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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3578841, member: 57463&quot;]Cognitive Dissonance is a theory of knowledge that explains how people justify choices that they cannot change. Everyone has recommendations based on their happy purchases. No one had any warnings or horror stories. Everyone bought into their own success with the prices of their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No one wants to start an argument. Ultimately, you can get sued by a dealer and certainly backlisted among them. My advice is to do your own research.</p><p><br /></p><p>One item I will undescore. My best purchase of an ancient - a museum piece at a bargain price - came from a dealer with his own speciality and little interest in ancients. He was fully aware, and made his money on the coin, but was not wiling to own it until he got the highest possible price in history. So, we were both happy. But the conversation started when he offered me something that he did not have on display. I said that the coin was misidentified. He said... I said... and everyone was happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mention that because every dealer touted here that I have dealt with - happily, I confess - also made mistakes in attribution, sometimes egregiously, and in some cases, I believe, with malice aforethought.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Caveat emptor.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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