I don't think I could do it, even if the monetary advantage was well in my favor.
At the end of the day, I'm a collector and I'll break cards out of their plastic prisons so I can look at them and their "same-set-bretheran" in a binder. There's too much enjoyment in a "group of cards" for me and I think that even if the one card was really spectacular, I'd miss having the "quantity" too.
Another thing, much of what's in my collection now came from a lot of trades, a lot of effort, a lot of chasing, a lot of waiting, a lot of sacrifice...etc..etc..etc... I don't think I'd want to eradicate all my hard work and then just have one really special card to show for it all....
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