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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2243808, member: 71723&quot;]Sully,</p><p><br /></p><p>You sure are full of who-know-what and vinegar, aren&#039;t you? You need to develop a little more GottaStudy and a little less NowNowNow. I&#039;m 60, have been very actively collecting since 1963, and I don&#039;t believe I&#039;m ready to be a dealer. On another thread we learned you are a &quot;fill holes cheap with lesser quality coins&quot; type of guy. You are sooooo unprepared to be a dealer, sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, read The Numismatist (you BETTER be an ANA member!!!) and avail yourself of EVERY numismatic scholarship offer you ever see. Get a scholarship to the Summer Seminar in Colorado. Write articles for other scholarship offers. Real young people get paid internships fairly often in this field. Go that route first. Here&#039;s the best advice an old man can offer - ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS, in person, not over the Internet. Go to major shows, attend talks, ask questions, and here&#039;s MY Yogi quote - &quot;You can observe a lot, just by watching.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a people business, first and foremost. My son is 20, and I have been schlepping his behind to ANA conventions since he was your age (Boston, 2010). He once noticed, &quot;you don&#039;t buy much at ANA shows, for you it&#039;s mostly &#039;social&#039; and you work the social angle HARD&quot;. Bingo![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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