How many dealers also collect?

Barry

In another thread, the question was raised "does your dealer ever show you his personal collection."
I know some dealers maintain their own collections, and others just consider it their business. Any dealers care to comment on their own behalf, or their thoughts about dealers in general?

gsaguy

Guilty.

GSAGUY

jbsteven

big time!

Russ

I don't think I could be a full time dealer and still be a collector. There would be too many that I wouldn't want to let go. I just discovered this with a coin I sold on eBay. I started feeling all kind's of seller's remorse about it as soon as I shipped it off. In this case, I got lucky because the buyer decided they didn't want it after they got it, so it's on it's way back to it's rightful home.

Russ, NCNE

dan1ecu

It's my understanding that dealers sometimes see the same coins over and over again. So in that sense, it's not really "goodby forever" when they sell a coin.

Dan

BillJones

I'm still an active collector, but I've got a lot of what I want so I can easily say "NO" to lots of things.

And, yes, I sell a lot of the coins and tokens that are better than the pieces I have in my collection.