Re: 60's tropical fish auctions
Date: July 28, 2015 03:02PM
I went to the tropical fish auctions myself @ Belmont & Milwaukee in the '60s (what you call Slowik Hall)
currently I still attend them, run by 3 local organizations, GCCA (Greater Chicagoland Cichlid Association), GWAS (GreenWater Aquarists Society), and MAS (Milwaukee Aquarium Society). I hope I got all those names just right
All those 3 clubs BTW in addition to fish auctions also have regular 'SWAPS' (what I used to term hobbyists 'bourses') open to the public for a very small admission. These are all tremendous opportunities to you if you keep aquariums. Watch for their announcements:
the GCCA swaps are huge and held @ Best Western hotel on Eisenhower Xpwy in Hillside every few months
the GWAS swaps are in Alsip (126th & Kostner)
the MAS swaps are in New Berlin WI
(the last swap was in May, the next one is 9-13-15 out in Hillside)