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<p>[QUOTE="mhc4444, post: 103026, member: 1469"]hello everyone</p><p>Im a young collector of antiques of different kinds. being an antiques head at age 20 have proven to contain quite some difficulties. first of all, people who arent antique heads, think its mainly for old people (especially coin collecting, which i also do).</p><p>but also other antique heads, who are older than me, have proven to be difficult and often annoying. with this i mean that i am somehow often looked down upon. i love learning new things about antiques, but they prefer (it seems) to school me as if i am stupid for not knowing everything already, which makes conversation very tiresome very fast.</p><p>the last but not the least trouple i have had is the dealing part. as i buy to sell to buy more and keep the best, i have gottena bit of experience on both sides of the sales table both at fleamarkets, antiques fairs, and auctions. but being young, i apear easy to fool aparently, making most buyers lowball and most sellers highball.</p><p>however, its not all bad. a lot of the people i meet are very excited about a young man being interested in these things, and are more than happy to help.</p><p>my main areas of interest are antique silver, japanese antiques, european coins pre 1800, scandinavian pottery and glass, and curiosita. but i like to collect, buy, and sell, im most areas i can. gaining knowledge on these things is very exciting to me, and i hope to both gain and give knowledge and experience here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mhc4444, post: 103026, member: 1469"]hello everyone Im a young collector of antiques of different kinds. being an antiques head at age 20 have proven to contain quite some difficulties. first of all, people who arent antique heads, think its mainly for old people (especially coin collecting, which i also do). but also other antique heads, who are older than me, have proven to be difficult and often annoying. with this i mean that i am somehow often looked down upon. i love learning new things about antiques, but they prefer (it seems) to school me as if i am stupid for not knowing everything already, which makes conversation very tiresome very fast. the last but not the least trouple i have had is the dealing part. as i buy to sell to buy more and keep the best, i have gottena bit of experience on both sides of the sales table both at fleamarkets, antiques fairs, and auctions. but being young, i apear easy to fool aparently, making most buyers lowball and most sellers highball. however, its not all bad. a lot of the people i meet are very excited about a young man being interested in these things, and are more than happy to help. my main areas of interest are antique silver, japanese antiques, european coins pre 1800, scandinavian pottery and glass, and curiosita. but i like to collect, buy, and sell, im most areas i can. gaining knowledge on these things is very exciting to me, and i hope to both gain and give knowledge and experience here :)[/QUOTE]
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