RV Sales Slip, But Millionaires Snap Up Luxury Versions

The magician, dapper and gray-haired, got laughs with card tricks and other feats that were already old when he was still young. And as he deftly linked and separated steel rings, Dick Stoner drew a crowd around an enormous banner that read "Crossroads" -- the company paying him so that it could stand out from more than a hundred other manufacturers at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's annual dealer convention in the cavernous Kentucky Exposition Center.

It's no small trick to attract throngs from some 15,000 footsore attendees at a show that covers 925,000 square feet and is packed with vehicles costing $5,000 to $1 million. But Mr. Stoner is very good at his craft, and his patter is timeless. He blends punch lines and prestidigitation with frequent repetition of the Crossroads moniker.

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