Is it possible that a strategy used by the General Manager of your favorite National Football League team can be applied to building your collection? This might not be as much of a stretch as you are, no doubt, thinking – and I invite you to read this blog and give my theory some thought.   
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Does it ever make sense to attempt to “corner the market” on a specific gold coin issue? I have seen a number of collectors and dealers do this over the years. Some of these attempts were spectacular successes while others failed miserably. Anyone who collects coins is probably a little eccentric in the first place.   
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If you bid sight unseen on coins at auction there is a better than average chance that you will buy an overgraded, low end item. I recently spoke with a collector who was new to the rare gold coin market. He purchased a few books from me and we chatted about various branch mint issues for around thirty minutes. The next thing I knew, he called me and told me that he had entered bids on around fifty lots in a major firm’s auction.   
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