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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2545819, member: 73212&quot;]I&#039;m 22 years older than you are, Ken, and I remember you when you looked like you did when receiving that Navy award! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I began collecting ancients in 1986 and was a dealer from 1988-2005. The thing I miss the most is the social aspect and I&#039;m not talking about facebook or even this forum. I really enjoyed talking to collectors and other dealers at shows. Meeting new collectors and helping them get started or add a new piece to their collection was a great joy. Some of my favorite dealers were Dave Michaels, when he was still an independent dealer living in central California; Paul Rynearson, the finest gentleman I&#039;ve ever met; Tom Cederlind, with his amazing knowledge and dry wit; and, of course, a young man named Ken Dorney, with whom I had many wonderful conversations. Of course, there were some I avoided, like Arnold Saslow, the used car dealer of ancients.</p><p>Now coin shows are dying and I miss them, but I have my memories to keep me going...hopefully for awhile longer! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie69" alt=":oldman:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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