conclude with a request for my input on what he should do. You see, the reader’s dilemma stemmed from reading an auction report in Military Trader. He was absolutely livid that someone had paid $514 for a dagger described as a “WWII Italian Air Force 1930 Pattern Dagger.” His letter went on for paragraphs detailing how this dagger couldn’t be what it was purported to be. He was appalled that anyone would pay that kind of money without knowing the “facts.”

   His letter reminded me of a recent discussion on the U.S. Militaria Forum. Several participants had unleashed tirades on a group of bidders who had bought movie memorabilia used in the making of “Battlestar Galactica.” (Why was this on the U.S. Militaria Forum, you ask? Beats me.)

   The letter from the Military Trader reader and the discussion on the U.S. Militaria Forum stirred the memory of something my grandmother used to say, “How a fool spends his money is his own business.” In both examples, the people doing the complaining assumed they knew the motives of the buyers. The only people who can answer that are the ones who laid out the cash. And it is only the business of the buyer, whether they chose to spend their money on a fancy dagger or a wookie glove (okay, I am the first to admit — I don’t know a thing about Battlestar Galactica).

    I asked myself, “Why do people find the need to rehash other people’s purchases?” In the case of the forum discussion, the motives seemed a bit cloudy. What I took away from the discussion was this: Those who were tearing down the movie memorabilia buyers did so in order to justify the expenditures they make on their own military collecting hobby.

    On the other hand, the letter writer’s motive was much clearer. He assumed the buyer was buying the dagger as a historic artifact. The letter writer went on — at length — to demonstrate how the dagger was not what the auction company had described. In fact, the dagger probably didn’t even exist during WWII. His argument was good and his documentation sound. However, it had one fatal weakness — it was built on the assumption that he knew the buyer’s motive.

    Who is to say why someone buys a dagger or a piece of movie memorabilia? Maybe the dagger buyer simply likes fancy knives for letter openers or wants to make a grand entrance at the next family BBQ. Perhaps the movie memorabilia purchases stir a very good memory in the buyer’s mind of when he or she first experienced the movie. It doesn’t — and really shouldn’t — matter to anyone but the buyer. Judging it can be a dicey. You know the old adage, “One person’s junk is another’s treasure.”

ALL COLLECTORS LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES
    There is so much to be enjoyed in our military relic and vehicle hobbies without questioning someone else’s motives for buying something. My family laughs at my collection of “high-priced empty boxes”. They see empty boxes. I see a historic record of U.S. Army ration containers from WWI and WWII. It’s all in one’s perspective. If I want to spend money on empty boxes, that’s my business.

    So what’s the moral of this tale? Well, other than “Be careful what you write to JAG, he might use it as fodder for one of his rants”, I guess it might be something like, “Don’t assume you know someone else’s collecting motives.” Collecting is a quirky business fraught with deep psychological roots. It’s best not to judge other people’s motives. After all, you wouldn’t want the “insane price” you just paid on the “broken down jeep” or that “crazy old Nazi helmet” to appear as a topic on their own forums or in their magazines!

    Keep treating folks the way you would like to be treated,

 

    Those who have been in the militaria hobby for some time, know that “SOS” is the acronym for the Ohio Valley Military Society’s annual Show of Shows. Held each year in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Kentucky Exposition Center, the SOS has emerged as the largest all militaria show in North America. With dealers and attendees from around the world, the SOS has become a veritable point of pilgrimage.

    This year, it is held a bit later than normal, on March 5-8, 2009 (normally it falls somewhere around my personal celebration of Battle of Buena Vista Days, February 22-23). If you need info on the show, check out pages 41 and 45 of the February 2009 issue of Military Trader, or log on to the OVMS’ web site at www.sosovms.com

    BTW, I called the Hilton Garden and as of February 6, they still had rooms left. Be sure to let them know you are going to the SOS for a special room rate --around $120 for a king. Their contact info:
 

Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Airport

2735 Crittenden Drive, Louisville, Kentucky, USA 40209
1-502-637-2424

    Naturally, I will be at the SOS as will Trader’s main ad guy, Tom Polzer. With any luck navigating my computer, I plan to post daily reports and pics to this blog from the SOS.  I suspect they won’t be all that exciting, but you might get a chance to read some of the gossip or see some of the cool things that are available. So, if you aren’t able to make it to Louisville, just bookmark the JAG File and come back to see what’s going on.

SUCCESS IS ALL IN HAVING PRIORITIES
    I have a few goals when I go to the SOS: First and foremost, I visit the grave of General Zachary Taylor, the Hero of the Battle of Buena Vista. He is buried in Louisville at the National Cemetery. Second, I eat LOTS of BBQ. I found a great little local place that serves BBQ the way I like it: heaped on a Styrofoam plate and with plenty of paper towels. And finally, the relics!  This year, I will be pounding the floor looking for quality AEF Tank Corps items and WWI real photo postcards. Of course, there tends to be other items that seem to grab my attention from the floor that I never dreamed I would find. That’s the beauty of the SOS.
  
     For example, last year, I came home with Belgian WWI Garde Civique Hat. I know, that doesn’t excite too many people, but the Garde Civique were the equivalent of militia units. They were some of the first military formations to stand in the path of the invading German soldiers in August 1914. I certainly hadn’t planned to buy something like that, but at the SOS, you have to be ready for anything.
   
    So there you have it: JAG’s SOS goals:  1.) AEF Tank Corps stuff, 2.) WWI real photo postcards, 3.) serious levels of BBQ ingestion and 4.) a visit with my personal hero, Old Rough & Ready.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AT THE SOS THIS YEAR?
    Here’s your chance to do a little pre-SOS advertising...what are YOU going to be looking for at the SOS? Post your comments and maybe somebody will see your wants and bring that special item to the SOS especially for you---ya never know!

    Okay, back to making magazines...gotta pay for these expensive collecting and eating habits.

    Keep finding the good stuff,
    JAG
    Editor, Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine

Greetings,
    “What’s the next great collecting trend?” Not a week goes by that a dealer or collector doesn’t ask me this question. Folks have seen me preaching (usually after a lot of ribs and a few pitchers of Diet Coke), but honestly, I don’t have any better idea than any one else in the hobby.
    I have had the opportunity to realize I missed a few recent trends. For example, a couple of years ago, I needed an early 16” bayonet for a Springfield M1903A1 and a 10” bayonet for an M1 Garand to complete a couple of my 10th Mountain mannequins. Well, after a few bids on eBay, I had my long one for $160 and the short for $55. That was three years ago. Recently, I was doing some research on current pricings and realized that the 16” bayonets in scabbards have jumped to around $295 and the short, based on the maker and tip are pushing $195.
    Another trend I missed was for WWII parachutes. Reviewing prices for seat-pack chutes recently, I noticed that the demand has driven prices for complete rigs from around $600 to more than $1200 during the past four years. That was some serious  investment potential that went right over my head (I wonder how those pork bellies are doing that my 401K plan provider purchased on my behalf?)

Trends...Why I Missed Them, and How They Emerge
    Why did I miss these trends? Well, I probably was fixated on something else—you know how collectors can get! We can’t see the forest because we are too busy searching through the piles of leaves looking for that “special rare” leaf! 
    Why did these trends occur? Well, in both cases, research became available. Someone told collectors what to look for. It wasn’t until someone took the time to photograph and categorize the various makers, variations and combinations, that both the bayonets and parachutes took off in prices. Nothing initiates a trend like a good ol’ survey of the field. Collectors a curious breed...they like one of everything whether it is Garand bayonets or “wheat-back” pennies. We want to “fill the holes” and more often then not, we want some one to teach us what the holes are.

Based on the above pontificating, What are a couple of emerging trends?
    So, what are the next trends? I haven’t seen the prices rising significantly in last twenty years, but I suspect that Imperial German “Dunkelblau” (dark blue) uniforms are going to be the target of a lot of collectors. And why? Well, because of the published research on two fronts.
    First, Tony Schnurr has established and maintains an excellent web site called “The Kaiser’s Bunker” (Kaiser is the name of Tony’s might dachshund). Karl has systematically broken the code to understanding German uniforms from 1842 through 1918. Now, it is easy to figure out what regiment wore that old “blue and shiny parade tunic” that has been hanging in your closet. Tony’s site (and their are equally fine sections on Pickelhauben, Imperial headgear and Canadian Expeditionary Forces) is located at www.KaisersBunker.com.
    Coinciding with this outburst of information were Stefan Rest’s efforts to publish first-class books on the topic. Over the past few years, the Austrian publisher has dug deep into European museums and private collections to photograph and quantify Great War relics. Two of his books, The German Army in the First World War: Uniforms and Equipment: 1914 to 1918 by Jurgen Kraus and The German Cavalry: From 1871 to 1914: Excellent by Ulrich Herr and Jens Nguyen allow the collector to “see the holes” in their collection and provide a ready reference when new discoveries are made. The books are pricey (upwards of $140 a copy) but worth the price when you consider those old “parade tunics” have jumped in value from $35-$85 to several hundreds of dollars in just the past few years. You can visit Stefan’s site at www.militaria.at. I bought my copies in the United States from Bill Combs who is the North American distributor for Stefan. The books are available at his web site, www.agmohio.com
    But, just because the research is available, doesn’t mean that Dunkleblau tunics are the magic beans of investment. However, it sure does give them a good chance for growth!

    As you walk through the forest of collecting, look up from time to time. It will help you avoiding smacking into a tree.

John Adams-Graf
Editor, Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine

   

As The Clash once asked, “Should I stay or Should I go?”
  
Being a successful collector must be able to deal with two collecting issues: Most have mastered the first: the ability to make decisions. The second issue that a successful collector must face is the ability to deal with disappointment.
   
In regard to decisions, this isn’t a tough issue for collectors to master. Unless funds are unlimited, a collector faces choices everyday. They must consider whether an item is worth the price and is it appealing enough to sustain or increase in value over time. (The latter is not important to all collectors. Take, for example, the Beanie Baby collector (BBC). During the mania of about 10 years ago, the die-hard BBC bought every new release regardless of the sustaining value of the item. It didn’t slow most down. Finally, over supply by the manufacture killed the market.)
   
The second issue that a successful collector must face is the ability to deal with disappointment. Personally, this is a very hard one for me. If I have been bidding on a significant WWI photo or Tank Corps items and lose it, I am distraught. Sometimes, the sickness is so bad, I question if I should collect at all. Over the years, I have learned to deal with the disappointment knowing that, in time, the same item — or a similar one — will come up for sale again.
   
Shockingly, the collector scene does not revolve around me or any other individual. Yet, the hobby is very “me-ocentric”. When I collect, I am focused on satisfying my own needs. My concern for other collectors, I am embarrassed to say, doesn’t stretch that far. Apparently, I am not the only one afflicted with this reaction!

“If I go there will be trouble...”
    During the past few weeks, I have been inundated with calls, letters and emails from military vehicle collectors in Wisconsin and Minnesota who are distraught over a scheduling conflict between the Iola Military Vehicle Show and the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) International Convention in August 2009. The vehicle collectors are dismayed that such a conflict could exist and have reacted from threatening boycott to simply hanging up in disgust.

    (Just an aside before going on...Whereas I am flattered that folks think I have sway in the dealings of the Iola Old Car Show, Inc. (the owners of the Military Vehicle Show), the truth of the matter is I am located about 600 miles from their office and have precious little contact — let alone influence!)
   
The Iola Military Vehicle Show is my favorite MV show of the year. I am able to do a lot of my cover and calendar photography at the show, I know most of the vendors and reunite with many friends. However, the MVPA Convention is the top military vehicle event in North America.

    I haven’t been able to decide which show I will attend.

“This indecision's bugging me..”
    In my effort to decide my summer show schedule, I decided to ask some questions. I spoke with some MVPA directors and was reminded that in the larger collecting scheme, the conflict doesn’t impact a majority of the MVPA’s members. Folks in California, Alabama, Italy or Germany would not have been going to the Iola event no matter when it was scheduled, but they would go to the MVPA Convention whenever and where ever it was held. I can appreciate that. Whereas it smacks of “big business”, it does make good fiscal sense that the national convention take precedence.

    Next, I contacted the Iola Old Car Show office. Below is an excerpt from the very friendly reply I received from Mary Schwartz, the event coordinator:

    “I have had conversations with past participants, vendors on concerns about the show and conflicting dates with MVPA. Regrettably our 2009 Iola Vintage Military Show does fall on the same date as the National MVPA this year.  When MVPA Convention was held in Minnesota, we changed our date. Now it happened again. The convention is on our event show date.”

    We do have a problem with moving the date because of advance advertising that has been done and we also have signs as you enter Iola that informs the public of the event being  held annually “2nd weekend of August”.  Another dilemma for us is there are events going on in our area the two weekends before and two weekends after which then will give us problems with motel accommodations, spectators and volunteers.

    We do know that this year might not be attended by many MVPA folks but we have to carry on and stay with what is scheduled and make the best of it. Sorry, it isn’t what you’re going to like to hear but we have appreciated your concern and support in the past and for the future.”

    Mary’s comments helped me gain some perspective. Of course, I am not —nor is any other collector — going to change the schedule of a regional or national show. Especially this late in the game. Those kind of scheduling changes are made years before the event.

    What is left to a guy like me are those two fundamentals: Making a decision and dealing with disappointment. The Clash probably said it better, “Should I cool it or should I blow?”

Greetings,
    “Jeep in the crate.” In our hobby, that one phrase causes more eyes to roll than Kelly’s Heroes’ Oddball declaring, “Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves.” Not being one to stir the negative waves, let me simply state, if WWII jeeps are still in the crate, they are sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic or Pacific.
    Okay, okay, so the “jeep in a crate” is a bit of an urban legend. Yes, jeeps were shipped in crates. Yes, those crates were warehoused. And yes, even some of them may have been sold after the end of WWII. But mention that you heard about a secret warehouse stacked with endless rows of Willys MBs or Ford GPWs and you won’t get a diehard MV guy or a militaria collector to put down his McMuffin and look you in the eye. Most folks in the hobby recognize that the “jeep in a crate” is more myth than fact.
    However, the 21st Century does offer a new version of this story—and this one is more reality than urban legend. For years, the U.S. military has been selling big trucks—2½-ton “deuces” and 5-ton cargo trucks—for a fraction of what the trucks originally cost. Today, someone wanting an “army truck” can search the government auctions and, for a couple of grand, come away with a heck of a deal.
    For example, at a recent Government Liquidation auction, drivable 2½ ton M35 6x6 trucks sold for as little as $4,500. The U.S. government paid around $40,000 for each of these! Maybe a deuce is a bit bigger than a jeep, but that is a lot of truck for $4.5K.
    All that said, don’t let me deter anyone from looking through those warehouses for crates of military surplus. It’s still out there. Jeff Shrader of Advance Guard Militaria just located a few crates of or WWI and WWII T-Handle shovels. Okay, maybe that isn’t the coolest thing, but man, just to find and open a box of material originally destined for Pershing’s doughboys had to be pretty darn exciting! Click over to Jeff’s site at www.advanceguardmilitaria.com and check them out in the “U.S. Militaria Early Through WWI” and "WWII" categories.
    Keep opening those crates...if you find some goodies that have been forgotten to history, drop me an email. We all love those “jeep (or any other militaria) in a crate” stories!

    We military collectors are a funny breed. We love the uniformity of columns of troops, the fielding of battalions of identical trucks and the mass production of equipment capable to defeat an adversary. And yet, what we all strive for in our collecting efforts is to find that one “unique” item—an M1 helmet just a little different from all the others, the 6x6 truck that is unlike any other 6x6 or the Iron Cross made with a variation different from the other million or so Iron Crosses.
    I recently had a note from someone wondering if I could determine if their WWII jeep was one of the 200 or so “Holden” ambulance jeeps that were re-bodied in Melbourne, Australia during WWII. His reason for asking was because all of the items that would readily identify a jeep as one of these rarities were not on his jeep!  
    I was dumbstruck...how could anyone prove that a jeep was something it did not appear to be by not having the features that would make it such? What motivates a collector to discount the fact that he may simply have one of 640,000 some odd Jeeps built during WWII and try to make it into something “grander?”
    Therein, lies the answer. Collectors (and I am one!) are a special breed. Sure, the history behind the object is the prime motivator, but so is the “hunt” and the “kill.” It’s no fun to have something that everyone has. So, in my collection I have an Iron Cross on which the recipient’s engraved his name and unit. My US WWII mountain jacket came with a stack of photos and documents from the trooper who wore it. And my WWII khaki ammo bandolier has a period note in one pocket that says, “I wore this when I went ashore at Normandy.” Even though an Iron Cross, mountain jacket and an M1 bandoleer are all relatively common items, they are special to me because they have a “little bit more” than the next guy’s example of the same. They have stories.
    It is the “hunt”—be it looking for clues on a jeep body or digging deep in the pockets of a WWI tunic that discovers and preserves the stories unique to the soldiers who used the equipment we collect. The stories are what we can pass on to the next generation of collectors.
    And what about the “Holden hopeful?” Well, it was back to the jeep and look for more evidence...evidence that could be seen: weld marks, modifications or anything else that would help put the story back with the artifact. I hope he finds it! But no matter, he will discover the stories that his WWII jeep has to tell.

    Keep em rolling and finding the good stuff,

    John Adams-Graf
    Editor, Military Vehicles Magazine and Military Trader

    I do the vast majority of my collecting either via the Internet or at shows. It is rare anymore that I make “collector-to-collector” deals. But, every once in a while, a collector approaches me with a pretty cool AEF Tank Corps item or WWII 10th Mountain Division piece with the idea I would like to add it to my collection.

    After determining if I want the item, naturally the question is, “How much?” At shows this isn’t a problem—if the item is priced, I decide if I want to buy it. If it isn’t priced, I walk away (I don’t play that dealer game anymore!). With online purchases, it is never a problem. I either bid what I am willing to pay, or I buy it outright, depending on what sort of sale venue is offering the piece. However, I was reminded the other day, what collector-to-collector deals can be like...especially if the other guy is an “old-timer!”

    After being shown a nice Model 1917 with a Tank Corps insignia painted on the camouflaged surface, I asked, “How much?” The response was, “Whattya got to trade?”

    Pardon me?  What are you, six years old?

    I said, “I have a pocket full of cash. How much of it do you want to “trade” for the helmet?” But no, this person wanted me to either dig into my collection and pull out an item, or become his personal shopper, buying items in the hope that he would want to “trade” his helmet for them (and if he didn’t, I would simply be stuck with the item).

    Come on. “Trade?” That is a real “old-school” approach to collecting. It smacks of swapping marbles on the playground. Want to trade? Here is my trade offer: I give you cash, you give me the item. You use the cash to go buy whatever you want. Everyone is happy.

On a happier note...

    I didn’t get the helmet, but things seem to happen for a reason. This week, I was able—after many years—to purchase an original “Treat ‘em Rough” recruiting poster. WWI fans will recognize this as the iconic symbol of the AEF Tank Corps. Glad I had plenty of cash to “trade” for it!

    Right after that deal was consummated, I ran into an identified Tanker’s uniform complete with gas mask and leather jerkin. Again, the fellow who offered it, wanted to trade—for a small bushel basket full of Benjamin Franklin portraits (just those found on $100 bills). The “trade terms” were acceptable to both parties and the deal was made.

Looks like 2009 is going to be a good book year!
    I am fortunate to live close to a fairly prominent militaria dealer, so between his library and the books that are sent to me, I am blessed with seeing a lot of the newest releases. Two have really caught my eye this year.

   
    Many of you are familiar with Government Issue Collector’s Guide by Henri-Paul Enjames. Well, I was sitting out at Advance Guard Militaria when an advance copy of Volume 2 arrived in the mail. My GOSH! It is just as good as the first volume except that it contains about twice as many artifacts in the same high-quality photographs with accurate and informative captions. The copy was just the vanguard of the direct shipment that arrived later in the week. Advance Guard is offering them cheaper than anywhere else I have seen—$45 a copy.
   
    The other book that has me excited is Deutsche Soldaten: Uniforms, Equipment & Personal Items of the German Soldier 1939-45, by Agustín Sáiz. This volume is going to do for German WWII militaria what GI Collector’s Guide did for US WWII. Done in a similar format, the book shows a myriad of gear, uniforms, weapons and personal items used by the typical German combat soldier. Published by Casemate, the book carries a $55 price tag, but again (in what I am seeing as a trend to buck the Amazon-dominance book pyramid), Advance Guard is blowing out there allotment at $35 copies. Advance Guard’s ad is on the inside back cover of the February issue of MT (at the press as you read this) or check them out at http://www.AdvanceGuardMilitaria.com
  
 (Some folks might get sore that I am hyping one dealer, but I am collector at heart—if I find a righteous good deal on books, I am going to let my buddies know about it! If you have a sale...and I mean a real sale—that is, as good or better prices than on Amazon, let me know. I really want to keep the small book dealers in business. They are our best source for the obscure titles that Amazon will never touch. Have a deal that collectors will love? Let me know! Better yet, do like Advance Guard did and take out a full-page ad in Military Trader.)

SPEAKING OF GOOD PLACES TO BUY...
    In my late-night online searches for interesting militaria deals, I stumbled into a pretty cool source right in my own “back yard!” Did you know that the Military Trader/Military Vehicles web site has “Dealer Storefronts”. I didn’t!

    Several dealers have put together an “online” mall of businesses. You really should go peruse the “aisles”. The Ruptured Duck, War-Toys, and Government Liquidation all have storefronts. Like any good antique shop, though, these storefronts aren’t the easiest to find. Look down the left center of the opening page under the “Classifieds” banner. You will see the storefronts there. Or, simply click this link to go directly to the “militaria district”

    Well, that’s about all ol’ JAG has to say this week. I am on “the move” again, but just down the street. Office was getting to full of uniforms!
    Remember, the Show of Shows is just a little over a month away. Start shaking the piggy bank!

Keep finding the good stuff,