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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1811050, member: 42773&quot;]The reason I&#039;m asking is that I&#039;ve bought a few &quot;fire sale&quot; ancients that I&#039;ve managed to turn over for a profit - not huge, but averaging around 25% after overhead. The coins were in my possession for a while, I enjoyed them, posted them, researched them etc., and I felt no loss at selling them since they weren&#039;t really up my collecting alley.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have several collections that I consider serious endeavors, and I wouldn&#039;t sell those coins, but I&#039;m not a hoarder. I&#039;m far more interested in the research aspect of numismatics: reading papers and examining different interpretations, trying to understand the historical trends that certain coins represent - that sort of thing. It doesn&#039;t give me any particular satisfaction to own a box full of coins. In fact, I read my literature far more than I look at my collection. Sometimes I wonder if I&#039;m really a coin collector or a history buff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this make me a traitor? How often do you guys sell and trade, and do any of you sell enough to make your hobby self-sustaining? Enquiring minds want to know...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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