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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Evan Saltis, post: 6740512, member: 103066&quot;]I myself started in spring 2011 at a flea market in my hometown of Auburn. Old, sickly man with cancer. He had a bunch of coins, some stamps (not for me), some military stuff. He said he was dispersing his collection because his wife didn&#039;t want to have to do it after he died. Every Saturday morning my mémère would take me, and I would have 5-15 dollars to spend. That man gave me an incredible gift. I don&#039;t think he really knew, he was just a scruffy man, kind of grumpy, etc now that I think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, eventually that flea market just ends, as do all good things, and I never hear from the man again. At another flea market I saw a woman who sold clothes at the first one, she told me he died.</p><p><br /></p><p>That was what really kicked it for me. I knew immediately that it was &#039;my thing&#039;. Even in elementary school. Theres a little more to it than that but I&#039;m not a psychologist or anything</p><p><br /></p><p>I welcome people into the hobby but I really suggest they stay away from TikTok, Youtube, etc. To me, the social connections built in the hobby are where you make the richest gains.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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