I have had this book for years and decided to read it now. I started collecting in the mid 70's and I never knew of him as I grew up in Colorado and his shop was in NYC and later moved to Los Angeles. He started as a dealer in 1929, That year along must have been tuff for anybody to start a business. He was so active in the community and so well known. I just don't know where to begin with this book but if you want some good reading and would like to know what it was like to operate a coin business from 1929 to 1982, this is a good book to read. Most if not all are reprinted from his articles from Coin World. As a popular Coin World columnist, "Kosoff Commentary" 1960 thru 1979 or so. He has seen the good and bad, and lived through those days. Started the PNG and stayed with the ANA and many more clubs. Wish I could have met him at one of the ANA conventions he went too.
Since he really liked patterns, I like the auction where he expected to buy many but many others also like patterns (Investors) and he only was able to get one which he really paid high dollars for.
