You are referring to an image which shows the dealers while they are just beginning to set up their displays. Most of the display cases are empty. The show has not begun.

I also had a picture of a crowded sales floor when the show opened. But in that photo all you can see is a room full of heads; enthusiastic Asian buyers and sellers.

The Asian market is still strong but more focused on black, brown and white beads, "Men's beads."

Fred