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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3233600, member: 71723"]When I read these young whipper-snappers write that THEY trust Internet sellers, what I HEAR is they want everyone to trust THEM. I don't, so don't try it with me. I know enough dealers who trade in both realms and every one I know puts their "junk" or lesser material on the website. Please. Why would I go there? At Baltimore a few weeks ago, I was shown stuff by one dealer who put it aside for me. It NEVER was on his rather voluminous print ads, much less a website. The more advanced a collector becomes, the more he needs a personal relationship with dealers, whether he knows it yet or not. One of my good friends, Carl Waltz, Jr., basically won't consider a Matte Proof Lincoln unless it has Angel Dee's approval. And Carl wins regularly with his MPL's. At Chicago ANA in, I think it was 2013, he had one of his coins in Platinum Night in the Heritage sale. It had its OWN PAGE. He cleared a $40,000 profit on that one coin.[/QUOTE]