Set Drought

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by familytoad

I wonder about guys who collect fairly difficult sets, if their experience might mirror mine.
I collect E210-2 York Caramels Type 2.
It's a tough set, I don't know if any one has completed it, nor if anyone really cares since its popularity is probably lower than its availability

Anyway, collecting a set like this is a grind.
I haven't been able to pick up a hit to this list since May , and it was only my second hit all year, the other coming back in January.

I fear it will be another slow year in 2015, maybe even slower since I don't know of any for sale that I don't have.

Anyone else go through droughts like this?
I have other set quests going , but I always reserve some hobby budget aside in case a Paul Waner or Clarence Mitchell York comes around

Whaddya think?

Ever since my T206 run stalled in the 490's, well actually even earlier than that, I have been chasing most of the E Sets/T201/T207/T210/T212-2/T212-3/ M101-4 and M116 and pretty much anything else that I find that I do not have from the era. I am going against conventional wisdom and chasing the common guys first but I still run into dry spells. My dead zones are not as long as yours but they are still a regal pain. "It just adds to the thrill of the chase.", that's what I tell myself, anyway. I recently posted a BST pleading for T207/T210 and T212. I got responses from two members with no completed transactions. Maybe I will switch to modern, etched sparkly stuff...