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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 1985748, member: 71723&quot;]My honest view is that whether one&#039;s collecting endeavors require the services of a traditional B&amp;M dealer depends on a couple of variables. What the specialty is, availability of convenient alternatives, how advanced the collection has become, among a few others. When my son adds Soviet pieces, most of it comes from dealer 2x2 boxes. If I wanted to pick up Nazi coins, those things show up around me in estate sales all the time, and not all from WW2 GI&#039;s either. There were some big time Nazi sympathizers in my neck of the woods, including the founding family of one then-major industry. They were majorly German.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a coin club buddy who is probably in the top 2 or 3 specialized early Matte Proof Lincoln Cents collectors. ANA show exhibit winner, the whole enchilada. One of his coins once had its own page in an ANA show official auction catalog. Finest known, etc. Bought an SUV with his profit on that one piece. He wouldn&#039;t THINK of picking up a new piece now without the imprimatur of Angel Dee&#039;s. One of the greatest &quot;solids&quot; he ever has done me is taking me by the hand to have me observe his interactions with that dealer. Yes, in his situation, I would probably deal exclusively with Angel Dee&#039;s too. But I&#039;m not in his collecting category, .... yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I just overpay for foreign pieces I pick out of bargain bins. I also paid a pretty dear price for a dealer-supplied Buffalo nickel lately. I&#039;m down to the very hairy, rare and scary Buffalos, that are usually the empty holes in those old collector folders from the 1940&#039;s that pop up all the time here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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