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<p>[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 8320418, member: 100136"]Oh, me too for sure. You've seen some of the ugly rotters my collection proudly holds haha.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think something that was missed in that podcast, understandably considering the fact that it is by a high end auctioneer, is the fact that there is a lot of potential to make profits as a 'type 1' collector, because to be a good collector in more specialised areas than 'high quality, desirable coins' requires a lot of historical and technical knowledge which enables those sorts of collectors to quickly spot things that others would miss. That, however, mostly requires digging through ebay or smaller sellers, not keeping up to date on large auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: and I missed the main point. It's also far more likely that this imaginary 'type 1' collector would never actually go on to sell the item which they got as bargain pickup, because the reason they got it in the first place is because it fits in their specialist area/s of interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 8320418, member: 100136"]Oh, me too for sure. You've seen some of the ugly rotters my collection proudly holds haha. I think something that was missed in that podcast, understandably considering the fact that it is by a high end auctioneer, is the fact that there is a lot of potential to make profits as a 'type 1' collector, because to be a good collector in more specialised areas than 'high quality, desirable coins' requires a lot of historical and technical knowledge which enables those sorts of collectors to quickly spot things that others would miss. That, however, mostly requires digging through ebay or smaller sellers, not keeping up to date on large auctions. Edit: and I missed the main point. It's also far more likely that this imaginary 'type 1' collector would never actually go on to sell the item which they got as bargain pickup, because the reason they got it in the first place is because it fits in their specialist area/s of interest.[/QUOTE]
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