Well, there were some pretty disappointed people at the convention. Bob usually only needs about a day to sell most of his stock at Enfilade.
Personally, I was expecting Bob's Jade Buddha game to be the highlight of my con, if I could have gotten into the game. I was really bummed out that he wasn't there.
Interesting mess with the customs rules. Wonder if an artist visa would have helped? Maybe not if the artist can't sell his own little statues. I suppose people on artist visas have to have somebody else selling tickets to their performance.