Nah, it's not stupid. I know what you mean. I think there is a lesson in this, which is that while there is fun and excitement in the chase, there is a contentment in just knowing your good ol' cards are there. As the authors of "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum" book said - and I'm paraphrasing - just knowing the cards were up there on the shelf was enough to get you through another winter.
I know the feeling you're talking about, because I gave a lot of my cards away a while back. I've spent a bit of money buying back cards I used to have at much higher prices than I originally acquired them. I don't by a long shot, have them all. But as the expression goes, "it's better to light one candle, than curse the darkness". I've gotten a lot of nice cards, and every now and then I go over, look at them, and spend some time with them. I've also been reading a lot of baseball books and getting old rare games on DVD.
I'd say, if not having those complete '53 and ''54 sets is bugging you, go ahead and reacquire the cards you got rid of again. If you want, you can simultaneously do that while building the '57 set. Budget of course, will determine just how quickly you accomplish this, but knowing that you are working toward all of these things, might make you feel better.
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