Guessing most dealers/serious sellers were once collectors. it's possible to enter an industry with zero interest and/or experience and become successful, though doing something like this makes the most sense to start out collecting. Eventually a collector decides they want to sell out and maybe makes some good money and decides they can continue to do this with something they enjoy.
Unless you had a very focused collection and some major restraint, I would think it might be hard to be a full time seller and still collect. Everything you own or potentially look to buy = potential revenue. Locking things into your collection = no revenue!
Personally, I have a hard time even imagining going about selling things I have hand picked over close to 45 years of collecting regardless of the offer, but I have stuff too that I'd sell in a heartbeat if someone offered me the right $ for them.
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