Apprentice collector seeking master for study

When I was 12, I wanted desperately to get into Magic. But we were poor and that was impossible. Now that I'm middle-aged, I'm finally starting. I've been reading and learning about the financial side, but here's one trouble: I'm in Japan and my Japanese is only so-so. As such: I'm hoping to find someone who will work with me to look at pictures of collections and identify interesting cards by their art, which is stable between languages. I'd be happy to pay for the time--perhaps even by percentage of sale price. Thanks!