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Posted By: barrysloate

I think people's personalities dictate to a large degree how they collect. I do not consider myself a particularly competitive person. When I was an active collector, I always tried to get the rarest historical pieces I could, but I always knew some people had the means to have a better collection than me, and others on a tighter budget would probably not be able to afford what I had. I kind of knew it went with the territory. So if I were collecting today I doubt I would have much interest in the registry.

On the other hand, some people are fiercely competitive and need to be the best at everything. So I suspect they would feel the same way about their collections.

And as Jeff said, some sets interest him simply because they are rare, and others because it's challenging to try and assemble the best one possible.

So what is my point? I have no idea