I have a similar goal and similar path and thought process as the OP. I collected baseball throughout the 80s and basketball in the mid-90s, almost exclusively opening packs. In the late-90's, as a Lakers fan, I focused on collecting Kobe and Shaq (and to a lesser extent Magic), and gave up on opening packs altogether. Since the late 90s, I have slowly added special PC cards for major events like childs' births, my birthday, Xmas. Thanks to Covid, I dove back into my collection. I sent about 150 of my most valuable cards to PSA, sent another box full of $4-100 cards to COMC to covert into cards for my PC, and then went through everything to see if anything from the 80s-90s was suddenly valuable today. My ultimate goal is to slowly consolidate my collection to fit into one box. The contents (in a perfect world), will be: (1) 1996 Chrome BB Set with key cards in PSA 9 (98% done); (2) 1984 Fleer Update set (done); (3) 1986 Fleer BB set in PSA9 (not even close to done); and (4) PSA graded cards of Orlando's "Top 200 Sportscards of All Time" (20% complete). Somehow, I have to find a way to unload/trade away about 40-50K commons/minor stars from the 80s and 90s (I cannot bring myself to just throw them away), trade away a bunch of 90s PSA Kobe/Shaq/Duncan rookies (if/when they ever get back to me from PSA - going on month 13), and find about $400K to fill out my four goals above so I can focus on the 10 super-expensive ones. Like the OP, I find myself enjoying the hobby more by consolidating and simplifying my PC.
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