[PowderedH2O]

I was putting together all of the Topps and Bowman sets and I was doing pretty well. I found myself spending large amounts of money for high number cards of common players that I didn't care about. When I found myself dropping hundreds of dollars for guys named Grant Jackson, Frank Campos, and Mike Shannon, I realized that I was approaching it wrong for me. I am gradually selling all of my 50's and 60's sets and I decided to collect this way: 10-15 graded cards of each set that I like. At least 5 will be HOFers and the others will be guys that may/may not be HOFers, but I like personally. This allows me to collect virtually any set and pick and choose which ones I want. I turned a bunch of 1953 Topps into a T202 Mathewson, a T202 Cy Young, and several graded exhibit HOFers. I'm much happier, and the bookcase is getting much lighter.