Posted By:
Joe Pelaez"Since you consider yourself a real collector. What do you do when a must have card becomes too expensive."
Peter
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Hello Peter,
That's simple, and my answer will be foreign to your mind.
My approach, and your Wall Street Journal approach, are two totally different worlds in my hobby.
As to the elusive card, made so by the investor part of my hobby, ..... I just wait for the stock market roller coaster ride to bring the card to a level that I'm comfortable in.
I either get it, or don't get it, in any case, the collector challenge is still there.
The collector challenge is different than that of building a stock market portfolio. ... it's a different kind of fun, and that's foreign to you.
Peter, I've been at this long before plastic world, and the investors came on the scene.
I'm happy to say that I still get the same enjoyment every time that I find a card that fills an empty slot in my binder.
WITH NEVER EVER THE THOUGHT OF WHAT WILL THE CARD FETCH ME LATER.
I doubt if you comprehend what I just said, it's not in your investor mind set.
Have you ever enjoyed the cards, and not for the $$$$ they represent? 
Joe