[Spike]

I'm on the fence how to describe myself. It's rare that I sell or trade, so my collection grows bit-by-bit with low grade raw purchases. Similar to John's comment, some of the prewar sets I expected to complete (Sport Kings and 1938 Goudey are good examples) now look out-of-reach unless the market changes course. My mental cap for once-a-decade purchases sits around $1K. If the awesome cards I want drift above that, it's easier to change my focus to cheaper cards that are still awesome. So far, our hobby's big enough to allow for that. I've been able to obsess over "that weird set over there that no one knows much about" when working around big money purchases.